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Inside the marketplace for vaccine medical exemptions
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/11/inside-the-marketplace-for-vaccine-medical-exemptions/

Prominent critic of RFK Jr. blocked from FDA vaccine committee (Rachel Roubein/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/09/02/paul-offit-vaccine-fda/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250902/p127#a250902p127

Countries on track to eliminate cervical cancer:
-Australia by 2028
-Sweden by 2027
-Rwanda by 2030
-UK by 2040
-Indonesia by 2030
-Bhutan 2030
-El Salvador by 2030
-Canada by 2040
How? HPV vaccine. Same one RFK Jr is trying to ban.
You will note USA is not on this list.
https://…

CVS has the 2025-2026 COVID vaccine available in NJ. When making the appointment you self-verify that you have an allowed condition.
#CVS #NJ #COVID19

State of New Mexico Dept. of Health issues order maximizing availability of the COVID vaccine, in defiance of the the idiot running the HHS.
Fellow Californians: Scream at your state reps to do the same!
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/nmdoh-issue

NMDOH issues health order to maximize COVID-19 vaccine access
The order comes after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved updated COVID-19 vaccine formulas, but with new limits on who could qualify for them.

Minnesota measles cases nearly double as U.S. outbreaks continue (Erika Edwards/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/measles-minnesota-double-us-outbreaks-vaccine-continue-rcna235144
http://www.memeorandum.com/251003/p61#a251003p61

Somehow I missed this 2024 Reuters report on how the first Trump administration ordered the US military to carry out a psyop campaign that spread disinformation about COVID-19 around the world.
In particular, the campaign falsely claimed that the Chinese vaccine ChinaVac is unsafe/haram or ineffective. It also doubted the usefulness of face masks. As a result, lots of people died.

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Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Junior to Ban Covid-19 Vaccine ‘Within Months’
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-and-robert-f-kennedy-junior-to-ban-covid-19-vaccine-within-months/

We are so fckd
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-rfk-covid-vaccine-hhs-2118816

Cervical cancer could be eradicated, experts say. But not with Medicaid cuts and anti-vax politics. • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2025/10/01/repub/cervical-cancer-vaccine/

"Koala comeback: new national park and vaccine offer hope for Australia’s iconic marsupial"
#Australia #Koalas #Animals

Koala comeback: new national park and vaccine offer hope for Australia’s iconic marsupial | The Optimist Daily
With a massive new protected area and a breakthrough vaccine, conservationists are fighting to save koalas from extinction.

Helpful guide for #NYC for getting a #Covid booster. The current state of things is.. confusing.
https://www.

What to Know About Getting a COVID Vaccine in New York This Fall
The confusion around guidelines is making things tough for pharmacists and patients alike.

Ugh. Bullshit on top of bullshit. I’m going to need an MD degree just to read medicine labels. https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/09/anti-vaccine-groups-melt-down-over-reports-rfk-jr-to-link-autism-to-tylenol/

Anti-vaccine groups melt down over RFK Jr. linking autism to Tylenol
“THIS WAS NOT CAUSED BY TYLENOL” Kennedy’s anti-vaccine group retweeted.

Yes. We are.
The next epidemic *will affect you* before the mass media has received any mention of it from the Federal government.
It will be like AIDS except that the ignored dead will be everyone instead of just gays, drug injectors, and Haitians.
https://

Vaccine disputes and agency departures put U.S. at risk, a former CDC official says
Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill will be named interim director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a letter Kennedy sent to CDC staff, which was obtained by NPR. The decision comes after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired Susan Monarez, …

Quality of decisions made by CDC vaccine advisers has nose-dived, former voting members say: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/adult-non-flu-vaccines/quality-decisions-made-cdc-vaccine-advisers-has-nose-dived-former-voting

The Supreme Court's newest decision could make it impossible to end the shutdown (Ian Millhiser/Vox)
https://www.vox.com/politics/463335/supreme-court-shutdown-aids-vaccine-trump-impoundment
http://www.memeorandum.com/250930/p170#a250930p170

Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, a microbiologist at Mount Sinai’s medical school who wasn’t involved with the study, called the work
“a good vaccine to have ready in case of any outbreaks with this virus”
However, he thinks this approach may fall short in tackling human influenza.
“H5 changes in multiple directions, so a central antigen makes sense,
while in the human flu or human SARS-CoV-2,
the central antigen moves with time.”

One shot to rule them all in the fight against H5 influenza
New bird flu vaccine design could help preparations against an evolving potential pandemic virus 

Welcome, #UK #publichealth, to the 1990s. The last kids where I grew up (Ontario, Canada) to not receive the #chickenpox vaccine as part of the standard childhood regimen are pushing 40 by n…

What the fuck is happening with COVID vaccine in the US? Here’s an expert on it and how you can get the shots despite the anti-vaxx government. https://www.patreon.com/posts/137511735

NHS forewarns us about reduced eligibility for COVID jab. Won't end well.
"National Booking Service: Hello Mark [don't be so familiar - Dr Burton to you!].
The rules about who can get the free COVID-19 vaccine have changed this year. You may not be offered it on the day if you're not in a priority group. Staff will confirm on the day. Check here:

COVID-19 vaccine
NHS information about the COVID-19 vaccine, including what the vaccine helps protect against, who should have it and when, how to get it and side effects.

Outbreaks of rabies seem to be rising across the U.S., CDC surveillance shows (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/rabies-outbreaks-rising-us-deaths-vaccine-rcna227771
http://www.memeorandum.com/250831/p102#a250831p102

Wait... In Florida-speak, wouldn't that mean vaccines were a GOOD thing? 😏
Florida to end vaccine mandates for children as state’s surgeon general likens them to ‘slavery’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/03/florida-vaccine-mandate
…

Die US-Impfkommission #ACIP empfiehlt Erwachsenen künftig keine generelle #COVID19-Impfung mehr – auch nicht für Risikogruppen über 65.
Stattdessen soll die Entscheidung individuell nach ärztlicher Beratung erfolgen. Die Entscheidung folgt personellen Umbrüchen: Gesundheitsminister Robert F Kenn…

US vaccine panel no longer recommends Covid-19 jab to adults
The panel has also changed its recommendation on the MMRV vaccine and delayed a vote on the hepatitis B jab.

A top official at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
demanded the removal of YouTube videos of himself
that were published by a physician and writer who has been critical of medical misinformation and public health officials in the Trump administration.
Jonathan Howard, a neurologist and psychiatrist in New York City,
received an email from YouTube on Friday night, which stated that
Vinay Prasad, who is the FDA’s top vaccine regulator, had demanded the remov…

4 vaccines that are linked to a lower risk of dementia - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2025/09/25/vaccines-dementia-risk-reduction/

4 vaccines linked to a lower risk of dementia
Some vaccine-preventable diseases are linked to accelerated brain atrophy and increased dementia risk years down the line.

The Covid revenge policy (Vox)
https://www.vox.com/today-explained-podcast/459432/covid-vaccine-rfk-trump-mrna
http://www.memeorandum.com/250831/p54#a250831p54

Flu and covid shots accomplished (assuming no one's trying to run another of these https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/enforcement/utah-doctor-and-co-defendants-charged-for-running-a-covid-19-vaccine-sch…

Utah Doctor And Co-Defendants Charged For Running A COVID-19 Vaccine Scheme To Defraud The Government And CDC

A New 'Nanoparticle Vaccine' Prevented Cancer In Mice, Study Says https://www.404media.co/a-new-nanoparticle-vaccine-prevented-cancer-in-mice-study-says/

An alliance for Cascadia's health
This week, reacting to the meltdown of the CDC under HHS leader and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the governors of three west coast states – Washington, Oregon, and California – announced the creation of the West Coast Health Alliance that will center their vaccine and other public health policies on science rather than politics. Hawaii announced this week it will also join the alliance.

An alliance for Cascadia's health
This week, reacting to the meltdown of the CDC under HHS leader and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the governors of three west coast states – Washington, Oregon, and California – announced the creation of the West Coast Health Alliance that will center their vaccine and other public health policies on

I’m Dr. Angela Rasmussen,
a virologist and proud member of the
Save America Movement steering committee.
The CDC has just been gutted.
RFK Jr. has fired the nation’s top vaccine experts,
replaced them with anti-vaccine ideologues,
and forced out some of the CDC’s most dedicated leaders.
Programs that took decades to build are being razed overnight.
That means fewer vaccines.
Less access to care.
More outbreaks of preventable diseas…

Keep relentlessly and loudly pointing out these five things to everyone you know:
1. Vaccines save lives
2. Neither MMR vaccine nor paracetamol cause autism
3. Global warming/climate change is real
4. Clean energy is the future (ie, if we want to have a future)
5. Donald Trump is a dangerous moron

Jesus, we are such a broken country. https://www.newsweek.com/police-believe-cdc-shooter-thought-covid-vaccine-made-him-sick-report-2111117

I just found this UK report on #covid epidemiology from 2020 to Dec 2024; the graph I most noticed is below - they looked at blood donors for spike (S) and Nucleo (N) protein antibodies over time; The spike proteins are in both infection and vaccine, while N is infection only - so you can see when people got vaccinated and how now pretty much everyone (95.5% as end of January) has been infected as…

Epidemiology of COVID-19 in England: January 2020 to December 2024

Inside the Trump Administration's Vaccine Politics (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-rfk-jr-cdc-vaccine-politics-0d388544
http://www.memeorandum.com/250828/p114#a250828p114

6 in 10 US adults eligible for pneumococcal vaccine don't receive it, survey suggests: Get your shots!
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/pneumonia/6-10-us-adults-eligible-pneumococcal-vaccine-dont-receive-it-survey-suggests

The Trump administration will move to pull the COVID vaccine off the U.S. market “within months,”
one of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s closest associates has told the Daily Beast.
Dr. Aseem Malhotra,
a British cardiologist who has repeatedly claimed in the face of scientific consensus that the vaccines are more dangerous than the virus,
told the Daily Beast that Kennedy’s stance is shared by “influential” members of Donald Trump’s family.
Like Kennedy himself, no Trum…

Trump and RFK Jr. to Ban COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Within Months’
A close associate of the HHS secretary claims the U.S. government will soon pull COVID-19 mRNA jabs from the market.

The RFKJr. situation is generally terrible and all, but apparently CDC managed to keep enough conditions in the "high risk" qualifications to cover just about everyone.
#Covid #Vaccines

AZ, IL, ME and NC will now offer COVID vaccine without prescriptions (check with pharmacy because this might take a few days or weeks to be implemented).
https://apnews.com/article/covid-vaccine-order-states-45cb1439f260c9f6b2ccd1fb7a99ca1f

RFK Jr’s new CDC vaccine advisers recommended against the combined measles and chickenpox shot for young kids | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rfk-jr-cdc-measles-vaccine-recommendation-b2829509.html

"Unable to serve": CDC vaccine chief slams Kennedy in resignation post (Rebecca Falconer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/28/kennedy-cdc-vaccine-chief-resignation-post
http://www.memeorandum.com/250827/p155#a250827p155

New CDC chief was part of meetings where officials pressed ousted leader on vaccines (Adam Cancryn/CNN)
https://cnn.com/2025/08/29/politics/jim-oneill-cdc-vaccine-meetings?Date=20250829&Profile=CNN
http://www.memeorandum.com/250829/p65#a250829p65

Several days after announcing the state had joined in the West Coast Health Alliance – to set vaccine policy with Oregon, California, and Hawaii – Washington state announced that anyone over six months of age – including pregnant people – can receive a COVID vaccine without a prescription
https://

Confused about your eligibility for the Covid shot? In Washington state, you’re covered
Thanks to a standing order signed by the state health officer Thursday, anyone in Washington state can get the Covid-19 vaccine without consulting their doctor.

Rockmond Dunbar Loses Covid Vaccine Trial Against Disney
https://deadline.com/2025/10/rockmond-dunbar-loses-covid-vaccine-firing-trial-disney-1236591063/

Three women become choked up as they deliver news in a video posted to social media.
“We did it, everybody,”
says Leslie Manookian,
the woman in the middle.
She is a driving force in a campaign that has chipped away at the foundations of modern public health in Idaho.
Her group had just gotten lawmakers to pass what she called the first true “medical freedom” bill in the nation.
With Manookian in the video are
two of her allies, the leaders of H…

Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” for the rest of the country.

Poll finds low public confidence in federal vaccine policy changes:
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vaccines/poll-finds-low-public-confidence-federal-vaccine-policy-changes

CVS Holds Off on Offering Covid Vaccines in 16 States (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/well/cvs-pharmacy-covid-vaccine-16-states.html?unlocked_article_code=1.h08.ZbqO.J0zqW9EKEoml&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250828/p132#a250828p132

There have been 1,295 cases of pertussis, also called whooping cough, in Florida, an 81 percent surge compared to the entirety of 2024. 
And nationwide, cases rose six-fold in 2024 compared to the year before, CDC figures show, a sign of waning immunity against a disease that once struck hundreds of thousands. 
#MakeAmericaHealthyAgain

Cases of Victorian-era whooping cough soar in Florida amid plummeting vaccine rates
Cases of a Victorian-era disease have soared in Florida over the past year amid state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo's declaration to end all vaccine mandates for children.

With CDC in chaos, scientists and physicians piece together replacements for agency's lost work (Mike Stobbe/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/cdc-vaccine-recommendations-data-b4eeba69e03a8d4ed50fb0a12fbcec6e
http://www.memeorandum.com/250829/p28#a250829p28

CDC head's lawyers deny firing after vaccine clash — and vow 'she will not resign' - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/susan-monarez-2673934060/

Senate committee to probe CDC shake-up; New Jersey eases COVID vaccine access :
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/anti-science/senate-committee-probe-cdc-shake-new-jersey-eases-covid-vaccine-access

For nearly 40 years
the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program,
a special federal court system,
has compensated Americans who prove they were harmed by vaccines while also protecting the manufacturers from litigation.
Now Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to overhaul the program, saying he will make it more efficient and speedier for Americans seeking payment.
He said in a social media post last month that the vaccine court had “devolved into a morass of i…

Kennedy’s Next Target: the Federal Vaccine Court
The system for compensating people injured by vaccines needs significant reform. But the health secretary could alter it in ways that ultimately reduce vaccine access for everyone.

RFK Jr.'s polling divide: Food vs. vaccines (Maya Goldman/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/31/rfk-vaccine-food-maha-polls
http://www.memeorandum.com/250831/p57#a250831p57

RFK Jr.'s Vaccine Panel May Restrict Covid-19 Shots for Those Under 75, Citing Unverified Death Reports | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/kennedy-may-limit-covid-vaccine

Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates
Florida’s surgeon general on Wednesday announced plans to end all state vaccine mandates,
including for children to attend schools,
which would make it the first state to completely withdraw from a practice credited with boosting vaccination rates and controlling the spread of infectious diseases.

Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates, first in nation to do so
Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo criticized school vaccine mandates, which every state has, and likened them to slavery.

Trump and RFK Jr. to Ban COVID-19 Vaccine 'Within Months' (Tom Latchem/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-and-robert-f-kennedy-junior-to-ban-covid-19-vaccine-within-months/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250825/p9#a250825p9

New poll: Public confidence in CDC for vaccine advice tumbles
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vaccines/new-poll-public-confidence-cdc-vaccine-advice-tumbles

RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel backs insurance coverage for Covid shots | STAT
https://www.statnews.com/2025/09/19/acip-vaccine-schedule-covid-19-shots-insurance-coverage/

RFK Jr. cannot be contained
Battacharya defended Kennedy’s decision to defund research into mRNA vaccines,
which was crucial to developing coronavirus shots, based on absurd falsehoods.

What comes next could be the dismantling of America’s vaccine infrastructure.
During Trump’s Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Kennedy teased a report on autism expected next month.
Despite reams of evidence to the contrary, he has long sought to link the condition to vaccines.

RFK Jr. cannot be contained
The ouster of Susan Monarez from the CDC is an ominous sign for American public health.

CDC upheaval triggers global concern amid ongoing US vaccine policy debate:
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cdc-upheaval-triggers-global-concern-amid-ongoing-us-vaccine-policy-debate

A Georgia man who had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal
has been identified as the shooterwho opened fire late Friday on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, killing a police officer.
The 30-year-old suspect, who died during the incident,
had also tried to get into the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta but was stopped by guards before driving to a pharmacy across the street and opening fire.
The man, identified a…

Union wants statement against COVID vaccine misinformation after CDC shooting
A Georgia man who had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal has been identified as the shooter who opened fire late Friday on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, killing a police officer. The 30-year-old suspect, who died during the incident, had also tried to get into the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta but was stopped by guards before driving to a pharmacy across the street and opening fire, a law enforcement official told The Associat…

Kennedy's latest attack on vaccine science is as dangerous as it is cynical (The Hill)
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5459677-kennedy-bullying-vaccine-research/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250820/p88#a250820p88

Florida's anti-vaccine policy sparks GOP concerns
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5494896-republicans-floridas-vaccine-mandates/

The Trump Administration is giving tax breaks to billionaires while cutting vaccine research and development.
This puts every single American at risk.
-- Katie Porter
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news

RFK Jr. cuts $500 million in mRNA vaccine contracts, dealing major blow to promising area of research
The Trump administration is terminating 22 contracts focused on developing mRNA vaccines and winding down additional federal investments in mRNA technology, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

CIDRAP Op-Ed: Why the CDC director is wrong about the MMR vaccine: (The CDC Director is wrong about MOST things!)
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vaccines/cidrap-op-ed-why-cdc-director-wrong-about-mmr-vaccine

On Tuesday, Santa Barbara County supervisors turned their attention to vaccination rates,
responding to a May 29 grand jury report that praised strong coverage in local schools but pointed to troubling blind spots.
The report
— “Do Vaccination Rates in Santa Barbara County Create a Public Health Risk?” 
— noted that while more than 95 percent of county students are vaccinated,
officials lack reliable data on two groups:
homeschooled children
and incar…

Santa Barbara Supervisors Weigh Vaccine Gaps as Federal Policy Unravels
Supervisors respond to grand jury report revealing lack of reliable data on homeschooled children and incarcerated people.

Steven Hatfill, Covid Vaccine Critic, Is Ousted From H.H.S. (Sheryl Gay Stolberg/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/politics/hatfill-covid-hhs-ousted.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w08.SyWX.clf8_sIH_PtA&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251028/p97#a251028p97

Exclusive: Medical journal rejects Kennedy's call for retraction of vaccine study | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/medical-journal-rejects-kennedys-call-for-retraction-vaccine-study-2025-08-11/

Current flu vaccines induce immune defenses that target hemagglutinin,
one of the proteins jutting from the surface of a flu virus.
However, the outer portion of hemagglutinin changes quickly.
Researchers are trying several strategies to zero in on more stable parts of the viruses.
By analyzing multiple virus variants, Ross and his team identified sections of hemagglutinin that stay constant and then combined them to make vaccines. -- In their 2025 study, vaccines cre…

A Vaccine Big Shot - Lasker Foundation
OCT 14, 2025Read about Lasker Laureate Thomas Francis, who developed vaccines against influenza types A and B.

RFK Jr. attacks pediatricians' group over vaccine recommendations (Amanda Friedman/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/19/rfk-jr-attacks-pediatricians-covid-vaccine-recommendations-00515609
http://www.memeorandum.com/250820/p45#a250820p45

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, an Independent,
who serves as the ranking member on the health, education, labor and pensions (Help) committee,
said that Robert F Kennedy Jr’s attempt to fire Susan Monarez was “outrageous”.
“The Sen. HELP Committee must hold a hearing with Kennedy & the CDC Director as soon as possible.
Vaccines save lives. Period,” Sanders said on X.
As Monarez is a Senate-confirmed official
(the first CDC director to receive this …

Who is Jim O'Neill? CDC chief set to bolster RFK Jr plan to remake vaccine policy (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/28/jim-oneill-cdc-profile
http://www.memeorandum.com/250829/p5#a250829p5

CDC shooter blamed COVID vaccine for depression; union demands statement against misinformation
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/08/cdc-shooter-blamed-covid-vaccine-for-depression-union-demands-statement-against-misinformation/

Today, if there is a known vaccine treatment for a disease, the medical establishment considers it unethical to withhold that drug from trial participants, as would happen in a placebo group.
“It remains unclear under which circumstances, if any, a placebo-controlled clinical trial design is ethically justifiable when an efficacious or partially efficacious vaccine already exists,”
experts wrote in a 2013 World Health Organization report.
That means that even if a previou…

RFK Jr. wants all new vaccines tested against a placebo. Doctors say that isn’t good science
Today, if there is a known vaccine treatment for a disease, the medical establishment considers it unethical to withhold that drug from trial participants, as would happen in a placebo group.

Voters Broadly Trust Vaccines, Do Not Approve of Florida Eliminating Its Vaccine Mandate
https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/9/9/voters-broadly-trust-vaccines-do-not-approve-of-florida-eliminating-its-vaccine-mandate

Today, if there is a known vaccine treatment for a disease, the medical establishment considers it unethical to withhold that drug from trial participants, as would happen in a placebo group.
“It remains unclear under which circumstances, if any, a placebo-controlled clinical trial design is ethically justifiable when an efficacious or partially efficacious vaccine already exists,”
experts wrote in a 2013 World Health Organization report.
That means that even if a previou…

RFK Jr. wants all new vaccines tested against a placebo. Doctors say that isn’t good science
Today, if there is a known vaccine treatment for a disease, the medical establishment considers it unethical to withhold that drug from trial participants, as would happen in a placebo group.

US FDA narrows under-65 COVID vaccine eligibility; maintains full access for older Americans (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-health-secretary-kennedy-says-fda-has-authorized-use-covid-shots-those-higher-2025-08-27/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250827/p157#a250827p157

FDA pulls biologics license for chikungunya vaccine
https://archive.ph/fyM2G

Climatologist Michael Mann and vaccine expert Peter
say we’re in an
“antiscience superstorm.”
It’s a movement that has upended federal health agencies,
defunded research and weaponized social media and AI
to advance its agenda.
And now, some of the nation’s most vocal antiscience figures are in major positions of power.
We talk to Hotez and Mann about their daily battles against disinformation,
their personal toll and what we can all do to …

Leading Climate and Vaccine Scientists on How to Fight Antiscience | KQED
We talk to Hotez and Mann about their daily battles against disinformation, their personal toll and what we can all do to counter the antiscience threat. Their new book is “Science Under Siege.”

Monarez refused to fire top CDC leaders, 'rubber-stamp' vaccine changes, confidante says (Sophie Gardner/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/28/monarez-cdc-vaccines-rfk-trump-00533358
http://www.memeorandum.com/250828/p41#a250828p41

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced that the government’s emergency preparedness agency ❌ will no longer fund work on messenger RNA vaccines,
🆘delivering a crippling blow to the country’s capacity to develop vaccines during the next pandemic or public health emergency.

Kennedy said the "Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority", better known as BARDA,
was terminating 22 grants supporting development of mRNA vaccines
because “…

Health secretary RFK Jr. shuts door on U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research
Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news that RFK Jr. has shut the door in U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research.

RFK Jr. limits who is eligible for COVID shots (April Rubin/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/27/covid-vaccine-2025-fda-recommendation-rfk
http://www.memeorandum.com/250828/p1#a250828p1

Amid Florida's push against vaccine mandates, fears grow of increased risks (Arek Sarkissian/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/14/amid-floridas-push-against-vaccine-mandates-fears-grow-of-increased-risks-00561844
http://www.memeorandum.com/250914/p15#a250914p15

An influential US medical journal
👉is rejecting a call from the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy Jr,
to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children,
the journal’s editor told Reuters.
⚠️ Kennedy has long promoted doubts about vaccines’ safety and efficacy,
and as health secretary has upended the federal government’s process for recommending immun…

Leading pediatric group breaks with RFK Jr., recommends COVID shots for young kids (Nathaniel Weixel/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5459652-aap-rfk-jr-covid-vaccine/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250819/p69#a250819p69

Exclusive: Medical journal rejects Kennedy's call for retraction of vaccine study (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/medical-journal-rejects-kennedys-call-for-retraction-vaccine-study-2025-08-11/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250811/p111#a250811p111

Kennedy's Next Target: the Federal Vaccine Court (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/health/kennedy-vaccine-court.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dU8.Xnht.8w4PLtR2ioXG&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250811/p38#a250811p38

Trump officials to link covid shots to child deaths, alarming career scientists
Trump health officials plan to link coronavirus vaccines to the deaths of 25 children as they consider limiting which Americans should get the shots.

The findings appear to be based on information submitted to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System,
which contains unverified reports of side effects or bad experiences with vaccines submitted by anyone, including patients, doctors, ph…

Trump officials to link covid shots to child deaths, alarming career scientists
The move to link coronavirus vaccines to 25 child deaths alarms career scientists who say the shots have been extensively studied.

CDC shooter blamed COVID vaccine for depression; union demands statement against misinformation (Susan Haigh/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/cdc-suspect-covid-vaccine-georgia-officer-dead-0c6018d2f7caf7a2702bc09f9f3568ba
http://www.memeorandum.com/250811/p2#a250811p2

Ousted F.D.A. Vaccine Chief Returns to Agency (Christina Jewett/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/us/politics/fda-vaccine-chief-returns.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250809/p44#a250809p44

Former CDC leaders rip into Kennedy in upcoming Senate testimonies (Joseph Choi/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5506179-vaccine-skeptics-kennedy-cdc/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250916/p116#a250916p116

KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: Tylenol-Autism Link and Vaccine Policies (KFF)
https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/kff-tracking-poll-on-health-information-and-trust-tylenol-autism-link-and-vaccine-policies/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251009/p8#a251009p8

Florida surgeon general on ending vaccine mandates: Not 'actually a scientific debate' (Filip Timotija/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5489802-florida-surgeon-general-vaccine-mandates/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250906/p26#a250906p26

Trump calls Florida's move to eliminate vaccine mandates a 'tough stance': 'You have vaccines that work' (Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-calls-floridas-move-eliminate-vaccine-mandates-tough-stance-you-have-vaccines-work
http://www.memeorandum.com/250906/p7#a250906p7

CDC endorses RFK Jr. vaccine panel recommendations (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/06/cdc-endorses-vaccine-panel-changes-to-covid-mmrv-shot-recommendations-00594763
http://www.memeorandum.com/251006/p94#a251006p94

RFK Jr. Cancels $500 Million In Funding For Vaccine Development (Amanda Seitz/Associated Press)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-vaccine-funding-mrna_n_68928569e4b0d3424bc41392
http://www.memeorandum.com/250805/p133#a250805p133

Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts (Apoorva Mandavilli/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/health/rfk-jr-vaccine-funding.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250806/p6#a250806p6

Hochul to Sign Order to Get Around U.S. Limits on Covid Vaccine (Joseph Goldstein/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/nyregion/covid-vaccine-hochul-new-york.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250904/p155#a250904p155

Blue states eye rival health rules to defy RFK Jr. (Maya Goldman/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/05/rfk-vaccine-rule-states-democrats-vaccine-rules
http://www.memeorandum.com/250905/p39#a250905p39

Florida Moves to End Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren (Patricia Mazzei/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/us/florida-vaccine-mandates.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250903/p156#a250903p156