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What Trump’s latest executive order means (and doesn’t mean) for vaccine policy
The Trump administration issued an executive order on childhood vaccine recommendations Monday. It’s important that your reporting on the order clarifies what it does and doesn’t mean for families, including whether it changes actual national policy on vaccines (it does not). This quick primer can help journalists navigate the key points to better inform their…
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ACIP meeting countdown: COVID vaccine and what else is at stake
This webinar, co-hosted by the Expert Vaccine Analysis Team and the Association of Health Care Journalists, was scheduled to provide independent, evidence-based discussion of topics expected to come up during a scheduled CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) vaccine panel meeting from March 18-19. However, on March 16, a federal judge temporarily stayed multiple decisions made by HHS…
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Federal judge halts HHS, ACIP vaccine decisions: What to know
There has been a whirlwind of activity surrounding federal vaccine policy over the past few weeks and especially the past two days. The most important and impactful recent update is the decision from a federal judge Monday that temporarily stayed multiple decisions made by HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr and the CDC’s Advisory Committee on…
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Why reporters should cover the CDC’s meeting this week
When the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meets later this week (Dec. 4-5), one of the key issues on the agenda will be the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. The draft agenda for the meeting shows that the entire first day will be devoted to discussing this vaccine. The second day…
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How to help audiences understand the serious implications of federal vaccine actions
When U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr. dismissed all members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), it allowed him to add any members he wanted who met the basic requirements to serve on the committee. He has already appointed eight new members, several of whom have a long record…
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Tips to boost your coverage of Kennedy’s vaccine panel dismissals
The public health community is reeling after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed all members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on Monday. The initial reporting has been excellent in explaining what ACIP does — make recommendations for vaccine policy that the CDC director nearly always formally adopts without changes. But…
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