#Public Health Policy

Articles (9)

• 🇺🇸 RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel rules may help sidestep court order, experts say — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  New rules approved by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could blunt the impact of a federal judge’s order freezing the CDC’s ACIP.

  Related: #Executive Power, #Legal Strategy
• 🇺🇸 Acting CDC director delayed release of study showing benefit of Covid vaccines — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  The CDC was expected last month to publish a study showing that Covid vaccines reduced the likelihood of severe illness, but the agency’s acting director, Dr.

  Related: #Scientific Transparency, #Bureaucratic Governance
• 🇺🇸 The Trump administration just updated rules for CDC's vaccine advisory panel, allowing inclusion of RFK Jr. allies — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  The changes published Thursday come after a recent legal defeat that has at least temporarily halted meetings of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which for decades has recommended how...

  Related: #Government Regulation, #Vaccine Skepticism
• 🇺🇸 No One Knows Where US Vaccine Policy Goes Next — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sweeping changes to federal vaccine guidance are paused for now. But even if they’re reversed, lasting damage has already been done.

  Related: #Political Controversy, #Science and Governance
• 🇺🇸 New Charter Allows RFK Jr. to Reclaim Vaccine Policy Despite Court Ruling — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The charter, published on Thursday, alters the makeup and purpose of the panel, opening the door for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reclaim his revision of national vaccine policy.

  Related: #Administrative Law, #Political Controversy
• 🇬🇧 Independent autism committee that challenges RFK Jr’s overhaul draws criticism — 19/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Kennedy’s appointees promoted ‘treatments’ like bleach enemas, but new committee has only one autistic member</p><p>The first public meeting of US autism advisers – notably, since <a href="https://...

  Related: #Autism Advocacy
• 🇬🇧 CDC vaccine panel meeting postponed amid RFK Jr bid to reshape policy — 19/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Postponement of ACIP meeting this month comes as US pediatricians challenge committee’s legitimacy in court</p><p>A meeting of the US vaccine advisory panel that had been planned for later this mon...

  Related: #Legal Challenges, #Vaccine Regulation
• 🇺🇸 How $40-a-Pack Cigarettes Pushed Australians to the Black Market — 15/02/2026 [USA]

  Tax hikes made cigarettes in Australia the most expensive in the world. They have also helped fuel a multibillion-dollar criminal enterprise in bootleg tobacco.

  Related: #Economic Impact, #Organized Crime
• 🇺🇸 Trump policies at odds with emerging understanding of COVID's long-term harm — 27/01/2026 [USA]

  Studies offer insights into the health risks and burdens faced by people who have had COVID infections. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has narrowed COVID vaccine recommendations and cut research.

  Related: #Scientific Research, #COVID-19 Long-term Effects, #Political Influence on Science