Hacker News with Generative AI: Vaccination

Top vaccine official resigns from FDA, criticizes RFK Jr (apnews.com)
The top vaccine official with the Food and Drug Administration has resigned and criticized the nation’s top health official for allowing “misinformation and lies” to guide his thinking behind the safety of vaccinations.
Health, Vaccination, Politics, FDA, Misinformation
10 points by almog 3 days ago | 0 comments
The CDC buried a measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinations (propublica.org)
Leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered staff this week not to release their experts’ assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near outbreaks where vaccination rates are lagging, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.
Public Health, Measles, Vaccination, CDC
35 points by rntn 5 days ago | 2 comments
Texas is poised to make measles a nationwide epidemic (texastribune.org)
With its measles outbreak spreading to two additional states, Texas is on track to becoming the cause of a national epidemic if it doesn’t start vaccinating more people, according to public health experts.
Public Health, Measles, Texas, Vaccination
11 points by geox 10 days ago | 1 comments
Measles arrives in Kansas, spreads quickly in undervaccinated counties (arstechnica.com)
Measles has arrived in Kansas and is spreading swiftly in communities with very low vaccination rates. Since last week, the state has tallied 10 cases across three counties with more pending.
Public Health, Disease, Kansas, Vaccination
13 points by rntn 11 days ago | 1 comments
HHS Secretary: It Would Be Better If 'Everybody Got Measles' (thedailybeast.com)
“The measles gave you lifetime protection against measles infection,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Sean Hannity on Fox News.
Public Health, Measles, Vaccination, Misinformation
27 points by purple_ferret 21 days ago | 18 comments
Kennedy Jr backtracks and says US measles outbreak is now a 'top priority' (theguardian.com)
Two days after initially downplaying the outbreak as “not unusual,” the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, on Friday said he recognizes the serious impact of the ongoing measles epidemic in Texas – in which a child died recently – and said the government is providing resources, including protective vaccines.
Public Health, Measles, Vaccination, Politics
24 points by geox 32 days ago | 4 comments
Immune markers of post COVID vaccination syndrome indicate future research (news.yale.edu)
Immune System, COVID-19, Vaccination, Medical Research
30 points by cempaka 38 days ago | 24 comments
Louisiana to end mass vaccine promotion, state's top health official says (apnews.com)
The Louisiana Department of Health “will no longer promote mass vaccination” according to a Thursday memo written by the state’s top health official and obtained by The Associated Press.
Public Health, Louisiana, COVID-19, Vaccination
72 points by petethomas 47 days ago | 42 comments
Measles outbreak erupts in one of Texas' least vaccinated counties (arstechnica.com)
Health officials in Texas are battling a growing measles outbreak in an area that has some of the state's lowest vaccination rates and highest non-medical exemptions.
Health, Public Health, Texas, Vaccination, Measles
11 points by smy20011 54 days ago | 8 comments
60% of Americans say they probably won't get an updated Covid-19 vaccine (pewresearch.org)
Six-in-ten Americans say they will probably not get an updated 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccine, according to an October Pew Research Center survey.
Public Health, COVID-19, Vaccination, Surveys
29 points by hn_acker 134 days ago | 24 comments
Extinction of the Influenza B Yamagata line during the Covid pandemic (2022) (nlm.nih.gov)
Vaccination remains the most effective way to mitigate the enormous burden of influenza on the health care system.
Influenza, Pandemic, Public Health, Vaccination
62 points by JumpCrisscross 163 days ago | 23 comments
US vaccinations fall again as more parents refuse lifesaving shots for kids (arstechnica.com)
US becomes more vulnerable to outbreaks at vaccination rates fall into 92 percent range.
Health, Vaccination, Public Health, United States, Children
15 points by rbanffy 167 days ago | 21 comments
Myocarditis complications more common after Covid infection than vaccination (cidrap.umn.edu)
Myocarditis, Covid-19, Vaccination, Health, Medicine
47 points by ripjaygn 219 days ago | 10 comments