The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued new guidance that recommends that children under the age of two receive the COVID-19 vaccine, despite the Trump administration's shift away from such recommendations.
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday the reinstatement of the Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines—one day before he was due to respond to a lawsuit alleging he failed to create the panel as required by law.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued an updated policy statement arguing that universal immunization for children is necessary for safety, stating that non-medical exemptions to vaccines are a "deeply problematic tool."
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he will target the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) in the latest effort to reform U.S. health policy.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moved to adopt the recommendation that vaccine preservative thimerosal be removed from flu inoculations.