Jackie Fortiér
@jackie-fortier.bsky.social
Peggy Girshman Fellow, KFF Health News
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A doctor in Alaska once watched the hepatis B virus take children’s lives, until the vaccine for newborns made those tragedies preventable. Now a CDC panel is weighing changes that could limit access to the shot and fuel misinformation. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
RFK Jr. Wants To Delay the Hepatitis B Vaccine. Here’s What Parents Need To Know. - KFF Health News
A CDC panel is reconsidering the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. Renewed doubt could lead to fewer kids getting vaccinated, leaving them vulnerable to an incurable, preventable virus that can b...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A doctor in Alaska once watched the hepatis B virus take children’s lives, until the vaccine for newborns made those tragedies preventable. Now a CDC panel is weighing changes that could limit access to the shot and fuel misinformation. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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NPR looked into malfunctions on lines that power individual homes in one of the communities hardest hit by the LA fires in January. Here's what we found.
5 takeaways from NPR's investigation into the role of distribution lines in LA fires
NPR looked into malfunctions on lines that power individual homes in one of the communities hardest hit by the LA fires in January. Here's what we found.
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October 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
NPR looked into malfunctions on lines that power individual homes in one of the communities hardest hit by the LA fires in January. Here's what we found.
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At a key vaccine panel meeting, household, school, and day care hepatitis B transmission risks were largely ignored.
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In Hepatitis B Vaccine Debate, CDC Panel Sidesteps Key Exposure Risk - KFF Health News
At a recent meeting of a key vaccine advisory panel, members debated changes to the timing of hepatitis B vaccination, while largely ignoring the risk of early childhood transmission from day care or ...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
At a key vaccine panel meeting, household, school, and day care hepatitis B transmission risks were largely ignored.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Reposted by Jackie Fortiér
Ex-CDC director is telling the Senate right now that RFK Jr. pressured her to rubber stamp a new childhood vaccine schedule without evidence.
We learned that delaying the first dose of hepatitis B was part of RFK Jr.‘s plan.
Read @jackie-fortier.bsky.social’s brilliant story.
We learned that delaying the first dose of hepatitis B was part of RFK Jr.‘s plan.
Read @jackie-fortier.bsky.social’s brilliant story.
RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Expected To Recommend Delaying Hepatitis B Shot for Children - KFF Health News
A federal vaccine panel, recently reshaped by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is expected to vote on delaying the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Pediatricians warn that coul...
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September 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Ex-CDC director is telling the Senate right now that RFK Jr. pressured her to rubber stamp a new childhood vaccine schedule without evidence.
We learned that delaying the first dose of hepatitis B was part of RFK Jr.‘s plan.
Read @jackie-fortier.bsky.social’s brilliant story.
We learned that delaying the first dose of hepatitis B was part of RFK Jr.‘s plan.
Read @jackie-fortier.bsky.social’s brilliant story.
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@bluntrochester.senate.gov notes that in the thirty-plus years since CDC started recommending vaccinating every newborn for hep B, case rates in children have dropped 99 percent.
That’s the stat @jackie-fortier.bsky.social and I calculated for our piece.
Thank you for reading, Senator!
That’s the stat @jackie-fortier.bsky.social and I calculated for our piece.
Thank you for reading, Senator!
September 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
@bluntrochester.senate.gov notes that in the thirty-plus years since CDC started recommending vaccinating every newborn for hep B, case rates in children have dropped 99 percent.
That’s the stat @jackie-fortier.bsky.social and I calculated for our piece.
Thank you for reading, Senator!
That’s the stat @jackie-fortier.bsky.social and I calculated for our piece.
Thank you for reading, Senator!
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NEW: Today we debuted a new collaboration with @npr.org -- Health Care Helpline, a series in which our reporters try to untangle the many knots in the U.S. health system.
First up: Their insurance wouldn't cover a hearing test. Why?
By @jackie-fortier.bsky.social
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First up: Their insurance wouldn't cover a hearing test. Why?
By @jackie-fortier.bsky.social
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Try this when your doctor says 'yes' to a preventive test but insurance says 'no'
Health insurance wouldn't cover one child's hearing tests. Reporters with Health Care Helpline investigated and share this advice for what to do if preventive care gets denied.
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August 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
NEW: Today we debuted a new collaboration with @npr.org -- Health Care Helpline, a series in which our reporters try to untangle the many knots in the U.S. health system.
First up: Their insurance wouldn't cover a hearing test. Why?
By @jackie-fortier.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/08/21/n...
First up: Their insurance wouldn't cover a hearing test. Why?
By @jackie-fortier.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/08/21/n...
"It really became an issue when RFK Jr. stepped into the role of HHS secretary," said Deborah Greenhouse, a pediatrician in South Carolina.
Fearing coverage could change, some parents rush to vaccinate their kids
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is changing how federal agencies handle vaccine recommendations. Some parents are hurrying to get kids their shots, fearing future changes could limit access.
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July 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"It really became an issue when RFK Jr. stepped into the role of HHS secretary," said Deborah Greenhouse, a pediatrician in South Carolina.
Un experto en salud calificó el documento de “desinformación médica deliberada” sobre la seguridad de las vacunas contra covid para niños y embarazadas.
Expertos dicen que el secretario de Salud envió "ciencia basura" a congresistas para defender cambios en las vacunas contra covid - KFF Health News
Para apoyar el cambio en la política nacional sobre las vacunas contra covid-19, el HHS envió a legisladores un documento que cita estudios controversiales, y tergiversa otros.
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June 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Un experto en salud calificó el documento de “desinformación médica deliberada” sobre la seguridad de las vacunas contra covid para niños y embarazadas.
Reposted by Jackie Fortiér
Our poll finds most of the public initially supports the Medicaid work requirements provision of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” but attitudes can shift dramatically when presented with information related to its impact — including across partisans. on.kff.org/3Zywm9K
June 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Our poll finds most of the public initially supports the Medicaid work requirements provision of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” but attitudes can shift dramatically when presented with information related to its impact — including across partisans. on.kff.org/3Zywm9K
Reposted by Jackie Fortiér
In the middle of this wild week of other news, the amazing Jackie Fortiér and I were running down this story that published today on @npr.org and @kffhealthnews.org
Here's what happened, and why I think it's worth paying attention even with all of....this....going on 👇
Here's what happened, and why I think it's worth paying attention even with all of....this....going on 👇
RFK Jr. sent Congress 'medical disinformation' to defend COVID vaccine schedule change
A document circulated to members of Congress misinterprets studies and cites debunked research, scientists say. It could influence congressional perceptions of vaccine safety.
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June 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
In the middle of this wild week of other news, the amazing Jackie Fortiér and I were running down this story that published today on @npr.org and @kffhealthnews.org
Here's what happened, and why I think it's worth paying attention even with all of....this....going on 👇
Here's what happened, and why I think it's worth paying attention even with all of....this....going on 👇