The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, reconstituted with members handpicked by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., voted 8-3 to end the universal recommendation that all newborns receive hepatitis B vaccine at birth. The vote overturns a 30-year policy credited with reducing …
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Within first two weeks of Trump’s term, administration removed over 8,000 web pages from 12+ government websites including EPA removing “Climate Change” from homepage navigation and EJScreen environmental justice tool. NOAA climate data also targeted. 70% more changes than first …
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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that White House officials, the Surgeon General, CDC, and FBI ’likely coerced or significantly encouraged’ social media platforms to censor content, constituting state action in violation of the First Amendment. The court found evidence of a …
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The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to block the Biden administration’s CDC eviction moratorium covering areas with high COVID transmission, finding the agency exceeded its statutory authority. The Court held that ‘[i]f a federally imposed eviction moratorium is to continue, Congress must …
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began investigating a multistate fungal meningitis outbreak in September 2012 that ultimately killed 64 people and sickened 798 individuals across multiple states who received contaminated methylprednisolone steroid injections from the New England …
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Dr. Julie Gerberding, who served as CDC Director from 2002-2009, joined Merck as president of the company’s vaccine division shortly after leaving government service. This move sparked significant controversy because during her tenure at the CDC, Gerberding oversaw the agency’s …
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