Biss’ “On Immunity” — my spring break ‘gift’ for my undergrads in my social history of vaccination course. A decade old now, but still holds up as a really thoughtful reflection on vaccine hesitancy as experienced by parents just trying to navigate this topic amid so much noise and anxiety.
I know there's a lot going on in the world to track. Learning about the intricacies of our vaccine supply line shouldn't be one of them - yet here we are. New @newrepublic.com piece: newrepublic.com/article/2053...
I expect next week’s ACIP meeting to be canceled/rescheduled soon. FACA requires a notice in the Federal Register at least 15 days out (barring an emergency), which didn’t happen. And the public comment/docket process—typically set up weeks ahead—still points to last December’s meeting.
More “reining in of HHS”, as has been reported? Interesting…
Confirmed www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Provided a few thoughts for this look at the RFK-led HHS at the 1-year mark.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/h...
Trying to imagine my reaction if someone had told me 18 months ago that this would be a slide I’d be showing in class today.
Spoke with @marketplace.org today about the very uncertain future of vaccine R&D. www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...
Issue is not w/ “shared decision-making” in its common usage in medicine—a very good thing!—but rather its specialized meaning in the context of types of vaccine guidance. A shrug rather than an endorsement. That would be clearer if it still went by one of its older names: “permissive use statement”
Appears I was a bit more fired up than usual in my analysis here.
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Under the Trump administration, the government has rescinded research funding, changed vaccine recommendations, and refused to review Moderna’s new mRNA flu vaccine. That could set vaccine research an...
I expect next week’s ACIP meeting to be canceled/rescheduled soon. FACA requires a notice in the Federal Register at least 15 days out (barring an emergency), which didn’t happen. And the public comment/docket process—typically set up weeks ahead—still points to last December’s meeting.
All childhood vaccine recommendations are being reconsidered by ACIP, according to chair Kirk Milhoan, who slammed vaccination requirements for attending school and said vaccines should be taken on the advice of an individual’s doctor. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
RFK Jr.’s changes to the childhood vaccination schedule threaten the complicated and expensive process through which doctors stock vaccine doses.
I think you should always listen to Peter Sandman, even if you don't agree. "Shared decision-making on vaccines is not the enemy," one of the great experts on medical decision-making writes in STAT. www.statnews.com/2026/01/26/s...
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Abraham, who was sworn in as principal deputy director of CDC Dec. 15, has stepped down effective immediately. CDC says he "chose to step down to address unforeseen family obligations" www.cnn.com/2026/02/23/h...
Move is dramatic departure for advisory group under Kirk Milhoan, who says he doesn’t like the term ‘established science’
