<p>The Indian Health Service Is Flagging Vaccine-Related Speech. Doctors Say They’re Being Censored.<br>---</p><p>Officials have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/indian-health-service-vaccine-censorship?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/indian-health-service-vaccine-censorship?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ind</span><span class="invisible">ian-health-service-vaccine-censorship?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/censorship/" rel="tag">#Censorship</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/nativeamerican/" rel="tag">#NativeAmerican</a></p>
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<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to overhaul an obscure but vital program that underpins the nation’s childhood immunization system.</p><p>Depending on what he does, the results could be catastrophic.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/rfk-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/rfk</span><span class="invisible">-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/antivax/" rel="tag">#antivax</a> <a href="/tags/vaccinehesitancy/" rel="tag">#VaccineHesitancy</a></p>
<p>The National Academies just told <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> he's full of shit and misused their data on <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#vaccines</a> and <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#autism</a>. <a href="https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/statement-on-cdc-s-changes-to-guidance-on-vaccines-and-autism" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nationalacademies.org/news/statement-on-cdc-s-changes-to-guidance-on-vaccines-and-autism"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nationalacademies.org/news</span><span class="invisible">/statement-on-cdc-s-changes-to-guidance-on-vaccines-and-autism</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/impeachrfkjr/" rel="tag">#ImpeachRFKJr</a></p>
<p>RFK Jr. says the CDC will no longer recommend COVID vaccines for healthy pregnant women.</p><p>Yet doctors have found that stillbirths can result from COVID directly infiltrating the placenta — even for people whose COVID symptoms were mild or nonexistent.</p><p>(Published 2022)<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/covid-maternity-stillbirth-vaccines-pregnancy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/covid-maternity-stillbirth-vaccines-pregnancy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cov</span><span class="invisible">id-maternity-stillbirth-vaccines-pregnancy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#Covid</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/pregnancy/" rel="tag">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a></p>
<p>A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/covid-pregnancy-risk-autism-study-cdc?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/covid-pregnancy-risk-autism-study-cdc?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cov</span><span class="invisible">id-pregnancy-risk-autism-study-cdc?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#COVID</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a></p>
<p>National Cancer Institute Employees Can’t Publish Information on These Topics Without Special Approval<br>—</p><p>Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism. Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/national-cancer-institute-flagged-topics-vaccines-autism-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/national-cancer-institute-flagged-topics-vaccines-autism-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nat</span><span class="invisible">ional-cancer-institute-flagged-topics-vaccines-autism-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/rfk/" rel="tag">#RFK</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations<br>—</p><p>The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mea</span><span class="invisible">sles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/cdc/" rel="tag">#CDC</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/measles/" rel="tag">#Measles</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>
<p>Major funding cuts to the vaccine pipeline announced in the US, but important advances for mucosal Covid vaccines globally:</p><p>- 10th mucosal vax reaches phase 2 (in Canada)<br>- Another human challenge trial as prep for mucosal trials started in Singapore<br>- Trial results, including one for intranasal vax in kids in China</p><p>And lots more in my latest next generation Covid vaccine update now online <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.science/@PLOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PLOS</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/03/31/mucosal-covid-vaccine-trials-progress-us-rd-funding-cuts-nextgen-update-27/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/03/31/mucosal-covid-vaccine-trials-progress-us-rd-funding-cuts-nextgen-update-27/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/31/mucosal-covid-vaccine-trials-progress-us-rd-funding-cuts-nextgen-update-27/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#Covid</a> <a href="/tags/covid19/" rel="tag">#Covid19</a></p>
<p>RFK Jr. Wants to Overhaul a Vital System That Supports Childhood Immunization<br>—</p><p>Dramatic changes to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program could drive drugmakers from the market, threatening access to shots, experts say.</p><p>“If (Kennedy’s) unstated goal is to basically destroy the vaccine industry, that could do it.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/rfk-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/rfk</span><span class="invisible">-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a></p>
<p>“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline<br>—</p><p>While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump’s slashing of public health infrastructure.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/who</span><span class="invisible">oping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/measles/" rel="tag">#Measles</a> <a href="/tags/whoopingcough/" rel="tag">#WhoopingCough</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/disease/" rel="tag">#Disease</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>"This year, there have been at least 7,599 cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, up from 3,473 cases at this time last year, according to the latest tally by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...</p><p>Nationwide, there were 35,435 cases of whooping cough in 2024, compared with 7,063 in 2023, according to a provisional surveillance report from the CDC."</p><p>~ Emily Mullin</p><p><a href="/tags/whoopingcough/" rel="tag">#WhoopingCough</a> <a href="/tags/measles/" rel="tag">#measles</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/vaccination/" rel="tag">#vaccination</a><br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/measles-cases-are-rising-other-diseases-could-follow/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.wired.com/story/measles-cases-are-rising-other-diseases-could-follow/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.wired.com/story/measles-ca</span><span class="invisible">ses-are-rising-other-diseases-could-follow/</span></a></p>
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<p>Whooping cough (pertussis) cases have skyrocketed by more than 1,500% nationwide since 2021.</p><p>Deaths tied to the disease are also up — hitting 10 last year, compared with about two to four in previous years — and cases are on track to exceed that total in 2025.</p><p>Read more: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/who</span><span class="invisible">oping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/whoopingcough/" rel="tag">#WhoopingCough</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/disease/" rel="tag">#Disease</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>For years, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pushed discredited theories linking vaccines to autism.</p><p>Now, scientists studying the condition fear he has preconceived notions that will harm the field and taint new funding for research.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-autism-environment-research-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-autism-environment-research-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/rfk</span><span class="invisible">-jr-autism-environment-research-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>
<p>Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases.<br>---</p><p>A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that protects us from infectious disease,” an expert said.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/pam-bondi-fake-covid-vaccine-cards-kirk-moore?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/pam-bondi-fake-covid-vaccine-cards-kirk-moore?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pam</span><span class="invisible">-bondi-fake-covid-vaccine-cards-kirk-moore?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#COVID</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/utah/" rel="tag">#Utah</a> <a href="/tags/pambondi/" rel="tag">#PamBondi</a></p>
<p>The vaccine laws of many states are tied to ACIP’s recommendations…incl. for school entry, guidelines for health care workers, whether pharmacists can provide <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#COVID</a> vaccinations…</p><p>Without those recommendations, states are creating their own rules, seeking information elsewhere & banding together to ensure coverage for their citizens (excluding Florida, which has gone in the opposite direction & seeks to end all vaccine mandates).</p><p>1🧵<br><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#vaccines</a><br>—<br><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/06/nx-s1-5532121/states-vaccine-guidance-washington-oregon-new-mexico" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/06/nx-s1-5532121/states-vaccine-guidance-washington-oregon-new-mexico"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/sections/shots-hea</span><span class="invisible">lth-news/2025/09/06/nx-s1-5532121/states-vaccine-guidance-washington-oregon-new-mexico</span></a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p>America Is on the Cusp of a Two-Tier <a href="/tags/vaccine/" rel="tag">#Vaccine</a> System</p><p><a href="/tags/poor/" rel="tag">#Poor</a> kids will be hardest hit by <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a>'s <a href="/tags/antivax/" rel="tag">#AntiVax</a> crusade.</p><p><a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#medicine</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#policy</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/conspiracytheories/" rel="tag">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="/tags/disinformation/" rel="tag">#disinformation</a> <a href="/tags/eugenics/" rel="tag">#eugenics</a> <a href="/tags/socialcleansing/" rel="tag">#SocialCleansing</a> <a href="/tags/healthyifyourewealthy/" rel="tag">#HealthyIfYoureWealthy</a> <a href="/tags/aporophobia/" rel="tag">#Aporophobia</a> <a href="/tags/economicdiscrimination/" rel="tag">#EconomicDiscrimination</a> <a href="/tags/plutocracy/" rel="tag">#plutocracy</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/09/acip-vaccine-for-kids-rfk-jr/684284/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxe20JdbfQeb-MVvQASQIPyc" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/09/acip-vaccine-for-kids-rfk-jr/684284/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxe20JdbfQeb-MVvQASQIPyc"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/health/202</span><span class="invisible">5/09/acip-vaccine-for-kids-rfk-jr/684284/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxe20JdbfQeb-MVvQASQIPyc</span></a></p>
<p>Hey Fediverse, I wrote a little book (<a href="/tags/noai/" rel="tag">#noai</a>).</p><p>It's got beavers, snow, surf, games, coding, data entry, literary references, masks, vaccines and a race to the airport!</p><p>It's total FREE! And I'll even mail anyone a copy on request (see about).</p><p><18k words.</p><p><a href="https://2qx.github.io/monterey-protocols" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="2qx.github.io/monterey-protocols"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">2qx.github.io/monterey-protoco</span><span class="invisible">ls</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/vermont/" rel="tag">#vermont</a> <a href="/tags/elbowsup/" rel="tag">#elbowsup</a> <a href="/tags/maskup/" rel="tag">#maskup</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/smallpox/" rel="tag">#smallpox</a> <a href="/tags/nonproliferation/" rel="tag">#nonproliferation</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#publichealth</a> <a href="/tags/nurses/" rel="tag">#nurses</a> <a href="/tags/healthworkers/" rel="tag">#healthworkers</a> <a href="/tags/opsec/" rel="tag">#opsec</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#security</a></p>
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<p>Kennedy’s vaccine committee voted to change the children’s recommended vaccine schedule today—</p><p>voting 8-3 to no longer recommend children under four years old get the MMRV (measles, mumps, rubella, varicella) vaccine (😳)</p><p>The committee will vote tomorrow on its hepatitis B vaccine recommendation changes. It will also recommend who should be eligible for the latest <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#COVID</a> vaccine. </p><p>1 of 2🧵<br><a href="/tags/icymi/" rel="tag">#ICYMI</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#rfkjr</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/covid19/" rel="tag">#COVID19</a> <br>—</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/09/18/nx-s1-5542082/cdc-acip-vaccine-hepatitis-b-mmrv" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2025/09/18/nx-s1-5542082/cdc-acip-vaccine-hepatitis-b-mmrv"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2025/09/18/nx-s1-5</span><span class="invisible">542082/cdc-acip-vaccine-hepatitis-b-mmrv</span></a></p>
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<p>The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” for the rest of the country.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-vaccine-bill-medical-freedom-act-maha?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/idaho-vaccine-bill-medical-freedom-act-maha?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ida</span><span class="invisible">ho-vaccine-bill-medical-freedom-act-maha?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p>
<p>What I’ve been reading this week ending 11 January 2026 <a href="https://jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-this-week-ending-11-january-2026-2cfb895c1fd1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-this-week-ending-11-january-2026-2cfb895c1fd1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-bee</span><span class="invisible">n-reading-this-week-ending-11-january-2026-2cfb895c1fd1</span></a> <a href="/tags/economics/" rel="tag">#economics</a> <a href="/tags/statistics/" rel="tag">#statistics</a> <a href="/tags/pricing/" rel="tag">#pricing</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/lean/" rel="tag">#lean</a> <a href="/tags/liberalism/" rel="tag">#liberalism</a></p>
<p>My State Banned Vaccine Mandates. Here’s How I Covered It as an Idaho Journalist.<br>---</p><p>The Idaho Medical Freedom Act, which makes it illegal to require almost anyone to take a vaccine, test or other “medical intervention,” comes amid a national measles outbreak larger than the U.S. has seen in decades.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-vaccine-mandate-ban-reporter-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/idaho-vaccine-mandate-ban-reporter-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ida</span><span class="invisible">ho-vaccine-mandate-ban-reporter-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/measles/" rel="tag">#Measles</a></p>
<p>I wrote a novella about nonproliferation! </p><p>It's got beavers, snow, surf, video games, coding, data entry, literary references, masks, vaccines and a race to the airport!</p><p>It's total FREE! And I'll even mail anyone a copy on request (see about).</p><p><a href="https://2qx.github.io/monterey-protocols" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="2qx.github.io/monterey-protocols"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">2qx.github.io/monterey-protoco</span><span class="invisible">ls</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/vermont/" rel="tag">#vermont</a> <a href="/tags/noai/" rel="tag">#noai</a> <a href="/tags/elbowsup/" rel="tag">#elbowsup</a> <a href="/tags/maskup/" rel="tag">#maskup</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/smallpox/" rel="tag">#smallpox</a> <a href="/tags/nonproliferation/" rel="tag">#nonproliferation</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#publichealth</a> <a href="/tags/nurses/" rel="tag">#nurses</a> <a href="/tags/healthworkers/" rel="tag">#healthworkers</a></p>
<p>RFK Jr. is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market.</p><p>History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back when trust in shots — or access to them — falters.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-vaccine-agenda-childhood-plagues?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/rfk-jr-vaccine-agenda-childhood-plagues?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/rfk</span><span class="invisible">-jr-vaccine-agenda-childhood-plagues?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a></p>
<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been transforming a government that long championed vaccines into one that questions their safety.</p><p>This is what could happen over the next 25 years if shots are unavailable even to the people who want them.<br><a href="http://projects.propublica.org/childhood-vaccines-deaths-modeling/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/childhood-vaccines-deaths-modeling/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/childh</span><span class="invisible">ood-vaccines-deaths-modeling/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/model/" rel="tag">#Model</a></p>