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US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed all 17 sitting members the CDC vaccine advisory panel on June 9.

Former CDC advisers say they are ‘deeply concerned’ RFK Jr.’s actions will critically weaken US vaccine program

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Seventeen vaccine experts who were dismissed from a federal advisory panel last week say they are worried that recent moves by US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will destabilize vaccine policy in the US and jeopardize access to lifesaving immunizations. The experts sat on the

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RFK Jr.’s new vaccine advisers include ER doctor who posted Islamophobic commentary online, expert witnesses against vaccines

By Meg Tirrell, Sarah Owermohle, Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — Among the eight people who Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced would make up his new group of outside vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are an emergency physician who posted Islamophobic commentary on social media and two doctors who were

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US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed the members of the CDC's vaccine advisory panel earlier in the week

Kennedy names new members of CDC vaccine advisory panel days after removing previous advisers

By Sarah Owermohle, Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Just two days after retiring the entirety of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has appointed several prominent critics of the government’s Covid-19 response to that committee. He announced eight new members

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Milwaukee Public Schools officials announced in late April that Westside Academy would need to close to address lead hazards.

‘Come and help us’: Milwaukee parents fire back at Trump administration for denying federal aid amid lead crisis in schools

By Brenda Goodman, CNN Milwaukee (CNN) — The library at Starms Discovery Learning Center has cheerful peach and blue walls, and squat wooden shelves filled with books wrapped in thick plastic jackets to protect them from the touches and smudges of many small hands. On Monday, the library became a place to exchange other stories,

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Research cuts pose ‘existential threat’ to academic medicine and put nation’s health at risk, new report says

By Asuka Koda, CNN (CNN) — Federal research funding cuts pose an “existential threat” to academic medicine that will have repercussions for patient care in the US, according to a new report from the Association of American Medical Colleges, highlighting what it calls significant damage already done to the nation. The association, which represents 172

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The FDA approved Enflonsia

Newly approved antibody could offer another option for protecting infants from RSV, a common infection that can be deadly

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The United States could soon have another tool in the fight against respiratory syncytial virus, an illness that’s the No. 1 cause of hospitalization in infants. The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new monoclonal antibody to help prevent infection, according to an announcement late Monday from

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