CDC Changes COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a social media video that the U.S. would no longer recommend Covid-19 vaccines to children and pregnant women. The CDC has yet to make the policy official.
The CDC will no longer recommend the COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant women and healthy children. Updated COVID-19 shots will now undergo placebo-controlled clinical trials prior to FDA approval, which could limit access for healthy adults.
Hundreds of East Palestine, Ohio, residents are part of a lawsuit against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Norfolk Southern and local agencies involved with the investigation and cleanup following a toxic train derailment more than two years ago.
A small team of researchers responsible for keeping clinicians up to date on contraception research has been cut. Doctors say they rely on the team's guidance when advising women about contraception.
On April 1, the staff of the CDC's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program was terminated as part of the agency's reduction in force, according to NPR. The staff included epidemiologists, statisticians, and advisors who specialized in lead exposures and responses.
Health emergencies have not paused since January as cases of measles, salmonella, listeria and hepatitis A and C have spread throughout the country.
Measles cases have reached 1,046 as the virus continues spreading across the United States, according to data updated Friday from the CDC.