Overview
- President Trump directed health agencies to fast-track a review to align U.S. pediatric vaccine schedules with other countries, a move HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. publicly embraced.
- The CDC’s ACIP, newly stocked with vaccine skeptics, voted to roll back the recommendation that all newborns receive a hepatitis B dose at birth.
- The FDA expanded its vaccine-safety probe to examine possible adult deaths following COVID-19 vaccination, building on an existing inquiry into possible pediatric cases.
- Kennedy has reshaped HHS by appointing critics of federal vaccine policy and reversing long-standing immunization practices, according to recent reports.
- An AP review found more than 420 MAHA-aligned state bills this year, with measures enacted in states such as Idaho, Arkansas, Utah, and Florida that public-health experts warn could entrench risks across state lines.