Health Archives - Page 8 of 8

‘I’m giving my opinion’: Trump deviates from scientific evidence, own FDA, in autism remarks

Tuesday, September 23

(WASHINGTON) -- As President Donald Trump rambled and ad-libbed through an announcement meant to caution pregnant women about the possible links between the use of Tylenol and autism in children, his comments went beyond the available scientific evidence, and even the language of his... Read More.

CDC hepatitis B vaccine vote delayed: What parents should know about possible changes

Friday, September 19

(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee on Friday indefinitely postponed its planned vote on whether to stop recommending the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns.The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, called ACIP, is expected to vote on... Read More.

West Coast states issue joint vaccine guidelines in shift away from CDC

Thursday, September 18

(NEW YORK) -- Four Western U.S. states have come together to issue unified vaccine recommendations for the upcoming respiratory illness season, and California has enacted a new law to base the state's immunization guidance on independent medical organizations, rather than the U.S. Centers for... Read More.

Why doctors say the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine is still necessary

Thursday, September 18

(NEW YORK) -- Ahead of a key meeting amongst the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisors -- now with 12 members hand-picked by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. -- doctors, health officials and advocates are raising alarms that the panel... Read More.

CDC finds 4% drop in US death rate in 2024. Experts say decline may be due to COVID

Wednesday, September 10

(NEW YORK) -- The United States death rate decreased by 3.8% in 2024 as COVID fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death for the first time in four years, new provisional federal data shows.The overall rate declined from 750.5 per 100,000... Read More.