Vaccination and Immunization

• Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children - Federal health officials now recommend that children be routinely inoculated against 11 diseases, not 17, citing standards in other wealthy nations.
• How America Loses Vaccine Access - America could all but lose vaccine access. Here’s how.
• Experts Question Denmark’s Vaccine Program as a Model for the U.S. - The United States is expected to adopt the vaccine schedule used by Denmark, a much smaller country with universal health care.
• R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s - The shift would mean fewer shots recommended for children. But a Danish health official found the idea baffling, saying the United States was getting “crazier and crazier in public health.”
• California Hires Former C.D.C. Officials Who Criticized Trump Administration - A former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a former chief medical officer of the agency will advise the state on public health issues.
• Supreme Court Questions N.Y. Ban on Religious Exemptions for Vaccines - The U.S. Supreme Court directed a lower court to review the ban, which applies to strict vaccine requirements in New York schools.
• An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns - A federal panel voted on Friday to recommend halting the at-birth shots for all infants, in a step toward Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s goal of upending the nation’s vaccine policy.
• Vaccine Advisory Panel Again Postpones Vote on Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns - After heated disagreements, the committee members, appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., delayed the vote until Friday morning. It was the third time the vote had been postponed.
• Inside RFK Jr.’s Methodical Quest to Shake Up America’s Vaccine System - The health secretary has walled himself off from government scientists and empowered fellow activists to pursue his vaccine agenda.
• The Childhood Vaccine Under Threat, and Trump’s Newest Push for Gas-Powered Cars - Plus, the race to save music history.