The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it is reviving a long-defunct task force on the safety of childhood vaccines, responding to a demand from the anti-vaccine organization ...

The original task force was disbanded in 1998, the health agency said, adding that NIH director Jay Bhattacharya will serve as the chairman.

Anti-vaccine activists funded a May lawsuit to reconvene the defunct Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines and scrutinize ...

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With federal public health agencies under the helm of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine critic, the usual schedule ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Health and Human Services adopted Aug. 4 the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ recommendations for respiratory ...

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Pregnant individuals commonly reported hesitancy toward RSVpreF and nirsevimab, indicating the need for efforts to promote the safety and uptake of RSV immunization.

The reconstituted panel has not discussed RSV vaccination again and has already caused concern among doctors by questioning proven science around flu vaccines and childhood immunizations.

Earlier this year, a group of vaccine experts on the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to expand RSV vaccination to high-risk adults starting at age 50.

In April, the CDC’s influential Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended expanding RSV vaccination to high-risk adults as young as 50, too.

In April, the CDC’s influential Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended expanding RSV vaccination to high-risk adults as young as 50, too.