Susan Monarez (left), Robert F kennedy (AP) Susan Monarez has resigned as director of the US centers for disease control and prevention (CDC) just weeks after formally assuming the role, The New York Times reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.Monarez, an infectious disease researcher and the first non-physician to lead the agency in over […]
Police have not released any photo of CDC shooting suspect Patrick Joseph White. 30-year-old Patrick White, identified as the suspect in the shooting outside Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) building in Atlanta, was an anti-vaxxer, neighbors said. One neighbor said he looked visibly slimmer recently. Another said White was […]
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (AP file photo) US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr on Wednesday signed a recommendation to eliminate thimerosal from all influenza vaccines.Thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative used in vaccines since World War II, has long been criticised by anti-vaccine groups. Kennedy, a known sceptic of vaccine safety standards, said, “After […]
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Monday that he had dismissed all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the key scientific group advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on vaccine use. Kennedy said he would replace them with his own nominees and planned to convene the […]
Dr Vinay Prasad will be FDA’s top vaccine regulator. Controversial oncoologist-haematologist Vinay Prasad will be the FDA’s top vaccine regulator. Apart from his extensive research and contribution in the field of oncology, he is known for his scathing remarks against the FDA and US health policies. FDA Commissioner Martin Makary announced Prasad’s appointment as the […]
Kennedy Jr forces out FDA’s top vaccine official Peter Marks. Dr Peter Marks, the director of FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, was forced to resign from his post after he apparently did not support health secretary RFK Jr’s ideas. The resignation has sparked alarm among doctors, who are slamming the Kennedy-led department for […]
