Following our lawsuit, AAP et. al. v Kennedy et. al., a federal judge issued an important ruling in our lawsuit against Secretary Robert F. Kennedy and the federal administration’s dangerous changes to vaccine policy. Coverage from major outlets include:
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A new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania finds that Americans make a clear distinction between career scientists and the political leaders running federal health agencies. While roughly two-thirds of respondents express confidence in agency scientists,…
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Community health centers — which provide vital medical services for the majority of low-income patients in Massachusetts — are facing a range of financial threats due to federal policy changes that will likely force them to scale back operations. Hear…
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Governor Maura Healey released new guidance on childhood vaccinations Wednesday, countering Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent overhaul of the schedule. Carlene Pavlos, Commissioner Robbie Goldstein, and Dr. Andrew D. Racine, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, are…
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MPHA, alongside the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Public Health Association, and other leading medical organizations, has filed legal action to stop the upcoming February 25–26 ACIP meeting and reverse recent changes to the pediatric immunization schedule. A hearing…
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Following MPHA’s announcement that it would join a lawsuit challenging recent vaccine policy changes under HHS and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., which continues to move forward in court after a motion to dismiss was denied, the organization received coverage…
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Dramatic changes to the nation’s childhood vaccination schedule shouldn’t directly hinder access to shots in Massachusetts, public health experts said, thanks to the state’s efforts to build an inoculation policy independent from federal recommendations. It is likely, though, that federal health…
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A group of medical professional societies, led by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), today argued in federal court that the changes to vaccine recommendations by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and other actions by HHS Secretary Robert…
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Since Donald Trump’s election, Massachusetts’ public health director, Dr. Robbie Goldstein, has been preparing for a situation that once seemed unimaginable: a presidential administration limits access to life-saving vaccines for millions of Americans. Goldstein’s worst case scenario is now a possibility, he said….
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Carlene Pavlos speaks on the state’s efforts to increase access to vaccinations and to encourage people to get vaccinated, and what it’s like to work in public health when the nation’s top public health official is a vaccine skeptic. Read…
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