MORE ON VACCINES: The New York Times: Federal Vaccine Advisers Take Aim At Covid Shots

MORE ON VACCINES The New York Times: Federal Vaccine Advisers Take Aim At Covid Shots https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/health/vaccines-covid-acip-malone-kennedy.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-90hPoClyBoOKsxLjt2Ja93ADa4Ll_6JAdHXZB_mXHxqKPGLZhxxUiHEu_PwvMEB1SD9YGRy3_OCq0o1PBz-TdYDZSkxw&_hsmi=402677445&utm_content=402677445&utm_source=hs_email Members of the federal vaccine panel chosen by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are setting their sights on the next targets: the mRNA Covid shots, and vaccines offered to pregnant women. The panel, called the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, already has imposed some limits on access to Covid vaccines and has rescinded recommendations for some routine childhood shots. Several of the panelists have said — contrary to scientific consensus — that they believe the Covid shots are dangerous and should be taken off the market. (Mandavilli, 2/6) CIDRAP: Estimated Effectiveness Of This Season’s Flu Vaccine Against Medically Attended Illness In Low To Mid Range https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-vaccines/estimated-effectiveness-season-s-flu-vaccine-against-medically-attended-illness?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--oGbzw7hjZQN_DcL5DkAqKBUWF_lCWwQPbh8kZtM-v45pES-ZGnkIrxMVFfYHbnhaWyKfiWWSoDGZ_FfdVnVMdWtK7yw&_hsmi=402677445&utm_content=402677445&utm_source=hs_email The effectiveness of this season’s flu vaccine in Canada is 40% against medically attended infection with influenza A(H3N2) viruses, 37% against newly emerged and predominant subclade K of the H3N2 strain, and 31% against the H1N1 influenza A strain, an interim analysis estimates. (Van Beusekom, 2/6) CIDRAP: Trust In CDC Near Pandemic-Era Low After Vaccine Schedule Changes https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-health/trust-cdc-near-pandemic-era-low-after-vaccine-schedule-changes?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--DlxKJezQngoM86gqEoLx4MIpwyIvqCKu7IiSS_LyOL_SpGUER6ptdAyp5FL0gs95OYnxJfpxI0amR6V1_QNRNBceiIg&_hsmi=402677445&utm_content=402677445&utm_source=hs_email Public trust in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) remains near its lowest point since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a KFF Tracking Poll published today. “Six years ago, 85% of Americans, and 90% of Republicans, trusted the CDC. Now less than half trust the CDC on vaccines,” KFF President and CEO Drew Altman, PhD, said in a news release. “The wars over COVID, science, and vaccines have left the country without a trusted national voice on vaccines, and that trust will take time to restore.” (Bergeson, 2/6)