When you look at HHS and what is happening with RFK and vaccine access and the list goes on, how can uh organizations like CGI fill the gap um when it comes to our nation's health. Oh, it's a great question, Ma. You know, we're doing a series of uh working groups uh and in those working groups are experts not just for the United States but all over.And one of the biggest concerns is what we are doing in our own country to put our own people's health at risk. Dismantling public health, listening to literally ...

for joining the conversation. We have former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with us. It's really great to have you. >> It's wonderful to be back with all of you. >> Thank you so much. So, um the big news yesterday, there's a there's always news going around in I would say for me personally, the big news was this shift >> on Russia. Mhm. >> And I'm curious just looking at the arc of this story over the past month or two from Anchorage to that European leaders meeting at the White House to John Lamir has ...

You'd think that by the end of an 8-h hour meeting, you might have some idea of what you and your colleagues are actually voting on. Apparently, the CDC's new vaccine advisory committee, handpicked by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.., never got that memo. I'm still not quite clear. So, if we um the first vote has passed already and if we vote no on this item, then what happens.Body and I share the same confusion here. Okay, I'm going to abstain because I'm not quite sure what I'm voting for here. We are rookies and u ...

And it was a busy day on Capitol Hill yesterday because the former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Susan Manarez, testified in a closely watched hearing just weeks after her firing by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. . last month.NBC News correspondent Anne Thompson has that report. I believe preventable diseases will return and I believe that we will have our children harmed for things that we know they do not need to be harmed by. Polio, measles, dtheria, whooping cough.The stak ...

In the craziness of today, uh, the Senate also heard testimony from the former director for the Centers for Disease Control, who was fired by Trump just last month. CDC Director Susan Manares says she was forced out of the job after she refused to preapprove the vaccine recommendations of RFK Jr..'s handpicked panel of vaccine skeptics without regard to any science. Today, some of the same Republican senators who voted to confirm her just weeks ago tried to turn her into some kind of villain, and it did not ...

And as we mentioned, it has been a very busy day on Capitol Hill. I want to pick back up with Republican Congressman from North Carolina, Greg Murphy. Um, Congressman, thanks for being with us. Thanks for rolling with the breaking news here a little bit.Um, I want to start with that Senate hearing today uh with former CDC director Susan Manarez where she said she was asked to approve every recommendation from this vaccine panel which now includes these um Kennedy appointed vaccine skeptics regardless of the ...

some testimony today about what what is happening in America right now. Um this is um this is AI on measles vaccinations. If trust in vaccines is diminished, if moms do not take their kids in to get vaccines, older people don't get vaccines, what will that mean in terms of our ability to save lives if, god forbid, another pandemic takes place.>> So, we're already beginning to see that as we're seeing childhood vaccination rates decrease. For example, measles is down to about 92.8%. that leaves over 200,000 ...

Today's hearing with fired CDC director Dr. . Susan Manarez and former CDC chief medical officer Dr. . Deborah Aie comes just one day before Secretary Kennedy's revamped and much scrutinized vaccine advisory panel is set to meet.Both Bernarez and Aie voiced concerns about the recommendations that may come from that panel during their testimony. While Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, who of course chairs that committee, went even further in comments to reporters after the hearing. If the vaccine advisory pan ...

I want to bring in Democratic member of the committee that you just heard there in that clip. Senator John Hickinlooper of Colorado. Quite the stark exchange there.Senator, what are your key takeaways from what you heard in that room today. Well, I think you had a very credible presentation of two devoted public servants who have given their lives to making our nation safer and healthier. Uh, and I thought that ending was very powerful.One of them is is worried that we're we're undermining and corroding the ...

Public Health & Policy Concerns - The hearing focuses on potential pressure to pursue anti-vaccine policies and defy scientific evidence, which could significantly impact public health [3] - Concerns exist regarding the Secretary of Health and Human Services potentially directing the approval of vaccines without scientific evidence and dismissing career officials responsible for vaccine policy [7][8] - The Secretary of Health and Human Services is accused of wanting data to support the claim that measles vaccine causes blindness and deafness, despite evidence to the contrary [11] - There are worries that the advisory committee on immunization practices will revisit critical vaccines for kids, potentially overstating risks, understating benefits, and cherry-picking evidence [13] - The vaccine committee has been replaced with known critics of vaccines and operates under decreased transparency with a willful refusal to follow established scientific and decision-making procedures [23] Political Implications - Senator Cassidy, who called for the hearing, faces a primary challenge and concerns that he might be stirring up controversy [4][5] - Senator Cassidy previously insisted that the Secretary of Health and Human Services not change ACIP recommendations or the way ACIP is constructed, but these agreements may have been violated [17] - There is a call for Senator Cassidy to gather other Republican senators to address the President regarding the Secretary of Health and Human Services' stance on vaccines [20] Vaccine Advisory Meeting - A key advisory board meeting on vaccine panels is approaching, making the hearing even more significant [4] - The advisory committee on immunization practices will be meeting and there's a lot of efforts to prebunk what we expect is going to happen there, which is a significant revisiting of critical vaccines for kids [13] - Senator Cassidy has called for that vaccine meeting the advisory meeting to be put on hold indefinitely because or if they meet for people not to follow their guidance [15]