COVID News: CDC panel to consider Moderna, J&J vaccine boosters

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A CDC panel will meet this week to discuss recommendations for Moderna and Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine boosters. The meetings come after after an FDA advisory panel made ... Read More

Sen. Bill Cassidy wants 'oversight' of CDC. Some say he deserves blame for its turmoil.

The turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed out the director after clashing over his approach to vaccines has ... Read More

Conflicts of interest on CDC vaccine panel were at historic lows before RFK Jr. dismissal, new research finds

When Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently fired an entire federal vaccine advisory panel, he described the unprecedented move as necessary to rid the committee of industry influence. Read More

Ousted CDC head says she was pressured to preapprove vaccine panel recommendations

Former U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez said on Thursday she was pushed to rubber-stamp the decisions of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s hand-picked ... Read More

CDC vaccine advisory panel sets September meeting dates

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which makes determinations on the segments of the population that should receive vaccinations, will next meet on Sept. 18 and Sept. 19. A ... Read More

Kennedy picks seven new members for US CDC vaccine panel, document shows

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has chosen seven new members for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's panel of vaccine experts, an internal CDC document ... Read More