Medicine

CDC’s ACIP Vaccine Advisory Panel Lacks Leader and Voting Members

Bird Flu Outbreak in Oregon Leads to Mass Euthanization of Poultry

Study: Correlation Between Human and Pet Vaccine Hesitancy

Public Trust in the CDC Waning

by Carolyn Hendler, JD

April 25, 2022

Since the start of the pandemic, the public’s trust in U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has waned. It is ...

California Offers Reparations to Survivors of Forced Sterilization in the Name of Public Health

by Natasha Hobley

February 7, 2022

Jan. 1, 2022 marked the beginning of a $7.5 million California state program which is paying reparations to survivors of the state’s ...

FDA, CDC Green Light Pfizer’s Experimental COVID Biologic for Children 5 to 11 Years Old

by TVR Staff

November 7, 2021

One Oct 29, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the experimental messenger RNA (mRNA) ...

White House Reveals Plans to Give COVID Shots to All 5 to 11 Year Old Children

by TVR Staff

October 25, 2021

On Oct. 20, 2021, the Biden administration outlined plans to begin giving COVID-19 vaccinations to children between five and 11 years old ...

Fertility Rates are Dropping Around the World

by Kate Raines

May 31, 2021

Fertility Rates are Dropping Around the World

Story Highlights Despite ongoing concerns about overpopulation, birth rates are falling worldwide, and in many countries populations are projected to drop by ...

With Little Safety Data, CDC Recommends Pfizer COVID Vaccine for 12-Year-Old Children

by Judith Jolly, RN, BSN

May 18, 2021

Opinion | I monitor meetings of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...