"Health experts have sounded the alarm this year on the systematic dismantling of federal health agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., a longtime antivaccine activist who leads the Department of Health and Human services. HHS took particular aim at lifesaving vaccines: the CDC changed the universal birth recommendation for hepatitis B vaccine and is planning more extensive changes to the vaccine schedule next year."
"Deadly outbreaks of measles, bird flu, foodborne illness and infant botulism shone a light on the holes in our surveillance systems. "Backsliding" is the term I used to describe the year's developments in our annual recap episode of our podcast Science Quickly. But it wasn't all bad newsthere were a number of exciting discoveries on everything from male birth control to GLP-1 weight-loss drugs."
The Trump administration weakened federal scientific agencies and questioned public health and science. Deadly outbreaks of measles, bird flu, foodborne illness and infant botulism revealed gaps in surveillance systems. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., now leading HHS, targeted federal agencies and vaccine policy. The CDC changed the universal birth recommendation for hepatitis B vaccine and plans broader schedule changes. The FDA may add a black box warning to COVID vaccines, with some officials linking vaccines, without evidence, to child deaths. Policy changes could affect vaccine and drug approvals and overall American health. Simultaneously, promising discoveries emerged, including male birth control and GLP-1 weight-loss medications.
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