Vaccination and Immunization

• Supreme Court Questions N.Y. Ban on Religious Exemptions for Vaccines - The U.S. Supreme Court directed a lower court to review the ban, which applies to strict vaccine requirements in New York schools.
• An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns - A federal panel voted on Friday to recommend halting the at-birth shots for all infants, in a step toward Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s goal of upending the nation’s vaccine policy.
• Vaccine Advisory Panel Again Postpones Vote on Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns - After heated disagreements, the committee members, appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., delayed the vote until Friday morning. It was the third time the vote had been postponed.
• Inside RFK Jr.’s Methodical Quest to Shake Up America’s Vaccine System - The health secretary has walled himself off from government scientists and empowered fellow activists to pursue his vaccine agenda.
• The Childhood Vaccine Under Threat, and Trump’s Newest Push for Gas-Powered Cars - Plus, the race to save music history.
• Former F.D.A. Commissioners Sound Alarm on Plan to Change Vaccine Policy - Twelve former commissioners, in a New England Journal of Medicine article, said they were “deeply concerned” by a leaked memo from the agency’s vaccine regulator.
• Vaccine Committee May Make Significant Changes to Childhood Schedule - Comments by President Trump, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and some panelists suggest the committee is likely to delay hepatitis B shots and discuss revising the use of other vaccines.
• Olivia Nuzzi Isn’t Telling All - Olivia Nuzzi doesn’t seem to recognize that her collaboration with Robert Kennedy was a grave professional betrayal.