The Trump administration plan to recommend fewer childhood vaccines to mimic Denmark makes no sense scientifically, a Danish health official said “Public health is not one size fits all. It’s population specific and dynamic. Denmark and the U.S. are two very different countries.” wapo.st/4aXfzn5

Important point here. Talk to your doctor about vaccines sounds reasonable, but doctors often refer back to the CDC.

BREAKING: The U.S. is preparing to stop recommending most childhood vaccines and defer to doctors instead. The plan, which is not finalized, marks a fundamental shift in the U.S. vaccine strategy, @lenasun.bsky.social & @rachelroubein.bsky.social report. Gift link: wapo.st/4aXfzn5

Trump is expected to announce today that Medicare will begin reimbursing some older Americans for CBD treatments The pilot program is part of Trump’s bigger announcement on easing restrictions around marijuana w @davidovalle.bsky.social @jacobbogage.bsky.social

SCOOP: American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr. Programs included work on reducing sudden infant deaths and identifying autism early. Me and @Paigecunningham.Bsky.Social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Trump taps Yale doctor who pushed the unproven covid treatment hydroxychloroquine to lead the nation’s cancer initiative, Ariana Eunjung Cha reports www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

BREAKING: CDC approves major child vaccine change, rejects controversial one that RFKJr’s handpicked vaccine advisory panel had recommended. My story. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

As the planet warms, global infrastructure is increasingly imperiled by extreme weather it was never designed to handle. The fight over a mysterious 130-year-old dam in India -- which one community sees as its salvation and another fears will be its doom -- shows what's at stake. wapo.st/4qbE70a

This Post Reports episode featuring a doctor and patient navigating vaccine skepticism is a testament to the power of human connection and the importance of trusted voices in our misinformation era. An AI-generated "podcast" could never measure up. www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/pos...

What happens when you put a celebrity talk show host in charge of Washington's wonkiest health agency? @paigecunningham.bsky.social has a profile today on Dr. Oz's ascent and the first extensive interview with him as CMS administrator www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Under RFK Jr., the CDC provides a megaphone to the anti-vaccine movement wapo.st/4oILc77 via @lenasun.bsky.social @davidovalle.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com

For decades, the CDC has fought attempts by the anti-vaccine movement to sow doubts in the safety and efficacy of the shots that marked a triumph of public health. This week, the agency instead provided a powerful platform www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

NEW: How the CDC has become a powerful platform for the anti-vaccine movement it once sought to fight. 1/5 Me, @davidovalle.bsky.social, @paigecunningham.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

The U.S. childhood vaccine schedule is increasingly in jeopardy. President Trump late Friday announced he has directed federal health officials to consider aligning the U.S. with other countries that recommend fewer shots. wapo.st/4atob4M

The Maryland Department of Health affirmed the recommendation for all newborns to receive a first dose of a hepatitis B vaccine after CDC vaccine advisers rescinded it. Anyone know if other states took similar steps? health.maryland.gov/phpa/OIDEOR/...

The top drug regulator abruptly resigned. Staff complaints piled up. Outside experts warned FDA was in trouble. That was a month ago, prompting urgent meetings. Leaders soon claimed problems were fixed. Then it all happened again in the past week. On FDA chaos w @rachelroubein.bsky.social

!!! The Post obtained hot mic comments by the chair of RFK Jr.'s CDC vaccine committee. "We feel like a little bit like puppets on a string as opposed to really being an independent advisory panel" wapo.st/4atob4M

BREAKING: CDC panel makes most sweeping revision to child vaccine schedule under RFK Jr. Our story. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

NEW: More than 80% of the immigrants arrested in D.C. during Trump’s federal law enforcement surge this year had no criminal convictions or charges, new data shows, even though that crackdown was portrayed as targeting violent crime. w/ Emmanuel Martinez wapo.st/4iC8oCR

RFK Jr.'s new vaccine advisers are voting today their most sweeping revision to the childhood immunization schedule: Ending the recommendation for all infants to receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

BREAKING: A dozen former FDA commissioners condemned plans for a more restrictive approach to approving vaccines. “These measures, and the unilateral way they are being imposed, undermine the public interest," they wrote in an @nejm.org article. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Becca Rothfield is the Chotiner of book reviews www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...

RICK PAZDUR is now planning to resign at the end of the year — three weeks after taking the job as FDA's top drug regulator. Big shake-up after a year of turbulence at the agency. Story w @rachelroubein.bsky.social. (And credit to Stat's @lizzylawrence.bsky.social, who beat us out the door.)

NEW: @lenasun.bsky.social spoke to the new chairman of the federal vaccine advisory panel remade under RFK Jr. They are planning to vote to end universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth and to scrutinize whether childhood shots are causing autoimmune disorders. wapo.st/3XrsKoD

This is the new chair of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which meets this week to scrutinize the childhood immunization schedule and administering hepatitis B shots at birth www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

The FDA’s plans for a restrictive approach to vaccine approvals would affect: Annual flu shots Giving multiple vaccines together New vaccines for pregnant women Expanding eligibility for vaccines Gift link to read reporting from @ddiamond.bsky.social @rachelroubein.bsky.social: wapo.st/49GmNLP

Don’t miss the news the Trump administration quietly made late Friday of a holiday weekend 👇🏾

Two paths to Thanksgiving drama offered by two departments at The Washington Post. Do you choose violence? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

BREAKING: Louisiana health official who ordered his health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations during a surge in flu cases this winter has been tapped to be the new number 2 at @CDCgov. My story. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

The “walk with your cousin” before Thanksgiving dinner is out. This walk is in www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

NEW: The National Academies release statement saying the revised language on @CDCgov web page on links between vaccines and autism, which cited some of the academies work, did not provide the full context. 1/2 www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...

NEW: Bird flu patient dies, marking second U.S. fatality in 2025. Washington state resident was older adult w underlying conditions. My story. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

exclusive: Rick Pazdur, the official just tapped by Trump administration to be FDA's top drug regulator has privately warned that some of the agency's new initiatives could be illegal and dangerous. w @rachelroubein.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE: CDC to end all monkey studies. Decision handed down by recent college grad and former DOGE employee who is now deputy chief of staff at the agency. Animals were being used in studies of HIV prevention. Some may be euthanized. My latest for @science.org

The frontline CDC staff first asked to change the vaccines-autism website to promote a false link between the two wouldn't do so, @lenasun.bsky.social discovered wapo.st/3X9Mr43

Artificial dyes are going away. So how do you color food naturally? @rachelroubein.bsky.social went to a lab that studies how to do that and this visual story is stunning www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com. We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans. washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

Cassidy's response (which does not directly address Kennedy)

The CDC under RFK Jr. has repudiated its decades of work fighting to debunk the false assertion that vaccines cause autism wapo.st/4idz3Wn

I watched “All Her Fault” because I wanted to read this @monicahesse.bsky.social column, and it DELIVERS www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...

"From the end of February to August, grants for 383 clinical trials were terminated and the funding disruptions affected more than 74,000 trial participants, according to new research published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine." www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

GLP-1s are now being used to treat drug and alcohol addiction. Fascinating story here by @davidovalle.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

BREAKING: ByHeart, the organic baby formula maker, is recalling all of its formula after an infant botulism outbreak linked to its product. @rachelroubein.bsky.social with the scoop www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Breaking news: The FDA will ask drug manufacturers to remove a warning on hormone replacement therapies that some doctors say has long prevented women from taking medications aimed at treating the symptoms of menopause.

The Post (me and @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social) analyzed the social media posts and appearances of prominent politicians across the country. We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Amazing window into the anti-vaccine movement from @laurenweberhp.bsky.social's trip to the CHD conference. The father of an unvaccinated girl who died of measles said "he would do everything in his power to protect his children from vaccines" wapo.st/49HVH6S

Americans across the country face soaring ACA premiums as Republicans in Congress decline to extend enhanced subsidies that could cushion the blow. @paigecunningham.bsky.social tells some of their stories. Gift link: wapo.st/43Q4Iag

Trump is set to announce deal Thursday to lower price of Lilly, Novo obesity drugs for some Medicare beneficiaries. Part of "most favored nation" pricing push — with potential for public health impact. (On a separate note: Trump calls these drugs "the fat pill" and has questioned if they work.)

“Andres-Tysch had considered going as “Ho Biden” but ultimately went the Slutdown route” (I’m good with suburban trick or treating instead of going out tonight) www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...