Sophie Gardner

1 day ago | politico.com | Lauren Gardner |Sophie Gardner

Here are the takeaways from the two-day meeting at CDC headquarters in Atlanta: Its agenda was Kennedy’s The panel voted Thursday to stop recommending that anyone get a flu vaccine that contains thimerosal, a preservative that Kennedy has long wanted gone. Kennedy, in 2014, wrote a book about thimerosal, arguing that it likely causes autism and should be banned.

1 day ago | politico.com | Sophie Gardner |Lauren Gardner

The CDC director usually needs to endorse the recommendations before they are official. But Kennedy will likely be the one to endorse these recommendations because there is currently no CDC director or acting director.

2 days ago | politico.com | Sophie Gardner |David Lim

The new work group could open the door to changes to vaccine recommendations. Dr. Joseph Hibbeln, right, a member of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, listens during a meeting of the panel Wednesday at the CDC in Atlanta.<br/> | Mike Stewart/AP ATLANTA — At the first meeting of the CDC’s panel of outside vaccine advisers since Health Secretary Robert F.

2 days ago | politico.com | Kelly Hooper |Sophie Gardner

With help from Lauren Gardner and Robert King CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz is on a mission to convince senators to support the Trump administration's megabill. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo CAN OZ MEND SENATE DIVIDE? The White House hopes CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz is its ticket to getting the “Big Beautiful Bill” passed before the Senate recesses for the Fourth of July, POLITICO’s Adam Cancryn reports.

3 days ago | politico.com | Kelly Hooper |Sophie Gardner

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene ranks among Congress' leading pharmaceutical stock investors. | Francis Chung/POLITICO THE PHARMA STOCK SLIDE — Congressional lawmakers are trading millions in pharmaceutical stocks as the Trump administration vies to overhaul the country’s vaccine policy and the business of pharma, POLITICO’s Amanda Chu reports.