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CDC Vaccine Expert Resigns After RFK Jr. Cuts Advisers

Physician's Weekly

WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A senior scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has resigned, warning that changes in leadership may weaken the country’s vaccine program. It makes recommendations on use of vaccines in the U.S. vaccine program. “We Kennedy Jr. Kennedy Jr.

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Measles, vaccine hesitancy, and the ACIP

Common Sense Family Doctor

As of March 27, 2025, 19 states had confirmed a total of 483 measles infections , with 444 cases associated with an ongoing outbreak in West Texas and New Mexico that began in late January. 70 people (14%) have been hospitalized for serious illnesses, and one child and one adult have died. Kennedy, Jr.,

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COVID Updates: A Podcast with Peter Chin-Hong and Lona Mody

GeriPal

Our conversation covers: The current state of COVID Evidence for COVID boosters, who should get them, and preferences between Novavax and mRNA vaccines COVID treatments like Molnupiravir and Paxlovid Differences in COVID impact on nursing home residents and those with serious illnesses We wrap up with a “magic wand” question.

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Readers Endorse Doctor Migration and Shun ‘Elderspeak’

Physician's Weekly

A podcast producer and director emeritus of WOUB Public Media zeroed in on our article about restless doctors, sharing his thoughts on X: This must be Trump and Kennedy’s idiotic plan to make American Healthy Again… [link] — Tom Hodson (@thodson) May 29, 2025 — Tom Hodson, Athens, Ohio Oh, Canada Welcomes American Doctors!

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Not Only Harvard. RFK Jr.’s Slashed Science Funding Cuts Across States That Backed Trump

Physicians News Digest

The Trump administration has canceled hundreds of grants supporting research on topics such as vaccination; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and the health of LGBTQ+ populations. Others followed the Senate confirmation of anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy Jr. Thank you for public service.