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CDC panel recommends RSV shot for babies

The meeting was the first made up of RFK Jr.'s new hand-selected members.
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The campus of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seen as a meeting of the Advisory Committee in Immunization Practices takes place, June 25, 2025, in Atlanta.
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Thimerosal: What to know about the preservative from a bygone flu-shot debate

The Trump administration's vaccine advisers are bringing up an old flu-shot debate: Whether it's time to wipe out the last small fraction of those vaccines that contain a controversial preservative
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FILE - A nurse prepares a flu shot from a vaccine vial at the Salvation Army in Atlanta, Feb. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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Demonstrators rally for support of the CDC during a meeting of the Advisory Committee in Immunization Practices, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
June 25

Senate struggle over Medicaid cuts threatens progress on Trump's big bill

One key issue stalling progress on President Donald Trump’s big bill in Congress is particularly daunting
June 25
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., center, joined at left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, speaks to reporters after Republican senators met with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and worked on President Donald Trump's tax and immigration megabill so they can have on his desk by July 4, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
June 25

What to know about thimerosal, a vaccine ingredient removed decades ago

A CDC advisory panel is slated to vote on a little-used preservative.
June 25
A nurse prepares to administer a flu shot during a 9th Ward COVID-19 and flu vaccination clinic at the Pullman Community Center in Chicago on Oct. 10, 2024.
June 25

FDA requires updated warning about rare heart risk with COVID shots

U.S. health officials have expanded warnings about a rare heart side effect associated with the two leading COVID-19 vaccines
June 25
FILE - An ampoule of the vaccine "Comirnaty" for children from the manufacturer Biontech/Pfizer is pictured in a pharmacy in Duesseldorf, Germany, Dec. 13, 2021. (Marius Becker/dpa via AP, File)
June 25

CDC nominee Susan Monarez sidesteps questions about disagreements with RFK in Senate hearing

CDC nominee Susan Monarez says she values vaccines and rigorous scientific evidence but has largely sidestepped questions about widespread cuts to the agency and whether she disagreed with any of Health Secretary Robert F
June 25
Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump's nominee to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, arrives to testify before the Senate HELP Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
June 25

What meeting of CDC advisory panel means for vaccines

ABC News’ Alex Presha and medical contributor Dr. Alok Patel discuss the meeting of the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel.
June 25
VIDEO: What meeting of CDC advisory panel means for vaccines
June 25

Kennedy's new vaccine advisers meet for first time

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F
June 25
CDC participants listen to the speakers during a meeting of the Advisory Committee in Immunization Practices, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
June 25
FILE - Rosei Warren hauls compost to a garden plot in preparation for planting vegetables at the Ivanhoe neighborhood community garden, April 9, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
June 24

Global vaccination efforts stall, leaving millions vulnerable to preventable diseases

Global efforts to protect children against diseases like measles, polio and tuberculosis have stalled since 2010, leaving millions vulnerable to deadly infections
June 24
FILE - A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Karachi, Pakistan, Jan. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File)
June 24

Team physicians in college sports wary of greater liability risk with athletes now making big money

The professionalization of college sports has prompted concern among team physicians that they will be exposed to a greater risk of medical liability lawsuits by injured athletes who claim a poor outcome caused them to lose future earnings
June 24
FILE - Oregon State medical trainers check the right knee of linebacker Matthew Tago (8) during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Hawaii, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner, File)
June 24

A West Virginia parent sues seeking a religious exemption from required school vaccinations

A West Virginia woman has filed a lawsuit seeking a religious exemption from required school vaccinations for her young child
June 24
FILE - West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey speaks during a news conference at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
June 24

Experts warn RFK Jr. is unraveling the system that kept vaccines safe

Kennedy has long held many vaccine-skeptic views.
June 24
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on June 24, 2025 in Washington, DC.
June 24

How extreme heat impacts people with mental illness

A life-threatening heat wave continues to envelop the East Coast.
June 24
The sun rises over Manhattan on what is expected to be the hottest day of the year on June 24, 2025 in New York City.
June 24

Exercising or playing sports in extreme heat can be extremely dangerous

Extreme heat makes it especially hard for your body to cool down, so you need to be extra careful if you exercise or play sports when it’s baking outside
June 24
People exercise on the Brooklyn waterfront during a heatwave on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)
June 24

Texas will put warning labels on some foods, but its additives list has inaccuracies

A Texas law promoting the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda requires first-ever warning labels on certain foods like chips and candies
June 24
FILE - A woman looks at products in the aisle of a store as her daughter naps in the shopping cart in Waco, Texas, on Dec. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
June 24

What to expect from CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting with RFK Jr.'s new members

The ACIP is expected to vote on recommendations for some fall vaccines.
June 24
A sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, on Oct. 8, 2013.
June 23

Early-season heat dome brings highest temperatures in years to parts of Eastern US

An intense and nearly historic weather pattern is cooking much of America in a dangerous heat dome this week with triple-digit heat that hasn’t been seen in some places in more than a decade
June 23
Beach goers crowd a public beach on the Lake Michigan shore, Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
June 23

Health insurers promise to improve coverage reviews that prompt delays and complaints

The nation’s major health insurers are promising to scale back and improve a widely despised practice that leads to care delays and complications
June 23
FILE - A Medicare Advantage PPO card rests on top of a Medicare card in Portland, Ore., June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
June 23

The number of abortions kept rising in 2024 because of telehealth prescriptions, report finds

A new report finds that the number of abortions in the U.S. grew in 2024 as more women obtained pills through telehealth
June 23
FILE - Abortion-rights activists holds a signs as they protest outside of the Supreme Court during a rally on March 26, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
June 23

Texas governor vetoes bill that would ban all THC products

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has vetoed a bill to ban all THC products
June 23
In this May 4, 2018, photo, Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at the National Rifle Association-Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum in Dallas.
June 21

Weekend health roundup

ABC News medical contributor Dr. Alok Patel breaks down what to know about new COVID-19 variant that causes “razor blade throat,” new skin cancer warnings for people of color, and more.
June 21
VIDEO: Weekend health roundup
June 21

Diabetes drug may cut migraine days in half with little weight loss: Study

The early-stage study suggested a diabetes drug may lower pressure in the brain.
June 21
June 20

New COVID variant causing ‘razor blade throat’

The variant, known as NB.1.8.1, has been nicknamed by some as “razor blade throat” due to the painful symptom.
June 20
VIDEO: New COVID variant causing ‘razor blade throat’
June 20

You probably don't need foods with added protein, nutritionists say

Everyone needs protein — it's vital for the growth, repair and maintenance of your muscles, bones and skin
June 20
FILE - A Thai peanut, vegetable and tofu bowl is displayed for a photograph in Coronado, Calif., on April 29, 2017. (Melissa d'Arabian via AP, File)
June 20

Ethical questions arise over case of brain-dead pregnant woman in Georgia

Adriana Smith, a brain-dead woman in Georgia, was kept on life support until her fetus was viable. Experts say it raises ethical and legal questions.
June 20
Adriana Smith, a brain-dead woman in Georgia, was kept on life support until her fetus was viable. Experts say it raises ethical and legal questions.
June 20

In Uganda, a tougher bicycle offers hope for better health coverage in rural areas

Roads in parts of rural Uganda can be rough in dry weather and a churn of mud in wet
June 20
Susan Apio, Community Health Extension Worker, riding buffalo bicycle through alley in Lira district, Uganda, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)
June 20

'I was terrified I was going to die.' Rape victims in Brazil struggle to access legal abortions

A Brazilian woman who says she became pregnant after being raped in March should have been granted access to a legal abortion
June 20
Carla de Castro, a sociologist, researcher and educator, talks about abortion during a circle conversation to provide guidance on reproductive rights, at the Women's House of Mare in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
June 19

What to know about new COVID variant NB.1.8.1 causing 'razor blade throat'

As of the week ending June 7, NB.1.8.1 is the second most dominant variant in the U.S., accounting for an estimated 37% of cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
June 19
As of the week ending June 7, NB.1.8.1 is the second most dominant variant in the U.S., accounting for an estimated 37% of cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
June 19

What to know about 'razor blade throat' caused by newer COVID variant

NB 1.8.1 is allegedly causing more painful sore throats in some patients.
June 19
A 3-D rendering shows the Covid-19 virus omicron variant strain.
June 19

Pregnant brain-dead woman kept on life support raises ethical, legal questions

Adriana Smith was eight weeks pregnant when she was declared brain dead.
June 19
A view shows a sign outside of the Emory University Hospital, where Adriana Smith, a woman who was about nine weeks pregnant when she was declared brain-dead, has been kept on life-support since February, due to Georgia's state abortion law, which bans abortion after six weeks, in Atlanta, May 22, 2025.
June 18

Trump administration to end suicide hotline support for LGBTQ+ youth

The national hotline launched a pilot program in 2022 focused on LGBTQ+ youth.
June 18
June 18

Trump administration removing 988 hotline service tailored to LGBTQ+ youth in July

The 988 National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline will stop providing tailored support options to LGBTQ+ youth and young adults on July 17
June 18
FILE - A man uses a cell phone in New Orleans, Aug. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
June 18
FILE - A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention logo, center, is displayed at the agency's federal headquarters in Atlanta on Nov. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
June 18

FDA approves the world's only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the world’s only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV
June 18
This photo provided by Gilead Sciences shows a vial of the company's HIV prevention medication, Yeztugo, (lenacapvir) at a manufacturing facility in La Verne, Calif., in June 2025. (Gilead Sciences via AP)
June 18

What to know about the COVID variant that may cause 'razor blade' sore throats

A new COVID-19 variant may be causing “razor blade” sore throats in people who get it
June 18
FILE - Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, left, and teammate Matteo Jorgenson, of the U.S., wear face masks to protect themselves from the Corona virus prior to the start of the fourteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 151.9 kilometers (94.4 miles) with start in Pau and finish in Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet, France, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)
June 18

More employers are sending workers shopping for their own health coverage

More employers are putting health insurance decisions in the hands of workers
June 18
This image provided by Take Command in June 2025 shows an example of options online for Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements where a company's employees can choose a health insurance policy. (Take Command via AP)
June 18

Deadly listeria outbreak linked to chicken fettuccine alfredo sold at Kroger, Walmart

A listeria food poisoning outbreak that has killed three people and led to one pregnancy loss is linked to newly recalled heat-and-eat chicken fettucine alfredo products sold at Kroger and Walmart stores
June 18
This 1966 transmission electron microscope image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a Listeria bacterium with its flagella, in the process of cell division. (Graham Heid/CDC via AP)
June 18

Argentines reel from health care cutbacks as President Milei's state overhaul mirrors Trump's

Cancer patients say they’ve grown sicker since Argentina’s radical libertarian President Javier Milei took his chainsaw to the public health system
June 18
Claudia Caballero poses with a photo of her late son Alexis Almiron, a cancer patient who tried to get medication that had been covered by federal agency DADSE, but which President Javier Milei dissolved, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
June 18

Older adults in the US are increasingly dying from unintentional falls

Older U.S. adults are increasingly dying from unintentional falls, and white people account for the vast majority of the deaths
June 18
FILE - A woman uses a walker as she heads to her room at a senior care home in Calistoga, Calif., on Dec. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
June 18

Major food companies to remove all artificial dyes from its foods in US

Heinz said 10% of its products currently contain FD&C color additives.
June 18
Boxes of Jell-O are seen on display at Ideal Food Basket on November 08, 2021 in Brooklyn, New York City.
June 17

Groundbreaking remote robotic surgery: Patient was in Africa; doctor was in Florida

The doctor calls it a "huge leap for health care."
June 17
Dr. Vipul Patel, medical director of the Global Robotic Institute at Advent Health in Orlando, Florida, who performed the robotic telesurgery.
June 17

Trump administration blocked from cutting local health funding for four municipalities

A federal court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from clawing back millions in public health funding for four Democrat-led municipalities in GOP-governed states
June 17
June 17

Ohio lawmakers to introduce bill that would overturn amendment on abortion rights

The bill would overturn a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights.
June 17
In this Nov. 7, 2023, file photo, Issue 1 supporters cheer as they watch election results in Columbus Ohio. Ohio voters have approved a constitutional amendment that guarantees the right to abortion and other forms of reproductive health care.
June 17

UK Parliament votes to decriminalize abortion over concerns about prosecutions of some women in England and Wales

UK Parliament votes to decriminalize abortion over concerns about prosecutions of some women in England and Wales
June 17
June 17

Baby delivered from brain-dead woman on life support in Georgia

The baby of a Georgia woman who was declared brain dead and has been on life support for months has been delivered
June 17
FILE - Emory University Hospital Midtown is seen on May 15, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, file)
June 17

US abortion clinics are closing even in states where abortion is legal. More cuts could be coming

Three years after the fall of Roe v. Wade, the funding system for abortions is battered
June 17
FILE - The Trust Women clinic is pictured Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
June 17

Kraft Heinz pulling certain artificial dyes from its US products in 2027

Kraft Heinz will be pulling certain artificial dyes from its U.S. products starting in 2027 and will no longer roll out new products with the dyes
June 17
FILE - The H.J Heinz Co. headquarters is seen on Pittsburgh's northside on Friday, Nov. 9, 2001. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
June 17

Federal judge rules Trump directives canceling NIH grants are 'void,' 'illegal'

Some estimates have suggested that up to $1.8 billion in research funding had been cut.
June 17
Two lawsuits had been filed against the administration: One led by the American Public Health Association and the other filed by a group of 16 states. Some estimates have suggested that up to $1.8 billion in research funding had been cut.