Kennedy said a 'clean sweep' of all 17 current members of the CDC's vaccine advisory board is necessary to re-establish public confidence in vaccines.
Data from 11 Wellcome-funded research projects show that the relationship between vaccination and its impact on AMR is "rarely straightforward."
The company's "next-generation" COVID-19 vaccine, mNexspike, was approved for adults 65 and older and younger people at risk of severe disease.
The agency told vaccine makers that COVID-19 vaccines used in the US starting in fall 2025 should be based on JN.1 lineage strains, preferably the LP.8.1 strain.
Healthcare workers remain the most trusted sources of information (73%), while trust in the federal government to provide factual information rose to 58%.
The steering committee will make recommendations on how non-governmental groups can help ensure that vaccine use is evidence-based.
Both the CDC and NIH face cuts of more than 40%, according to an internal Trump administration document.
Receiving the vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis over a follow-up period of 7 years by 3.5 percentage points.
Other trends included worrisome rises in tuberculosis, measles, and pertussis.
The nomination of former congressman David Weldon, MD, to lead the CDC was pulled shortly before a Senate confirmation hearing this morning.
