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Former CDC director Susan Monarez to testify to Senate about her ouster and RFK Jr.

The two former officials will testify before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), which is chaired by Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, a doctor from Louisiana who was one ...

COVID vaccine accessibility frustrates Floridians as federal guidance comes up for debate

It is currently difficult to get a COVID-19 vaccine in Florida, with many pharmacies awaiting a CDC committee decision. A CDC ...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations surge as vaccine eligibility tightens

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Ohio nearly doubled last week, and two respiratory illness outbreaks were reported in Southeast ...

Kennedy adds vaccine advisers just before panel convenes

New appointees to the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices include a skeptic of the severity of the COVID-19 ...

Five new members named to influential CDC vaccine advisory committee days ahead of key meeting

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been preparing to appoint as many as seven new members for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which is tasked with reviewing the latest science ...
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Infants Without Comorbidities Also at Risk for Severe RSV Infection

Among infants admitted to the ICU with RSV infection, underlying comorbidities were present in only 41.3% of cases.
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RSV Vaccine Prevents RSV-Linked Hospitalization Among Older Adults Over Two Seasons

HealthDay News — The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine reduces RSV-associated hospitalization among older adults over two seasons, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
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Why Shouldn't You Kiss Babies? New Study Shows Even Healthy Newborns Can Become Severely Ill With RSV

They say it takes a village to raise a child, and that village is very excited when a newborn comes into the world. Friends ...