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The head of a group of new RFK Jr. appointed vaccine advisers said their “enormous” knowledge about science should be obvious to listeners. Then they went on to float cancer, autism and contaminated DNA among dangers of covid shots wapo.st/3I5qLSY

NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com

One of RFK Jr.'s vaccine advisers just asked coronavirus vaccine makers about a study linking mRNA coronavirus vaccines to autism-like behavior in baby rats. The meeting shaping future of coronavirus vaccines is underway www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

here’s the clip of someone saying “you’re an idiot,” as Levi — one of RFK Jr’s handpicked vaccine advisers — suggests other scientists are being overconfident about vaccine safety data

Very confusing what ACIP is trying to do on coronavirus vaccines www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

RFK Jr.'s vaccine advisers have backed away from their plans to stop recommending hepatitis B vaccination at birth, a policy credited for a drastic plunge in infections and nearly eliminating maternal-to-fetal transmission www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

The CDC vaccine advisory panel has started its meeting to decide coronavirus vaccine recommendations. And in an unusual move, it has not publicized what recommendations it will vote on! www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

BREAKING: Federal vaccine advisers appointed by RFK Jr. are planning a broad review of vaccines given during pregnancy. @lenasun.bsky.social is at their meeting in Atlanta and reporting with Paige Winfield Cunningham wapo.st/3K9OBNV

This part of the CDC Senate hearing stood out to me about Kennedy pushing the CDC director to speak to a lawyer for an anti-vaccine organization. Gift link to our coverage: wapo.st/3I2IESn

Susan Monarez, who was fired as CDC director and said RFK Jr. pressured her to alter vaccine policy, is testifying before the Senate at 10 a.m. We're covering it live - and already have a scoop from @lenasun.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Sen. Bill Cassidy's decision to support RFK Jr. came down to the morning of a crucial committee vote. Now, he's publicly pressing the nation's top health official to endorse common vaccines & set to quiz a CDC head ousted by RFK. w/ @ddiamond.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Based on our reporting, I'm telling my 65+ mom / in-laws to get new coronavirus vaccines this week if they want to get the new shot

BILL CASSIDY agonized about RFK Jr — but delivered the key vote to cinch his confirmation Seven months later, as RFK Jr and his deputies work to roll back vaccine recommendations, @rachelroubein.bsky.social and I ask: what is Cassidy thinking now?

Our in-depth polling on who rejects vaccine recommendations and why is above the fold on the front page today. Gift link: wapo.st/3K4aFcG

“The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of ‘corrosive ideology.’”

HHS officially announced five new vaccine advisers who will decide fate of coronavirus vaccines Friday. One called for stopping mRNA vaccines, another blamed covid shots for rare conditions and another said coronavirus isn't scary. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

The Post partnered with KFF to survey more than 2,700 parents about vaccination. Here's some of what we learned about the 1 in 6 who skipped or delayed recommended vaccines (except flu/covid) for their kids 🧵 and gift link wapo.st/3K4aFcG

The perennially difficult thing with writing about vaccine polling -- which this story handles nicely -- is that it's crucial to highlight two things at once: -Americans broadly (and correctly) support vaccination, across party lines -There are concerning cracks being leveraged in that consensus

Meet the parents skipping or delaying vaccination: Our @washingtonpost.com @kff.org poll found they are more likely to home-school their children, be White and very religious, identify as Republican or be under 35 www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

‘Can we talk about RFK Jr.?’ Inside the chill sweeping vaccine makers wapo.st/3JVbyEz

All but one state with a Democratic governor has now moved to end prescription requirements for coronavirus vaccines. D.C. has not (CVS Minute Clinic and going to MD/VA are options) www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Agenda for next week’s CDC vaccine recommendation committee is out They are revisiting Hepatitis B vaccination at birth but NOT RSV immunization as previously suggested Covid vaccination is Friday www.cdc.gov/acip/downloa...

Another important detail in this story: RFK Jr.'s vaccine advisers are considering lifting the minimum age for coronavirus vaccine recommendations from 65 to 75 wapo.st/47LFKvL

What’s in a name you ask? Everything if that name means making patients feel more comfortable and less stigmatized. Great piece by @npr.org featuring @boghuma.bsky.social and myself, talking about the renaming of mpox (once again) www.npr.org/sections/goa...

SCOOP: Trump health officials plan to link covid vaccines to the deaths of 25 children as they consider limiting which Americans should get the shots, per sources. W @rachelroubein.bsky.social @ddiamond.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Health insurance premiums for private and government-sponsored plans are poised to spike over drug costs, tariff threats. Gift link: wapo.st/4mZsgRx

BREAKING: Susan Monarez, forced out by RFK Jr as CDC director, to testify in front of Senate panel next week. Monarez has said RFK Jr pressured her around vaccines. RFK Jr has said she was untrustworthy. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Great listen for a commute home or while cooking dinner

The headline and subhed alone tell a powerful story www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

Two of them called for mRNA coronavirus vaccines to be taken off the market. Another said physicians “blindly believed” in the vaccines. Another told legislators some people lost their lives after taking the vaccine. We dug into people on a list of potential new CDC vaccine advisers wapo.st/3JStzDh

SNAP and Medicaid cuts under the One Big Beautiful Bill act will likely blow holes in state budgets. This is what’s at stake www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

We’ve discovered more about the advisers RFK Jr. is considering to decide which vaccines Americans get. One said: “Remember, the Lord Jesus did not fear lepers, and leprosy was (and continues to be) a highly contagious infectious disease.” Gift link: wapo.st/3JStzDh

RFK Jr. told senators they were wrong and making stuff up about Americans struggling to access coronavirus vaccines. The challenges are real. We heard from more than 3,200 readers about this, and these are some of their stories. Gift link: wapo.st/4nbXgO6

Florida’s surgeon general said state officials did not analyze the risk of infectious disease resurgence before pushing to end all school vaccine mandates. @douglasmac.bsky.social watched the interview

@who.int calls for protection of public health excellence in the US CDC

This emergency department data demonstrated the disproportionate toll of the summer wave on very young children, at a time the Trump administration says they don’t need updated vaccines.

Florida's move to erase school immunization requirements emboldens opponents of vaccine mandates nationwide. Trisha Thadani & @laurenweberhp.bsky.social report www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

This is true. 81% of U.S. parents (incl. 75% of Republicans & 82% of Florida) say public schools should require vaccines for measles and polio. Most parents, knowing their kids could pointlessly get a life-threatening infection, side with proven science www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

The No. 2 at NIH repeatedly insisted vaccines are unnecessary in a healthy society even when presented evidence healthy children died of flu, according to whistleblower complaints. @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social reports www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

It’s really striking when you see the side by side video footage of how RFK Jr. contradicted himself at the Senate hearing. www.washingtonpost.com/video/politi...

Q: Do you have confidence in what RFK? Trump: "I didn't get to watch the hearings today, but he's a very good person. He means well. He's got some different ideas…I heard he did well today, but it's not your standard talk — and that has to do with medical and vaccines...I like that he's different."

I’m still fixated on RFK Jr. saying he asked the CDC director to resign because he asked her if she was trustworthy and she said “no.” That and other takeaways from today’s hearing www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

NEW: RFK Jr.’s upending of vaccine policy is driving some states to break away from Trump admin guidelines while others are further loosening shot requirements. Me and @laurenweberhp.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Never a dull day on the vaccine beat

BREAKING Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates, first in nation to do so. @davidovalle.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Even before Medicaid cuts take effect, some hospitals anticipating financial challenges have paused previously planned projects, such as labor and delivery services. Yasmeen Abutaleb traveled to Kentucky to show what's at stake www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Robert Klemko went to an ICE recruitment fair and learned more about the motivations of the prospective officers www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

As Tennessee kindergarteners prepare to learn the ABCs, they’ll also learn “to identify a trigger, a barrel and a muzzle as they’re introduced to rudimentary gun safety” under a new state law, @bellwak.bsky.social reports

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...