The nearly 80-year-old law that could hamper RFK Jr.’s drive to remake vaccine schedule

The nearly 80-year-old law that could hamper RFK Jr.’s drive to remake the childhood vaccine schedule. I wrote this for CIDRAP News as an explainer for the general public and public health folks, who may not be familiar with the legal issues involved.
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“Do not trust the CDC website and quite certainly do not trust anything that RFK says around your own health” Former CDC official @drdemetre.bsky.social says plainly that information coming out of the CDC cannot be trusted under Robert F. Kennedy’s leadership.

A baby formula recall linked to an infant botulism outbreak is expanding. Here's what to know ByHeart, which makes organic infant formula, has recalled all of its products sold throughout the U.S. amid a growing outbreak of infant botulism.

Contaminated infant formula is really bad. @jnaleccia.bsky.social is paying attention. apnews.com/article/byhe...

We owe @lizszabo.bsky.social a huge debt of gratitude for listening to all of the #ACIP meeting today and highlighting it, so we didn't have to. It has been sickening seeing how RFK Jr is destroying #PublicHealth. Thank you again, Liz!

Judge: Trump Must Restore Federal Health Websites A federal judge finds federal agencies violated the law when they deleted “hundreds or even thousands” of pages about treating HIV and other medical conditions.

“With this ruling, we can provide care for our patients and protect public health based on evidence, rather than ideology,” said Reshma Ramachandran, MD, MPP, MHS, a Doctors for America board member

@reshmagar.bsky.social

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For those who haven't been closely following how many people will lose health insurance from Republican actions:

CBO projects 11.8 million more uninsured from the Big Bill.

An additional 5.1 million uninsured from allowing enhanced ACA tax credits to expire and administrative actions.

'700 Indian engineers posed as AI': The London startup that took Microsoft for a ride - BusinessToday The unraveling began when creditor Viola Credit, which lent Builder.ai $50 million in 2023, seized $37 million from its accounts after the company defaulted.

Oh look it's the Theranos of AI www.businesstoday.in/technology/n...

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Silence of AMA, Other Doc Groups Vexes Some Physicians Some mainstream groups like the American Medical Association have remained mostly quiet in public as upheaval sweeps federal health agencies during the Trump administration.

Medscape is continuing to cover: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

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