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RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Moves Put New Focus on Patchwork of State School Standards
CDC reduced recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11 diseases following a presidential directive; states like New York and Florida differ in school and day-care vaccine rules.
- Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced sweeping changes removing broad vaccine recommendations for influenza, hepatitis A, rotavirus and meningitis, cutting the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule from 17 to 11 diseases.
- Recently, the CDC trimmed the childhood vaccine schedule, following a memorandum from President Donald Trump directing alignment with peer countries and linked to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s influence, despite experts saying no new science supports the change.
- The vaccine developed in 2006 largely wiped out routine rotavirus cases, and pediatrician Elizabeth Murray in Rochester warns lower vaccination rates could bring back hospitalizations and severe symptoms in children and families.
- So far, several states have publicly rejected the new guidance, with New York, Maryland and Oregon rejecting CDC recommendations, and experts warning this will cause confusion and partisan state policies.
- Compared with peer countries, the U.S. lacks the social supports that underpin smaller schedules; Denmark’s free universal health care and extended parental leave contrast with the U.S. health care system’s weaknesses.
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RFK Jr.’s vaccine moves put new focus on patchwork of state school standards
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) childhood vaccine schedule is making school vaccination requirements an open question for the future. While state health departments typically take their cues from the CDC, with schools following suit, the politicization of vaccines under Kennedy means states may increasingly…
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TheVoiceOfJoyce If you’re like me, you’re always thinking about Healthcare policy and how it affects me. The CDC ‘s decision to limit Vaccines to children and Medicare recipients was determined by 26% of those siding with RFK,Jr. It’s a shame that physici
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