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Chelsea Cirruzzo

Washington, D.C., United States

Health Reporter at STAT

✏️ health reporter @statnews • waterbender • adjunct professor • she/her

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  • Health insurers promise to reduce barriers to care under pressure from Trump administration

    4 days ago | statnews.com | Tara Bannow |Chelsea Cirruzzo

    WASHINGTON — Last week’s pledge from more than 40 health insurers to cut down on prior authorizations came after some behind-the-scenes convincing from the Trump administration. The administration pushed insurers to sign a voluntary pledge to cut back on prior authorizations and simplify the process, Health and Human Services Department Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday.

  • Vaccine advisers to consider MMRV vaccines, 'thimerosal containing' flu shots in pared-down meeting

    1 week ago | statnews.com | Chelsea Cirruzzo

    WASHINGTON – Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s handpicked panel of vaccines advisers will weigh in on two long-approved shots at its first meeting next week, an agenda posted on Wednesday shows. Kennedy recently gutted the panel and appointed eight new members, some of whom have criticized approved vaccines or questioned their safety.

  • RFK Jr.’s new vaccine panel raises questions of how Kennedy defines conflicts of interest

    2 weeks ago | statnews.com | Chelsea Cirruzzo

    When health secretary Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed the 17 members of the key panel that advises the federal government on vaccine recommendations, he claimed that their ties to the pharmaceutical industry had damaged public trust.

  • RFK Jr. names ACIP members to replace vaccine experts he fired

    2 weeks ago | statnews.com | Chelsea Cirruzzo

    HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Wednesday the eight new members that will sit on the panel of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy, and said they would review the current vaccine schedule, as well as evaluate new shots. “The slate includes highly credentialed scientists, leading public-health experts, and some of America’s most accomplished physicians,” Kennedy wrote in a post on X.

  • HHS reverses hundreds of CDC firings

    2 weeks ago | statnews.com | Chelsea Cirruzzo

    WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has reversed the firings of hundreds of staffers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including those who work in divisions that handle cruise ship safety, sexually transmitted infection prevention, and global health.

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12 Jun 25

RT @adamfeuerstein: A closer look at the new members of the CDC vaccine advisory panel https://t.co/fA4dmsQFuP via @statnews

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11 Jun 25

RT @adamfeuerstein: BREAKING: RFK Jr. names new members of CDC’s vaccine advisory panel https://t.co/wBhRbPPJ4Q via @ChelseaCirruzzo

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11 Jun 25

RT @brittanytrang: NEW from @ChelseaCirruzzo @statnews: The Trump administration has reversed the firings of hundreds of staffers at the C…