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RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel defers vote on hepatitis B shot for babies until Friday

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hand-picked vaccine committee on Thursday deferred crucial votes on hepatitis B vaccines for babies until Friday, saying it will give members more time to review proposed language on the measure. One panel member, Dr. Cody Meissner, a professor of pediatrics at the Dartmouth Geisel School of…

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Dr. Scott Gottlieb on HHS Secretary RFK Jr.’s newly appointed vaccine advisory panel

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Dr. Scott Gottlieb on HHS Secretary RFK Jr.’s newly appointed vaccine advisory panel – CBS News Watch CBS News Dr. Scott Gottlieb served as FDA commissioner in President Trump’s first term, and is currently on the board at Pfizer and the chairman of the board at Illumina. He tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan”…

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Healthy Returns: RFK Jr.’s Covid vaccine recommendation change could threaten health, access

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A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. A wave of outrage is sweeping the scientific and medical world after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to stop recommending routine Covid-19…

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FDA planning for fewer food and drug inspections due to layoffs, officials say

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Senior Food and Drug Administration leaders are planning for cutbacks to the number of routine food and drug inspections conducted by the agency, multiple officials say, due to steep layoffs this week in support staff.  Around 170 workers were cut from the FDA’s Office of Inspections and Investigations, according to two federal health officials who…

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