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Analysis: Despite Kennedy’s claims, vaccines have been tested in placebo-controlled studies --research data

Fri, 2025-06-06 16:48 — mike kraft

Despite Kennedy’s claims, vaccines have been tested in placebo-controlled studies | CNN US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly claimed in public statements that most vaccines recommended for children in the US have not been tested against placebos, and particularly inert placebos such as saline solution or water. Brenda Goodman CNN

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Trump administration's threatened budget cuts would undermine CDC's asthma protection program

Fri, 2025-06-06 16:35 — mike kraft

In a Dusty Corner of California, Trump's Threatened Cuts to Asthma Care Raise Fears - KFF Health News The Trump administration wants to shutter the CDC’s National Asthma Control Program, which provides millions in funding to state-administered initiatives aimed at fighting the disease. The program’s closure, combined with massive cuts to environmental programs, could put the 28 million Americans with asthma at increased risk. khnkytjaw KFF Health News

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Opinion: RFK Jr. eroded trust by making COID vaccine decisions with no transparency

Fri, 2025-06-06 10:40 — mike kraft

Viewpoint: Eroding trust by making COVID vaccine decisions with no transparency The threat to Americans' access to lifesaving vaccines has arrived. CIDRAP

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Analysis: CBO calculates that nearly 11 million people will be uninsured if GOP megabill becomes law

Wed, 2025-06-04 13:12 — mike kraft

CBO: Nearly 11 million people will be uninsured if GOP megabill becomes law Nearly 11 million people would lose health insurance under the House Republican tax bill, mostly due to cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to the nonpartisan Congressiona… nweixel The Hill

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CDC official resigns from COVID vaccine advisory committee following RFK j's statements

Wed, 2025-06-04 12:26 — mike kraft

CDC official resigns from COVID vaccine committee advisory role, sources say

Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos resigned on Tuesday as co-leader of a U.S. CDC working group that advises outside experts on COVID-19 vaccines and is leaving the agency, two sources familiar with the move told Reuters.

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USG government changes in COVID vaccine advice confuse some families

Wed, 2025-06-04 11:59 — mike kraft

COVID vaccine changes confuse and upset some parents and families Federal health officials have changed the game for COVID vaccine access. Pregnant moms and others who rely on them to protect a high-risk family member are scared. NPR

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Analysis: Congressional Republicans taking quieter approach to undermining Obama care

Tue, 2025-06-03 11:17 — mike kraft

Republicans are trying to repeal Obamacare again. Sort of. They’re not branding it an Obamacare repeal this time around, but congressional Republicans are pursuing cuts to programs that are part of the 15-year-old health-care law. Paige Winfield Cunningham The Washington Post

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COVID vaccines: Parents of chldren in clinical trials criticize Trump administration's restrictions

Tue, 2025-06-03 10:18 — mike kraft

A ‘war on children’: as US changes Covid vaccine rules, parents of trial volunteers push back Frustration and anger mount as Trump administration contemplates new trials and restrictions for Covid vaccines The Guardian

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Trump administration budget proposes 40% cut in National Institutions of Health

Mon, 2025-06-02 10:21 — mike kraft

HHS budget proposal details significant cuts to National Institutes of Health, other agencies | CNN A budget proposal for the US Department of Health and Human Services details extensive cuts to funding for the National Institutes of Health, part of an effort to consolidate the work of its 27 institutes into just eight while reducing the agency’s budget nearly 40%. Katherine Dillinger CNN

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Opinion: How Trump supporters views of COVID origins played a role in defunding U.S. science

Fri, 2025-05-30 17:49 — mike kraft

Gain of Fiction: How COVID Origins Motivated Defunding of U.S. Science | Think Global Health Defunding scientific research in the United States has halted disease cure studies amid multiple infectious crises Think Global Health

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