@memeorandum@universeodon.comFederal Vaccine Advisers Take Aim at Covid Shots (Apoorva Mandavilli/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/health/vaccines-covid-acip-malone-kennedy.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260206/p116#a260206p116
@cdarwin@c.imOver two days of questioning
during his Senate confirmation hearings last year,
Robert F Kennedy Jr repeated the same answer.
He said the closely scrutinized trip he took to Samoa in 2019,
which came ahead of a devastating measles outbreak,
had “nothing to do with vaccines”.
Documents obtained by the Guardian and the Associated Press undermine that testimony.
Emails sent by staff at the US embassy and the United Nations provide, for the first time, …
@servelan@newsie.socialOpinion | Former FDA commissioner: Vaccines prevent long-term effects of viruses - The Washington Post
https://archive.ph/lC9UZ
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAfter promising to be "more accountable" than Walter Cronkite, Tony Dokoupil didn't challenge Pete Hegseth in an interview or cite sources in another segment (Daniel D'Addario/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/columns/tony-dokoupil-cbs-even…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump administration sparks midterm vaccine war (Caitlin Owens/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/06/trump-administration-rfk-midterms-vaccines-kids
http://www.memeorandum.com/260106/p27#a260106p27
@servelan@newsie.socialRFK Jr. Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/nwBfA
@cdarwin@c.im‘She has no expertise’:
the US medical community girds for Tracy Beth HŸeg’s tenure at the FDA
The Danish American who doubted Covid shots is meant to lead drug regulation – but has focused on vaccines
So far in public appearances, she has continued to focus on vaccines
– typically the purview of Vinay Prasad,
director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)
– rather than drug regulation.
HŸeg’s predecessors reportedly clash…
@servelan@newsie.socialRFK Jr. may have perjured himself with key vaccines claim: newly revealed emails - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/rfk-2675105066/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comCDC Pares List of Recommended Childhood Vaccines (Sabrina Siddiqui/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/cdc-childhood-vaccine-schedule-changes-7f7bd45c?st=TuZrJW
http://www.memeorandum.com/260106/p21#a260106p21
@cdarwin@c.imRFK Jr.’s war on vaccines is coming for the elderly
The miseries of aging are more linked to late-life infections than was previously understood
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/26/robert-kennedy-war-vaccines-senior-health/…
@servelan@newsie.social"Spartanburg County in South Carolina is ground zero for the largest measles outbreak since 2000. One school has a vaccination rate of 21 percent."
In South Carolina Measles Outbreak, Vaccine Skepticism Led to Largest Outbreak Since 2000 - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/us/politics/south-carolina-measles-outbreak-vaccines.html
@cdarwin@c.im
@tante@tldr.nettime.orgI am a luddite and to me there is a lot of joy in technology. In technology that we deploy for all our wellbeing. Solar panels and vaccines, high-speed rail and wikipedia.
But they joy stems from the feeling of being able to be part of humanity in an embedded, meaningful way. Not from buying shit.
@cdarwin@c.imAn eight-minute exchange at the end of #Casey #Means’ two-hour confirmationhearing captured the potential and the predicament the MAHA movement has created for itself.
Means -- an entrepreneurial wellness influencer with a medical degree from Stanford -- appeared on Wednesday at the Senate health committee -- to be conf…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioRE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116092491198574746
Here’s so many technologies that are actually helpful and amazing and I’m exited about, here’s some more:
- e-paper
- health tracking that alerts to possible conditions
- safety features in vehicles
- new vaccines
- those soundboards for pets allowing them to form sentences
- 3D printing
- LED lights
- new, less dangerous battery technologies
And so much more
@bthalpin@mastodon.socialRFK has a weird voice not because of flu vaccines (as he claims) but because he used to be a junkie
https://crookedtimber.org/2026/01/24/a-very-short-post-about-heroin-voice/#more-54832
@roland@devdilettante.comWhen I see The Pitt flashbacks to the mentor dying of COVID, I think about my Auntie Baby (RIP) in the Philippines dying of COVID in spring of 2020. She had the best care money could buy there (USA trained doctors and equipment courtesy of my wealthy cousin) but no anti-virals and no vaccines.
@memeorandum@universeodon.comCassidy took on RFK Jr. over vaccines. Now Kennedy's followers are out to defeat him. (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/02/cassidy-questioned-rfk-jr-now-kennedys-followers-are-out-to-get-him-00758725
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p23#a260202p23
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@DiverDoc@mstdn.caTrump’s administration is so afraid that they might even accidentally do something good, or of value, or that might save lives or appear to be modern and scientifically based if appropriate.
CIDRAP Op-Ed: The FDA refused to review a flu vaccine, contrary to evidence. Now the agency reversed itself.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-vaccines/cidrap-op-ed-fda-refused-review-flu-vaccine-contrary-evidence-now-agency
@memeorandum@universeodon.comHow RFK Jr. upended the public health system (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/30/rfk-jr-hhs-secretary-vaccines/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzY3MDcwODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzY4NDUzMTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjcwNzA4MDAsImp0aSI6Ijk0NzE0OTY2LTI1YWUtNDNkMi1iYjljLTc3NjEwMTYzMjczOCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9oZWFsdGgvMjAyNS8xMi8zMC9yZmstanItaGhzLXNlY3JldGFyeS12YWNjaW5lcy8ifQ.GniiEx_KtjBp2qh62CkazQbJ3tJRiTqXq44rGUXvy4k
http://www.memeorandum.com/251230/p21#a251230p21
@servelan@newsie.socialTrump’s surgeon general pick, Casey Means, still lacks votes for confirmation - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/26/surgeon-general-casey-means-vaccines-nomination-rfk-00801331
@paulbusch@mstdn.caTrump says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security....
Other national security matters:
- immigrants who are not white
- tariffs on products coming into the USA
- elimination of ObamaCare
- stopping all vaccines that save lives
- unlimited supply of KFC on Air Force 1
https://apnews.com/article/trump-white-house-ballroom-national-security-de9756118bbfca8f40af9cf89db6af5b
@penguin42@mastodon.org.ukIf the US doesn't want Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine I hope someone else jumps on it - I'd love one where you don't have to pick a choice of the other allergens which the current range of flu vaccines have; just give me that mRNA.
@scott@carfree.cityI love Deerhoof’s Actually, You Can not just as a great, fun album but as a time capsule from an optimistic moment. In late 2021, we seemed to be emerging from the shadows of Trump and Covid-19—who’d have thought the Four Seasons presser and the vaccines, respectively, didn't end them? The music bottles up joyful, radical imaginings of a better world that were in the air since the George Floyd rebellion, not yet extinguished by the reactionary “crime” panic to come.
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump's surgeon general pick, Casey Means, still lacks votes for confirmation (Simon J. Levien/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/26/surgeon-general-casey-means-vaccines-nomination-rfk-00801331
http://www.memeorandum.com/260226/p75#a260226p75
@cdarwin@c.imFlu cases are rising with a strain that makes older people sicker m
The CDC estimates there have been at least 4.6 million flu-related illnesses,
at least 49,000 hospitalizations
and 1,900 deaths this season,
which started in late September and may run through March or April.
The wrinkle is a new strain of flu which is a version of H3N2, a type of influenza A, that’s quickly become the most common one in the U.S.
The H3N2 strain is typically associated wi…
@servelan@newsie.socialStanford Scientists Discover Why mRNA-Based COVID-19 Vaccines Can Cause Myocarditis
https://scitechdaily.com/stanford-scientists-discover-why-mrna-based-covid-19-vaccines-can-cause-myocarditis/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comA Vaccine Skeptic for Surgeon General (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/casey-means-surgeon-general-hearing-hhs-vaccines-donald-trump-1051ec8e?st=hZ7YTz&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.memeorandum.com/260225/p134#a260225p134
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialQ&A with The Atlantic's Liz Bruenig on her hypothetical creative nonfiction measles essay, writing in second person, persuading parents about vaccines, and more (Laura Hazard Owen/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-atla
@cdarwin@c.imAs US officials move to restrict vaccines
-- including the shots to prevent respiratory syncytial virus ( #RSV )
-- more evidence is emerging to confirm how dramatically the jabs reduce hospitalizations.
Announced last week as part of new restrictions on one-third of all routine childhood vaccines,
❌RSV shots are now recommended only for high-risk babies, instead of all infants.
The…
@smurthys@hachyderm.io
@scottmiller42@mstdn.socialI'm disappointed to learn today that my name twin Scott Miller, founder of Apogee Games, is an idiotic antivaxxer.
Please let me reassure you that despite having the same first and last name, I am very pro vaccine.
#AntiVaxxer #ScottMiller
@memeorandum@universeodon.comChaos could be coming for children's vaccines (Caitlin Owens/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/22/childhood-vaccines-denmark-cdc-lawsuits
http://www.memeorandum.com/251222/p5#a251222p5
@cdarwin@c.imSix days after a senior FDA official sent a sweeping internal email claiming that covid vaccines had caused the deaths of “at least 10 children,”
Twelve former FDA commissioners released an extraordinary warning in the Dec. 3 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
They wrote that the claims and policy changes in the memo from Vinay Prasad, the head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research,
pose “a threat to evidence-based vaccine policy and public h…
@buercher@tooting.chUS regulators will not review Moderna’s request to license a new, potentially more effective flu shot – even though the US FDA previously gave the green light to the project – in a decision that could have implications for all new and updated vaccines in the US.
It’s the latest move by the Trump administration against vaccines. Officials in January decided to stop fully recommending one-third of routine childhood vaccines, including flu vaccines
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/10/fda-moderna-flu-vaccine?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
@memeorandum@universeodon.comRFK Jr.'s days of going wild on health may be over (Amanda Chu/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/21/rfk-midterms-maha-pesticides-vaccines-food-00792018
http://www.memeorandum.com/260221/p12#a260221p12
@servelan@newsie.socialLawsuit contests RFK Jr.’s new vaccine guidance for children - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/01/19/rfk-childhood-vaccines-lawsuit/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comControversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled (Melody Schreiber/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/hepatitis-b-vaccines-study-africa-cancel
http://www.memeorandum.com/260115/p51#a260115p51
@cdarwin@c.imThe first vaccine was a lucky accident.
Now we can design new vaccines in weeks, atom by atom.
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-golden-age-of-vaccine-development/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comRejecting Decades of Science, Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional (Apoorva Mandavilli/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/health/milhoan-vaccines-optional-polio.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p67#a260123p67
@memeorandum@universeodon.comSurgeon General Nominee Sidesteps Questions on Vaccines at Senate Hearing (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/us/politics/surgeon-general-casey-means-senate-hearing.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260225/p96#a260225p96
@servelan@newsie.socialI am fortunate to have grown up in an era when vaccines were not portrayed as something to be avoided...
Mom of 7-year-old hospitalized with brain swelling from measles: ‘I still wouldn’t have given my son the vaccine’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/measles-encephalitis-south-carolina-anti-vaccine-b2918500.html
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@memeorandum@universeodon.comThe CDC just sidelined these childhood vaccines. Here's what they prevent. (CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-childhood-vaccines-heres-what-they-prevent/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p55#a260107p55
@memeorandum@universeodon.comRFK Jr.'s battle with the public health establishment has turned to trench warfare (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/15/rfk-health-secretary-maha-vaccines-food-00776630
http://www.memeorandum.com/260215/p31#a260215p31
@cdarwin@c.imCOVID vaccines protect children from severe illness per CDC.
⬇️76% reduced risk of ER visits in kids 9 mo. to 4 years
⬇️56% reduced risk of ER visits in kids 5 - 17 years
-- @drruth.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/atranscendedman.bsky.social/po…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comCDC drops hepatitis B shot recommendation for some infants (Adriel Bettelheim/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/17/hepatitis-b-vaccines-birth-cdc-recommendation
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p3#a251217p3
@cdarwin@c.imThe “super flu” behind outbreaks in the US and UK is a new variant of influenza: H3N2, subclade K.
https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-super-flu-spreading-in-united-states-europe/
@servelan@newsie.social“What’s exciting is that we can now point to a specific viral component that can be redesigned. It means future adenoviral vaccines can keep all their advantages while sidestepping the rare immune misfire that causes VITT”
Scientists Finally Solve the Mystery Behind Rare COVID Vaccine Blood Clots
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-finally-solve-the-mystery-behind-rare-covid-vaccine-blood-clots/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comHealth Department Cancels Grants to Group That Criticized Kennedy's Vaccine Policies (Minho Kim/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/politics/american-academy-of-pediatrics-hhs-funding-rfk-jr-vaccines.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p145#a251217p145
@memeorandum@universeodon.com'Staring over the edge': South Carolina measles outbreak doubles in a week (Erika Edwards/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/south-carolina-measles-outbreak-cases-double-vaccines-quarantine-rcna253989
http://www.memeorandum.com/260116/p137#a260116p137
@cdarwin@c.im“God gave us this incredible gift of an intellect and curiosity and an opportunity to explore how nature works,”
Dr Francis Collins, former director of National Institutes of Health said.
“And God gave us nature as well
and we get the chance through science to do that.
I think of science as glimpsing God’s mind.
Science is almost a form of worship because what you’re trying to do there is to be completely caught up in the awe of what we’ve been given in natu…
@cdarwin@c.imIt may be unchartered, but we can see the terrain:
the territory ahead includes masked secret police taking people to concentration camps -- but not new vaccines.
That's our reward for a system in which fewer than 20 people,
all of them deranged and malicious,
control over $3 trillion.
https://
@memeorandum@universeodon.comRFK Jr.'s vaccine moves put new focus on patchwork of state school standards (Lexi Lonas Cochran/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5677527-rfk-jr-kennedy-cdc-vaccines/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p31#a260109p31
@cdarwin@c.imVinay Prasad, the Trump administration’s top vaccine regulator at the Food and Drug Administration,
single-handedly decided to refuse to review Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine,
overruling agency scientists, according to reports from Stat News and The Wall Street Journal.
Stat was first to report, based on unnamed FDA sources, that a team of career scientists at the agency was ready to review the vaccine
and that David Kaslow, a top career official who reviews vaccines, eve…
@cdarwin@c.imThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration is
refusing to consider Moderna’s application for a new flu vaccine
made with Nobel Prize-winning mRNA technology.
The news is the latest sign of the FDA’s heightened scrutiny of vaccines under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,
particularly those using mRNA technology,
which he has criticized before and after becoming the nation’s top health official.
Moderna received what’s called a “refusal-to-file” letter from…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comUnder RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/19/childhood-vaccine-schedule-denmark-revisions/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p98#a251219p98
@cdarwin@c.imFor years, Sen. Ron Johnson has been spreading conspiracy theories and misinformation about COVID-19 and the safety of vaccines.
He’s promoted disproven treatments for COVID-19
and claimed, without evidence, that athletes are “dropping dead on the field” after getting the COVID-19 vaccination.
Now the Wisconsin politician is endorsing a book by a discredited doctor promoting an unproven and dangerous treatment for autism and a host of ailments:
chlorine dioxide, a chem…
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@memeorandum@universeodon.comRFK Jr.'s theories about vaccines are about to be tested (Sophie Gardner/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/11/the-diseases-rfk-jr-says-children-dont-need-to-be-routinely-vaccinated-for-00720396
http://www.memeorandum.com/260111/p74#a260111p74
