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Trump wants to split the MMR vaccine into separate shots. Experts say it’s a bad idea
President Trump’s new vaccine policy would split the MMR shot into separate vaccines and spread childhood immunizations across multiple visits, a move experts say lacks scientific justification, could reduce vaccination rates and revive debunked claims about vaccines and autism.
What Trump’s executive order means for vaccinations this fall
Trump’s new vaccine executive order could reshape childhood immunization policy, but doctors warn it may create confusion, delay vaccinations and increase the risk of preventable disease outbreaks.
Large cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to lettuce now includes cases in 15 states
A nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to recalled lettuce has spread across 15 states, sickening thousands and prompting an active CDC emergency response.
Some hantavirus-exposed cruise ship passengers return home to finish quarantine
Passengers exposed to a rare hantavirus strain on a cruise ship are completing federally supervised quarantine at home, as the CDC and state health officials continue close monitoring despite no reported symptoms.
Upcoming HHS report will link autism to common pain reliever, folate deficiency in pregnancy, Wall Street Journal reports
An upcoming report from the US Department of Health and Human services is likely to link the development of autism in children to a common over-the-counter pain reliever, and it will reference a form of the vitamin folic acid as a way to reduce symptoms of autism in some people, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
States band together to issue public health guidance after ‘destruction’ of the CDC
Pledging communication about vaccines that will be “grounded in science, not ideology,” the governors of California, Washington and Oregon announced Wednesday they will form a West Coast Health Alliance to begin coordinating public health guidelines separate from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Gunman in CDC shooting identified as staffers reel from attack on heavily scrutinized agency
Employees at the top US public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, were winding down their Friday when bullets smashed through their office windows, whizzing just over their cubicle walls. Inside the buildings, CDC employees felt like “sitting ducks,” some would later say in a meeting.
A new recall of injected penicillin may put gains against syphilis in peril
Drugmaker Pfizer is warning doctors that it expects to run low on supplies of Bicillin L-A, a long-acting injection of the antibiotic penicillin, the preferred option for treating syphilis during pregnancy.
FDA to limit future Covid-19 shots to older people and those at risk of serious infection
The US Food and Drug Administration is changing the way it approves Covid-19 vaccines for Americans — a move that will limit future vaccines to older Americans and people at higher risk of serious Covid-19 infection.
Small study hints anti-amyloid therapy may keep Alzheimer’s symptoms at bay in certain patients
For the first time, scientists say, they have evidence that using a biologic drug to remove sticky beta amyloid plaques from the brains of people destined to develop Alzheimer’s dementia can delay the disease.