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Watch: Fired CDC Chief Says RFK Jr. Demanded She Roll Back Vaccine Policies Without Evidence By Arthur Allen and Hannah Norman Susan Monarez and former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief medical officer Debra Houry described turmoil in an agency dominated by anti-vaccine political officials nominated by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/watch-susan-monarez-fired-cdc-chief-senate-hearing-rfk-jr-vaccines-hepatitis-b/?utm_campaign=KHN%20-%20Weekly%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9QOsxWuwOPqXe1e77KkqZIrrAZKiyZMl9fxAB1j3gaRjJ5jeV6E3UQ_0qtawuHgwz2fOUmF8Rt3uxh1M_0viHZFWihTA&_hsmi=381389841&utm_content=381389841&utm_source=hs_email Kennedy’s Take on Vaccine Science Fractures Cohesive National Public Health Strategies By Stephanie Armour, Christine Mai-Duc, Amy Maxmen, and Arthur Allen https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/cdc-acip-vaccine-recommendations-states-medical-societies-insurance-patchwork/?utm_campaign=KHN%20-%20Weekly%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8rhrwKkFBTK3wqbeGhjS2tD_DGZ9NnJDzrxaejkuuUy9Z7mnur9gDUyfDN6hV91o8jIgEkiCJA-UB3GGLqWxnRwFjaoQ&_hsmi=381389841&utm_content=381389841&utm_source=hs_email A lack of faith in the soundness of the CDC’s new direction has led states to explore enacting their own vaccine policies. A patchwork of divergent recommendations and requirements could result. RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Was Expected To Delay Hepatitis B Shots for Children. It Hasn't. By Jackie Fortiér https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/acip-hhs-cdc-rfk-hepatitis-hep-b-newborn-childhood-vaccine-recommendation-change/?utm_campaign=KHN%20-%20Weekly%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9KlOL67sfIrHITX3eKM8jcvgXyYrHKz2cL1qaU7jmia8Moy3okDrnKHbS9trIrPeVwFR23CH6nnl2PhFpM7EUDbZx4UQ&_hsmi=381389841&utm_content=381389841&utm_source=hs_email Before its meeting this week, public health experts feared that Kennedy's reshaped Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices would recommend delaying an important vaccine against hepatitis B now given to babies at birth. But the panel instead retreated, postponing a vote on the shot.