Tina Reed
Health Care Editor at Axios
Writer at Axios Vitals Newsletter
Health care editor and author of VITALS at @axios. Send tips to tina(dot)[email protected]. Subscribe here: https://t.co/9Lhi2rTnsw
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Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesGetting insurers to cover COVID-19 shots for healthy kids and healthy pregnant women may be much harder now that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has dropped the CDC's recommendation for those groups. Why it matters: While most Americans under 65 have stopped seeking out COVID boosters, health experts say the change will erect cost and access hurdles for two groups at greater risk of developing serious complications from the virus.
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axios.com | Tina Reed
Photo: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe Trump administration canceled a nearly $600 million award to Moderna to develop an mRNA vaccine for bird flu in humans, the company announced Wednesday. Why it matters: It ends one of the remaining Biden-era efforts aimed at creating vaccines for pandemic preparedness. But the company said it would explore alternatives for further developing and manufacturing the shot.
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axios.com | Tina Reed
Illustration: Lindsey Bailey/AxiosPresident Trump's imminent plans to issue a White House report promoting in vitro fertilization has spurred anti-abortion conservatives to call for new guardrails that could greatly limit the use of the treatment. Why it matters: Medical groups and fertility clinics warn that such steps could not only mislead couples hoping to conceive but also undercut administration efforts to boost the birth rate.
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axios.com | Adriel Bettelheim |Tina Reed
Illustration: Brendan Lynch/AxiosHealth Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to stop recommending COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children and healthy pregnant women continued a pattern of breaking with scientific precedent and leaving big segments of the medical community angry and confused.
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axios.com | Tina Reed
Kennedy Jr. speaks at an event for a new Make America Healthy Again Commission report at the White House on May 22. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is no longer recommending COVID shots for healthy kids and healthy pregnant women, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on X on Tuesday.
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