The Persistent Misleading Claim That Vaccines Aren’t Properly Tested for Safety

Childhood vaccines may be unsafe because few if any have been tested in placebo-controlled trials before being approved. But ...
STAT

Shared decision-making on vaccines is not the enemy

The recent overhaul of the U.S. pediatric vaccine schedule under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touched off a firestorm of criticism — most of it for demoting six vaccines ...
The Week

'We need to build trust, not demand it': Dr Gagandeep Kang on vaccines, misinformation, and public confidence

As misinformation grows, India’s top vaccine scientist says trust must be earned through honesty and transparency ...
Talking Points Memo

‘Shared Decision-Making’ for Childhood Vaccines Sounds Empowering. But More ‘Choice’ Can Mean Less Access.

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published by The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. When federal health officials announced on ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

CDC Vaccine Rollback Highlights Gaps in Public Understanding of Shared Decision-Making

The CDC's shared decision-making approach for vaccinations is misunderstood, leading to public confusion and potential undermining of vaccine confidence. Surveys show many Americans incorrectly ...
STAT

STAT readers on shared decision-making, prostate cancer screening, and more

Torie Bosch is the First Opinion editor at STAT. First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by biotech ...

Rethinking mRNA vaccines: Liver targeting can suppress immunity, while muscle boosts it

A new study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai overturns a longstanding assumption about how mRNA vaccines generate immunity, revealing that certain non-immune cells help ...
phillyvoice.com

'Shared decision-making' for childhood vaccines sounds empowering – but it may mean less access for some families

When federal health officials announced on Jan. 5 that they were taking six out of 17 vaccines off the childhood immunization schedule, they argued that the move would give parents and caregivers more ...
UVA Today

UVA team unveils simpler, faster way to make vaccines

UVA Health scientists have developed a promising new way to create vaccines that could be faster, cheaper and easier to distribute than current options. The University of Virginia School of Medicine’s ...
NPR

Critics say 'talk to your doc' requirement for some vaccines causes confusion

A recent change puts some long-recommended childhood vaccines in a new category called "shared clinical decision-making." The ramifications of this seemingly wonky change could be far-reaching. The ...
Connecticut Post

‘Shared decision-making’ for childhood vaccines sounds empowering – but it may mean less access for families already stretched thin

(THE CONVERSATION) When federal health officials announced on Jan. 5, 2026, that they were taking six out of 17 vaccines off the childhood immunization schedule, they argued that the move would give ...