Exclusive: HHS planning to overhaul childhood vaccine schedule to recommend fewer shots, source says

The US Department of Health and Human Services is planning to overhaul the schedule of recommended vaccines for children in the US, a person familiar with the plans told CNN on Thursday. The proposed new schedule would recommend fewer shots,

HHS Planning to Overhaul Childhood Vaccine Schedule to Recommend Fewer Shots, CNN Reports

Dec ‌18 (Reuters) - ​The U.S. ‌Department of ​Health ‍and ​Human ​Safety is ⁠planning to overhaul its childhood ‌vaccine schedule ​to recommend ‌fewer ‍shots, CNN ⁠reported on Thursday. The department ​did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

HHS probes Minnesota's use of billions in federal social service funds amid fraud concerns: report

The Department of Health and Human Services launches review of Minnesota's use of $8.6 billion in federal social service funding under Gov. Tim Walz's administration.

Leading pediatrics group loses funding for grants that HHS says don’t align with administration’s priorities

The American Academy of Pediatrics has joined the ranks of organizations that are losing funding for grants that, federal officials say, don’t align with the Trump administration’s missions or priorities.
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As HHS restricts telework, CDC asks employees to ‘bypass’ reasonable accommodation process

Multiple CDC supervisors are raising concerns that a new HHS reasonable accommodation policy conflicts with federal disability law.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says HHS won’t fund ‘sex-rejecting procedures’ for minors: ‘It is malpractice’

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denounced “chemical and surgical sex-rejecting procedures” during a press conference Thursday announcing a ban on taxpayer

WATCH LIVE: HHS announces actions to protect children from harmful medical interventions

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, and other health agency leaders announce new actions to protect children from harmful medical interventions.

Moderna gets funding for bird flu shot after HHS ends contract

Moderna Inc. will get as much as $54.3 million for a late-stage trial of its bird flu vaccine in a sign of how outside groups could help fill the void after the Trump administration slashed federal research grants.
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