The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) began its December 4 and 5, 2025, meeting today, launching two full days of presentations, public comment and planned votes that could reshape how infants and children receive hepatitis B (HepB) vaccines and other routine immunizations.

Public health officials across the country are worried about a possible change in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine recommendations. Health insurance providers could stop covering the cost of immunizations if that happens,

Kennedy Jr., who is the CDC's acting director.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Some public health experts condemned the appointment. "Dr. Abraham is unqualified,

The phrase "vaccines do not cause autism" remained on the new CDC page, but a footnote noted the phrase had not been removed due to an agreement with Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), who heads the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.

For decades, animals have been used in scientific and medical research. Naturally, some supported research on animals, while others wanted nothing more than to set the animals free. For those in the latter group,

Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, a critic of government vaccine mandates, has been quietly appointed to one of the CDC's top positions.