Paul A. Offit

Professor and Contributor at Freelance

Infectious disease pediatrician and author of "Tell Me When It's Over", Newsletter on: https://t.co/YlNp6Np5jt

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Articles

The Covid Vaccine-Pregnancy Flip Flop

3 days ago | pauloffit.substack.com | Paul A. Offit

To understand why pregnant women are no longer recommended to receive a Covid vaccine, we need to go back to the beginning. In December 2020, Pfizer and Moderna reported the results of their phase 3 studies of mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 virus. Pfizer’s trial included 40,000 people: Moderna’s 30,000. Neither trial included pregnant women. Typically, when pregnant women aren’t studied in a vaccine trial, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will not recommend the vaccine.
Beyond the Noise

1 week ago | pauloffit.substack.com | Paul A. Offit

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RFK Jr.’s War on Children

1 week ago | pauloffit.substack.com | Paul A. Offit

On May 27, 2025, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), made a surprise announcement. He said that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would no longer be recommending Covid vaccines for healthy children and pregnant women. The announcement was a surprise not only to scientists, physicians, and other healthcare professionals; it was a surprise to the CDC, which was completely blindsided.
New Covid-19 Vaccine Guidelines Leave Many with Questions

1 week ago | pauloffit.substack.com | Paul A. Offit

On May 20th, 2025, Marty Makary, the new FDA Commissioner, and Vinay Prasad, the new head of the Center for Biological Evaluation and Research (CBER), which regulates vaccines, sat in front of a crowd at a town hall meeting to discuss their new guidelines for Covid-19 vaccines. They recommended that everyone over 65 receive the yearly vaccine.
Beyond the Noise

2 weeks ago | pauloffit.substack.com | Paul A. Offit

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RFK Jr. Isn’t Bothered by Measles

3 weeks ago | whowhatwhy.org | Paul A. Offit

Science Why does the HHS secretary appear to be doing everything he can to promote the deadly virus’s spread? On February 13, the United States Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). The following day, the Texas health department the first case of measles in an unvaccinated child.
When Will the Measles Outbreak End?

3 weeks ago | contagionlive.com | John Parkinson |Paul A. Offit

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Outbreak Response Innovation has a measles outbreak tracker.
Beyond the Noise

3 weeks ago | pauloffit.substack.com | Paul A. Offit

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RFK Jr. Isn’t Bothered by Measles

3 weeks ago | pauloffit.substack.com | Paul A. Offit

On February 13, 2025, the United States Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). The following day, February 14, the Texas health department the first case of measles in an unvaccinated child. Two weeks later, on February 26, as the outbreak continued to spread, a healthy 8-year-old girl died from measles; this was the first child death in the United States in more than 20 years.
Has Measles Become a Binary Choice Between Trying to Treat the Disease Vs Prevention?

1 month ago | contagionlive.com | John Parkinson |Paul A. Offit

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr is reported to have asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop new guidance for treating measles with therapies and vitamins.