Funding & Policy Concerns - HHS's decision to halt funding raises concerns about alignment with their agenda, particularly regarding programs focused on infant deaths, birth defects, prenatal substance exposure, and teen mental health [1][2] - The lack of clear, evidence-based reasons for pulling funding suggests potential retaliation rather than scientific decision-making [3] - Concerns exist that funding cuts may be due to disagreements with the AAP on policies not supported by evidence, setting an unhealthy precedent [6] - HHS is criticized for fighting against identity-based language, including references to racial disparities and the term "pregnant people" [8] Public Health & Vaccine Issues - There's a concern about attacks on children's health, starting with vaccines and the measles epidemic [10] - Misinformation about vaccines, such as claims about the measles vaccine being "leaky" or contaminated, contributes to public health issues [11] - Measles has resurged in America, with approximately 2,000 cases across 43 states, nearing the loss of elimination status [13] - The high number of measles cases, the highest since 1992, demonstrates the impact of misinformation from sources like RFK Jr, despite the availability of a safe vaccine [14] Gender Affirming Care - The administration's moves to ban gender affirming care for transgender young people, even where legal, are concerning [15] - Equating gender affirming care to malpractice is a falsehood, as evidence shows appropriate care can lower rates of depression and suicide risk for some adolescents [15][16] - Decisions about gender affirming care are individualized, cautious, and based on a child's overall health, not made overnight [16][18] - Marginalization of the transgender population is a concern, and spreading falsehoods about gender affirming care is frustrating [18][19]

The new chair of a federal vaccine panel remade by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he felt as though he and his committee members were “puppets on a string” https://t.co/aRiPSJ5lCu ...

The hepatitis B vaccine has been administered to newborns for more than three decades. https://t.co/J7FNh0GZz9 ...

Regulatory Scrutiny - State medical boards are allegedly violating laws to target vaccine critics [1] - A doctor's license was suspended for advising patients to wait for better science before taking COVID vaccines in December 2020 [1] - The medical board allegedly fabricated issues with the doctor's record keeping [1]

Health & Wellness - The public should prepare to get vaccinated this year as the weather turns cooler [1]

Welcoming CDC director Jim O'Neal is calling on vaccine makers to split up the combined MMR vaccine. In a post on X yesterday, O'Neal endorsed President Trump's earlier call to split the measles, MS, and Reubella vaccine into three separate injections. The post came just hours after O'Neal signed off on a vaccine advisory panel recommendation against getting the vaccine before the age of four.Let's bring in NBC News medical contributor Dr. . Vin Gupta. Uh so doctor, what would be the problem with this sugge ...

RFK Jr.’s handpicked vaccine advisers met at the CDC and showed a desire to focus on side effects, change recommendations and abandon previous methods of examining scientific evidence https://t.co/ogWXpcsVAR ...

Breaking: RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel voted to stop recommending that Americans get the Covid shot, encouraging “individual decision-making" instead https://t.co/AeaNQwCDDB ...

A panel of new vaccine advisers picked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted to end the CDC’s universal recommendation that people of all ages get Covid shots https://t.co/t1nYMgXCpy ...

Vaccine Industry Concerns - Robert F Kennedy Jr's revamped vaccine panel will review the hepatitis B vaccine given shortly after birth [1] - Health officials worry this review could lead to the end of the hepatitis B vaccine program [1]