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health4 months ago

COVID Vaccine Policies and Approvals Evolve Amid New Restrictions

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as HHS secretary, has implemented significant changes to U.S. vaccine policy, including reviving a childhood vaccine safety panel, restructuring vaccine advisory committees, and altering vaccination recommendations, which have raised concerns among public health experts about potential impacts on vaccine access and disease control.

politics1 year ago

Biosecure Act Excluded from Defense Bill, Boosting Chinese Biotech

Negotiators on a key US defense bill decided not to include the Biosecure Act, which would have blacklisted five Chinese-linked biotechnology firms from federally funded research and contracts. Despite earlier support from the House and a bipartisan group in the Senate, senior House Democrats objected to naming specific companies in the legislation, resulting in a win for the Chinese biotech firms.