Sat, Oct 11, 2025:
HHS rehiring some people fired through reduction-in-force efforts. A Trump administration legal document said HHS initially targeted 1,000 to 1,200 employees for dismissal, and people speaking with POLITICO say the firings focused on the CDC. – Politico
Mon, Oct 6, 2025:
CDC endorses RFK Jr. vaccine panel recommendations. The Trump administration’s move formalizes advice to soften or eliminate previous policies. – Politico
Thurs, Sept 25, 2025:
Five troubling themes that show where CDC vaccine policy is headed – WP/Wen
Tues, Sept 23, 2025:
Trump’s escalating attacks on vaccines shock public health leaders. Trump promoted long-debunked claims that vaccines can cause autism as he called for changes to the childhood immunization schedule sought by anti-vaccine activists. – WP
Wed, Sept 17, 2025:
Major health insurer group says members will continue to cover vaccines, a step that may ease anxiety over access. Move by AHIP comes as an influential advisory panel that could alter federal recommendations is set to meet – Stat
Western States Issue Their Own Vaccine Recommendations to Counter Kennedy. The guidelines, from California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii, mirror those of major medical organizations. – NYT
Thurs, Sept. 10, 2025:
House appropriators snub Kennedy, include mRNA vaccine funding in spending bill – Stat
Fri, Sept 5, 2025:
Operation Warp Speed was one of Trump’s biggest achievements. Then came RFK Jr. and vaccine skeptics – AP
States move to protect vaccines in the face of attempts to remove mandates – AP
Thurs, Sept 4, 2025:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC and Me. I was fired after 29 days because I held the line and insisted on rigorous scientific review. – WSJ
Wed, Sept 3, 2025:
Washington, Oregon and California governors form alliance in rebuke of Trump administration – AP
Thurs, Aug 28, 2025:
5 big collisions between RFK Jr. and CDC scientists before director was fired. In the months before Director Susan Monarez was fired, the CDC faced mass firings, changing vaccine advice and a shooting at its headquarters in Atlanta. – WP
Wed, Aug 27, 2025:
The quiet collapse of America’s pandemic preparedness – Hill
Fri, Aug 22, 2025:
The Problem Isn’t Trust in Vaccines, It’s That People Don’t Know Who to Trust – KFF
Thurs, Aug 14, 2025:
Congress is lukewarm on RFK Jr.’s plans. In the states, they’re catching fire. – Politico
Wed, Aug 6, 2025:
RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development – AP
RFK Jr. is slandering mRNA technology. Americans will bear the cost. Canceling research will slow down lifesaving innovation and increase U.S. vulnerability to pandemics. – WP
Mon, Aug 4, 2025:
AMA and other medical associations are kicked out of CDC vaccine workgroups – AP
Thurs, July 17, 2025:
Vaccine divide widens after CDC committee shake-up. Pediatricians hit the Hill to convince lawmakers to support childhood immunizations – Roll Call
Tues, July 15, 2025:
Kennedy Claims Doctors Profit Off Vaccines. In Fact, Many Lose Money on Them. – NYT
Tues, July 8, 2025:
Measles cases reach highest point since the disease was eliminated in U.S. in 2000. An outbreak in West Texas that spread to several other states drove the case counts up substantially. – NBC
Mon, July 7, 2025:
Major medical associations sue Kennedy, Trump administration health leaders for Covid-19 vaccine changes – CNN
Wed, June 25, 2025:
Kennedy Withdraws U.S. Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency – NYT
Dr. Atul Gawande, a surgeon who led global health work in the Biden administration, called Mr. Kennedy’s remarks “stunning and calamitous.”
RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel to review childhood immunization schedule. The move could shift long-standing practices of how and when children are immunized in the United States. – WP
Tues, June 24, 2025:
The plan to vaccinate all Americans, despite RFK Jr. The effort comes as the Trump administration has replaced members of the key federal vaccine advisory panel. – WP
Tues, June 10, 2025:
RFK Jr.’s firing of CDC vaccine panel undermines science, could threaten public health, experts say – CNBC
Fri, May 30, 2025:
Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC keeps recommending covid vaccine for kids. Earlier this week, the health and human services secretary said healthy children did not need to get vaccinated for the coronavirus. – WP
Thurs, May 29, 2025:
HHS cancels funding for Moderna to develop vaccines to combat bird flu. The department cited Moderna’s use of the messenger RNA technology, which it said “remains under-tested,” for the cancellation of the funding. – WP
Mon, May 12, 2025:
RFK Jr.’s ‘doublespeak’ on vaccines – WP
Thurs, May 8, 2025:
Trump’s surgeon general nominee not a practicing physician, says “I think vaccine mandates are criminal.” – LATimes
Thurs, April 24, 2025:
Millions of U.S. measles cases forecast over 25 years if shots decline; Measles, once virtually wiped out in the United States, could become commonplace again if declining vaccination rates continue, a new model shows. – WP
Wed, April 23, 2025:
Americans unsure what to believe about the measles vaccine, poll shows; Parents who believe, or lean toward believing, false claims say they delayed or skipped some recommended vaccines for their children. – WP
Wed, March 26, 2025:
Trump administration to cut $11.4 billion in COVID funding from local health departments – CBS
Tues, March 25, 2025:
Measles outbreak sends warning for future of infectious disease; Lawmakers urge health agencies to send consistent message on vaccine uptake – Roll Call
Tues, March 4, 2025:
H5N1 is spreading. America is not ready – WP/Wen
RFK Jr’s botched message on measles – WP
Mon, March 3, 2025:
Top HHS spokesperson quits after clashing with RFK Jr. – Politico
Tues, Feb 18, 2025:
Kennedy says panel will examine childhood vaccine schedule after promising not to change it – AP