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What's the story with vaccine studies and placebo? Glad you asked!
June 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
What's the story with vaccine studies and placebo? Glad you asked!
Combination vaccines are recommended by health authorities worldwide to reduce the number of jabs given to children while still offering protection from preventable diseases.
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June 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Combination vaccines are recommended by health authorities worldwide to reduce the number of jabs given to children while still offering protection from preventable diseases.
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“The Trump administration has moved to end funding for HIV vaccine research, where the cuts will shutter two major HIV vaccine research efforts that were first funded by the NIH in 2012 at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute and the Scripps Research Institute."
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Trump administration ending multiple HIV vaccine studies, scientists and officials say
"This is a setback of probably a decade for HIV vaccine research," one scientist said.
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June 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“The Trump administration has moved to end funding for HIV vaccine research, where the cuts will shutter two major HIV vaccine research efforts that were first funded by the NIH in 2012 at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute and the Scripps Research Institute."
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“It’s why every time an incremental vaccine restriction results in a public shrug, he feels emboldened to go a bit further.”
This is important. First he takes away something people don’t care much about—Covid boosters—so that later it seems more normal when he takes away polio vaccines.
This is important. First he takes away something people don’t care much about—Covid boosters—so that later it seems more normal when he takes away polio vaccines.
"If you’re among the vast sea of Americans who remain enthusiastically grateful for vaccines, the time for pushing back against Kennedy isn’t later, when he’ll likely be ratcheting up his program to 'reevaluate' longstanding pediatric vaccines."
RFK Jr.’s War on Vaccines Is Here
Anyone who thinks he’ll stop with COVID shots is deluding themselves. The time to raise hell is now.
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June 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“It’s why every time an incremental vaccine restriction results in a public shrug, he feels emboldened to go a bit further.”
This is important. First he takes away something people don’t care much about—Covid boosters—so that later it seems more normal when he takes away polio vaccines.
This is important. First he takes away something people don’t care much about—Covid boosters—so that later it seems more normal when he takes away polio vaccines.
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"The false citations in the MAHA Commission report are an example of how even pieces of Kennedy's health care agenda with broader appeal are being carried out 'in a way that is unserious,' said Chris Meekins, a managing dir. at Raymond James and health official in the 1st Trump administration." 🛟😷
RFK Jr.'s frenzied first months send health industry scrambling
The nation's top health official is becoming known for abrupt policy pronouncements based on limited or sketchy evidence.
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June 2, 2025 at 10:34 AM
"The false citations in the MAHA Commission report are an example of how even pieces of Kennedy's health care agenda with broader appeal are being carried out 'in a way that is unserious,' said Chris Meekins, a managing dir. at Raymond James and health official in the 1st Trump administration." 🛟😷
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Once viewed as the path out of the pandemic, mRNA vaccines are now being vilified — & not just by fringe figures. The attack on this important platform could render the US far more vulnerable in the next pandemic & trailing China in the field of scientific advances. www.statnews.com/2025/06/02/m...
mRNA, once lauded as a scientific marvel, is now a government target
The sharp turnaround on mRNA vaccines shows the unprecedented rise of anti-vaccine activists to power
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June 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Once viewed as the path out of the pandemic, mRNA vaccines are now being vilified — & not just by fringe figures. The attack on this important platform could render the US far more vulnerable in the next pandemic & trailing China in the field of scientific advances. www.statnews.com/2025/06/02/m...
Full vaccination against COVID-19 protects recipients from serious cardiovascular disease linked to COVID-19, according to a new study in the European Heart Journal.
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June 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Full vaccination against COVID-19 protects recipients from serious cardiovascular disease linked to COVID-19, according to a new study in the European Heart Journal.
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Our partners @ModernMedicaid are urging all U.S. Representatives to oppose devastating funding cuts to Medicaid and rejct provisions that would lead to historic coverage loss. Read their latest letter here: bit.ly/3Zu4tPU #MedicaidMatters
Modern Medicaid Alliance Opposes Medicaid Policies in House Reconciliation Bill - Modern Medicaid Alliance
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Modern Medicaid Alliance (MMA) sent a letter to House leaders expressing strong opposition to the policies in the current reconciliation bill that would cut upwards of $7...
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May 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Our partners @ModernMedicaid are urging all U.S. Representatives to oppose devastating funding cuts to Medicaid and rejct provisions that would lead to historic coverage loss. Read their latest letter here: bit.ly/3Zu4tPU #MedicaidMatters
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We are at a point where such a tracker is practical.
None of this is normal or okay.
None of this is normal or okay.
Johns Hopkins now has a new measles dashboard to track US cases. It makes me miss their COVID-19 dashboard. www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboa...
ArcGIS Dashboards
ArcGIS Dashboards
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May 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
We are at a point where such a tracker is practical.
None of this is normal or okay.
None of this is normal or okay.
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#Science is the eventual cure for cancer, diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer’s and almost every other disease. Trump’s MAGA & RFK Jr’s MAHA doesn’t want you and your family to have that cure.
Therapies involving mRNA, a key to Covid vaccines, hold great potential in treating several diseases. But some lawmakers want to ban them and the U.S. government is cutting research funding.
Scientists Hail This Medical Breakthrough. A Political Storm Could Cripple It.
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May 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
#Science is the eventual cure for cancer, diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer’s and almost every other disease. Trump’s MAGA & RFK Jr’s MAHA doesn’t want you and your family to have that cure.
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These people really want kids sick. Hepatitis B is not just a “sexually transmitted and IV drug user disease” like Means claims here. If she had ever completed medical training she might know that up to 40% of HepB infections are actually acquired in childhood & kill thousands of Americans per year.
May 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
These people really want kids sick. Hepatitis B is not just a “sexually transmitted and IV drug user disease” like Means claims here. If she had ever completed medical training she might know that up to 40% of HepB infections are actually acquired in childhood & kill thousands of Americans per year.
“In 6 months, 2 babies in Louisiana have died of pertussis, the disease commonly known as whooping cough. Washington state also announced its 1st confirmed death from pertussis in more than a decade. Idaho and South Dakota each reported deaths this year
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‘Not just measles’: Whooping cough cases are soaring as vaccine rates decline | CNN
Doctors, researchers and public health experts warn that the measles outbreak, which has grown to more than 600 cases, may just be the beginning. They say outbreaks of preventable diseases could get m...
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April 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“In 6 months, 2 babies in Louisiana have died of pertussis, the disease commonly known as whooping cough. Washington state also announced its 1st confirmed death from pertussis in more than a decade. Idaho and South Dakota each reported deaths this year
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“For the first time since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took charge of the HHS, vaccine advisers to the CDC are meeting publicly to discuss the nation's vaccine policies."
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After delays, first vaccine advisory meeting under RFK Jr. set to start
For the first time since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became health secretary, vaccine advisers to the CDC are meeting to discuss vaccines for RSV, HPV, COVID and more.
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April 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“For the first time since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took charge of the HHS, vaccine advisers to the CDC are meeting publicly to discuss the nation's vaccine policies."
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I, a pediatrician that has never received a dime for vaccinating children, got MMR today.
My children will be receiving HPV vaccines (as well as the full immunization schedule) as soon as they’re eligible.
Any good pediatrician will tell you the same story about what they do for their families.
My children will be receiving HPV vaccines (as well as the full immunization schedule) as soon as they’re eligible.
Any good pediatrician will tell you the same story about what they do for their families.
March 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I, a pediatrician that has never received a dime for vaccinating children, got MMR today.
My children will be receiving HPV vaccines (as well as the full immunization schedule) as soon as they’re eligible.
Any good pediatrician will tell you the same story about what they do for their families.
My children will be receiving HPV vaccines (as well as the full immunization schedule) as soon as they’re eligible.
Any good pediatrician will tell you the same story about what they do for their families.
Registered nurse Melody Butler, the director of @nurseswhovax, joins the @27east editors to discuss what people can do to protect themselves and their families from various communicable diseases that are of growing concern.
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Measles, Bird Flu and COVID Concerns – and What To Know About Vaccines | 27Speaks Podcast
Registered nurse Melody Butler joins the editors to discuss what people can do to protect themselves and their families.
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March 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Registered nurse Melody Butler, the director of @nurseswhovax, joins the @27east editors to discuss what people can do to protect themselves and their families from various communicable diseases that are of growing concern.
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🚨This is dangerous. RFK Jr. canceled the FDA’s VRBPAC meeting—the committee that selects flu strains for the annual vaccine.
WHO makes recommendations, but without US participation, we lose critical expertise. I worked at WHO & know how vital these meetings are. Delays = shortages = lives at risk.
WHO makes recommendations, but without US participation, we lose critical expertise. I worked at WHO & know how vital these meetings are. Delays = shortages = lives at risk.
The FDA vaccine committee meeting that was supposed to discuss how to update next season's flu vaccine was abruptly cancelled today. It’s a key step to allow influenza vaccine manufacturers sufficient time to prepare updated shots for the next season. No explanation was provided.
February 27, 2025 at 5:43 AM
🚨This is dangerous. RFK Jr. canceled the FDA’s VRBPAC meeting—the committee that selects flu strains for the annual vaccine.
WHO makes recommendations, but without US participation, we lose critical expertise. I worked at WHO & know how vital these meetings are. Delays = shortages = lives at risk.
WHO makes recommendations, but without US participation, we lose critical expertise. I worked at WHO & know how vital these meetings are. Delays = shortages = lives at risk.
Thanks to vaccines, more children grow up to adulthood than at any time in human history. The U.S. has helped build and sustain the global health programs that made this possible.
We can't stop now. Visit shotatlife.org/petition to raise your voice for #HealthForAll.
We can't stop now. Visit shotatlife.org/petition to raise your voice for #HealthForAll.
Ask Congress to Fully Fund Global Immunization Programs
There has never been a better time to advocate for vaccines to protect global health. Fill out this petition to request your members of Congress ensure that children around the world have access to li...
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February 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Thanks to vaccines, more children grow up to adulthood than at any time in human history. The U.S. has helped build and sustain the global health programs that made this possible.
We can't stop now. Visit shotatlife.org/petition to raise your voice for #HealthForAll.
We can't stop now. Visit shotatlife.org/petition to raise your voice for #HealthForAll.
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Measles is between 2 and 10 times more contagious than COVID. This is not going to end well and will be a darkly appropriate backdrop for the absurd installation of RFK Jr as HHS Secretary.
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Officials on alert after Texas measles outbreak spreads to metropolitan area
Measles cases have also spread to neighboring New Mexico, sickening primarily children and teenagers
www.independent.co.uk
February 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Measles is between 2 and 10 times more contagious than COVID. This is not going to end well and will be a darkly appropriate backdrop for the absurd installation of RFK Jr as HHS Secretary.
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
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The @shotatlife.bsky.social Keynote address by @rameshferris.bsky.social polio survivor shared 2024 progress in eradicating polio and explains the vital need to continue efforts to #EndPolioNow.
#vaccinesforall
#vaccinesforall
February 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The @shotatlife.bsky.social Keynote address by @rameshferris.bsky.social polio survivor shared 2024 progress in eradicating polio and explains the vital need to continue efforts to #EndPolioNow.
#vaccinesforall
#vaccinesforall
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We’re going to need more n95s.
February 24, 2025 at 5:01 AM
We’re going to need more n95s.
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Typically, in a #measles outbreak, the CDC would issue a Health Advisory Notice to inform the public & guide protective measures. But the current political climate has muted their response. Without clear, timely information, the measles outbreak in Texas risks spreading within the state & to others.
February 24, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Typically, in a #measles outbreak, the CDC would issue a Health Advisory Notice to inform the public & guide protective measures. But the current political climate has muted their response. Without clear, timely information, the measles outbreak in Texas risks spreading within the state & to others.
#NursesWhoVax members are en route from all over the country to DC for the annual @shotatlife.bsky.social summit. 💚
#MakeYourVoiceHeard
#PublicHealthSavesLives
#VaccinesForAll
#MakeYourVoiceHeard
#PublicHealthSavesLives
#VaccinesForAll
February 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
#NursesWhoVax members are en route from all over the country to DC for the annual @shotatlife.bsky.social summit. 💚
#MakeYourVoiceHeard
#PublicHealthSavesLives
#VaccinesForAll
#MakeYourVoiceHeard
#PublicHealthSavesLives
#VaccinesForAll
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3. The Trump administration has ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to indefinitely postpone a public meeting of its vaccine advisory panel, a key forum for discussing vaccine safety and effectiveness.
February 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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