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Flu cases rise nationwide as CDC urges vaccination

The flu vaccine is recommended for everyone six months and older, as officials warn that flu activity could continue to ...

CDC vaccine advisory committee meets to discuss hepatitis B shot, childhood immunization schedule

The CDC's vaccine advisory committee is set to meet Thursday and Friday to discuss the childhood vaccine schedule, adjuvants ...
Georgia Recorder

CDC vaccine committee overturns decades-old hepatitis B recommendation for newborns

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committee voted to do away with a recommendation that all newborn babies receive ...
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The CDC Is Ending Testing on Monkeys. Here’s What We Know.

Monkeys have been test subjects for infectious diseases for decades. However, that will soon come to an end, according to the ...
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Former CDC contractor Fuller announces House seat candidacy

Sandy Springs resident Beth Fuller announced on Dec. 11 her candidacy as a Democrat for the Georgia House of Representatives ...
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CDC advisory panel reviewing newborn Hepatitis B vaccine recommendation

The panel is led by newly appointed chair Dr. Kirk Milhoan, one of five ACIP members added in September by U.S. Health ...

CDC vaccine advisory committee votes to remove universal recommendation for hepatitis B shot at birth

The CDC's vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to remove the universal recommendation for the hepatitis B vaccine at ...
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Georgia residents staying alive longer, CDC reports

Georgia has seen an increase of more than a year in life expectancy based on newly released data from the Centers for Disease ...
Georgia Recorder

CDC vaccine panel to review hepatitis B, other childhood vaccines, at December meeting

A key advisory panel that oversees nationwide vaccine recommendations may vote to restrict access to hepatitis B ...
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CDC panel to take up delayed Hepatitis B vaccine vote for infants

ATLANTA — A CDC advisory committee on immunization practices (ACIP) will try once again Friday morning to vote on whether to ...

I Left the CDC 100 Days Ago. My Worst Fears About the Agency Are Coming True

"Things have not improved," writes Dr. Debra Houry. "They have worsened. And Congress has still failed to act." ...
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Sixth Circuit has no bone to pick with CDC ban on imported puppies

A trade group says the CDC cannot require microchips and delay the import of puppies under 6 months old, rules intended to prevent the spread of rabies.