Noele Nelson
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Noele Nelson
@noelenelson.bsky.social
Epidemiologist and pediatrician, focusing on infectious diseases and vaccine policy. Views are my own.
Reposted by Noele Nelson
Florida embarks on a risky experiment — ending nearly five decades of mandatory vaccination. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Doctors Muffled as Florida Moves To End Decades of Childhood Vaccination Mandates - KFF Health News
Florida has announced plans to end mandatory vaccination. Now scientists are assessing which of several diseases deadly to children — whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and te...
kffhealthnews.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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The ACIP meeting planned for 22-23 October has been indefinitely postponed. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off
Critics say scientists ‘held hostage’ by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...
Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Science for vaccine policy: Independent review of the September 2025 ACIP processes, deliberations and votes": www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Science for vaccine policy: Independent review of the September 2025 ACIP processes, deliberations and votes
Since 1964, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has shaped US vaccine policy but recently underwent significant structural and pro…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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In a meeting that devolved into confusion and near chaos, federal advisers on Thursday voted 8 to 3 against vaccinating children under four years old with a combination shot that protects against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/h...
Kennedy’s Advisory Panel Votes to Limit M.M.R.V. Vaccine for Children Under 4
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM