The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Meeting of December 4 and 5, 2025 PART II In part I of this blog series posted yesterday, I gave you a taste of the most recent ACIP meeting. It was painful for me to listen to, and I am goingContinue reading “It Is an Unfortunate Time for Our Country to be Tolerating an Anti-Vax Administration and the Undermining of our Public Health System and Scientific Research Infrastructure”
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It is an Unfortunate Time for Our Country to be Tolerating an Anti-Vax Administration and the Undermining of our Public Health System and Scientific Research Infrastructure
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Meeting of December 4 and 5, 2025 PART I I’ll make the connection to the poor timing in Part II, but first an explainer of what happened at the end of last week with the ACIP meeting. A vote on aContinue reading “It is an Unfortunate Time for Our Country to be Tolerating an Anti-Vax Administration and the Undermining of our Public Health System and Scientific Research Infrastructure”
The Seasonal Influenza Vaccine
Who should consider getting it; Which vaccine should they get; When should they get vaccinated? Who should consider getting the seasonal influenza vaccine? The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends annual influenza vaccination of all children without medical contraindications starting at 6 months of age.[1] The CDC recommends routine annual influenza vaccination is recommended for allContinue reading “The Seasonal Influenza Vaccine”
What to Know About the Recent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (CDC) Meeting
Part IV: Understanding Vaccine Safety This is the last blog piece in this blog series, as I wrap up my coverage of the most recent ACIP meeting. It has become clear that many people, even some of the members of this committee do not understand vaccine safety, what it means when we say a vaccineContinue reading “What to Know About the Recent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (CDC) Meeting”
What to Know About This Past Week’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (CDC) Meeting
Part III: The COVID-19 Vaccines The Issue – Given the sudden dismissal of all former members of the ACIP, the recent replacement of these members, and the firing of the CDC Director, there was a need for the ACIP to issue its recommendations for the recently FDA-approved 2025 – 2026 Updated COVID-19 vaccines. What wereContinue reading “What to Know About This Past Week’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (CDC) Meeting”
What to Know About This Past Week’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (CDC) Meeting
Part II: The Hepatitis B Vaccine (birth dose) The Issue – Whether the first dose of hepatitis B vaccine (a three-dose series) should continue to be administered in the hospital within 24 hours of delivery to the newborns of mothers who test negative for hepatitis B infection (specifically, when the laboratory returns a negative testContinue reading “What to Know About This Past Week’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (CDC) Meeting”
What to Know About This Week’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (CDC) Meeting
Part I: The Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella (MMRV) Vaccine The Issue – Children are recommended to receive a two-shot series of measles, mumps, rubella (German measles), and varicella (chickenpox) vaccines with the first dose at 12 – 15 months of age and the second dose between ages 4 – 6 years. There are twoContinue reading “What to Know About This Week’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (CDC) Meeting”
Weighing the Risk of Vaccines versus Disease
In my prior blog post on Why Get Vaccinated and How Do Vaccines Work, I tried to explain what vaccines are, how they work at a very basic level, and the benefits of vaccines that might weigh in favor of immunization for those who have no or only a rudimentary understanding of vaccines, immunology andContinue reading “Weighing the Risk of Vaccines versus Disease”
The Polio Vaccines
Polio and other vaccines have been thrust into the spotlight with a New York Times report on December 13th that was updated on the 15th by reporters Christina Jewett and Sheryl Gay Stolberg revealing that an attorney working with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. had petitioned the government to revoke (or suspend) the FDA’s approval ofContinue reading “The Polio Vaccines”
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