{"id":17432,"date":"2026-04-29T06:30:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health-weight-loss.info-tips.net\/?p=17432"},"modified":"2026-04-29T06:30:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:30:04","slug":"rfk-jr-defends-health-care-agenda-im-not-anti-vax-im-pro-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/health-weight-loss.info-tips.net\/?p=17432","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. Defends Health Care Agenda: &#8216;I&#8217;m Not Anti-Vax. I&#8217;m Pro Science.&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2229308\">\n<header class=\"daily-report__header\">\n<p class=\"daily-report__subhead\">\n\t\tSummaries of well being coverage protection from main information organizations\t<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<div class=\"daily-report__layout\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Left Sidebar: Date --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"daily-report__sidebar daily-report__sidebar--left\">\n<p><h2 class=\"daily-report__date-callout-title\">\n\t\t<time datetime=\"2026-04-20T09:03:04-04:00\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tMonday, Apr 20 2026<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/time><br \/>\n\t<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"daily-report__full-issue-section\">\n\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/morning-briefing\/monday-april-20-2026\/\" class=\"daily-report__full-issue-link\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tFull Issue\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/section>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Main Content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"daily-report__main\">\n<section class=\"daily-report__column\">\n<article class=\"daily-report__breakout daily-report__column\">\n<div class=\"daily-report__card\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tOn Friday, lawmakers on Capitol Hill grilled HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his stance on the measles vaccine, his ideas about whether or not Donald Trump is match to be president, and his tackle autism and gender-affirming care. Plus, CDC employees are &#8220;guarded however hopeful&#8221; that Erica Schwartz might be the company&#8217;s subsequent chief.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"daily-report__column\">\n<div class=\"daily-report__card daily-report__card--story\">\n<h3 class=\"daily-report__title daily-report__title--small\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"daily-report__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Health\/rfk-jr-defends-vaccine-views-autism-comments-house\/story?id=132132062\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>ABC News:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRFK Jr. Defends Vaccine Views, Autism Comments During House Committee Hearing\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"daily-report__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWell being and Human Providers Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endured one other grueling listening to on Capitol Hill centered on his choices that lawmakers declare have impacted kids&#8217;s well being, together with his views on vaccines and former feedback about autism. Following the listening to earlier than the Home Training and Workforce Committee on Friday, Kennedy ignored questions from reporters on President Donald Trump&#8217;s new nominee for director of the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Erica Schwartz, and Kennedy&#8217;s upcoming hearings with Senators subsequent week.\u00a0(Jones II, 4\/17)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"daily-report__card daily-report__card--story\">\n<h3 class=\"daily-report__title daily-report__title--small\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"daily-report__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2026\/04\/18\/erica-schwartz-cdc-director-nominee-reaction-cautious-optimism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Stat:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCautious Optimism Greets Erica Schwartz&#8217;s CDC Director Nomination\u00a0\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"daily-report__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAs one CDC worker, who requested to not be named, put it on Friday, amongst employees \u201cthe final vibe is guarded however hopeful.\u201d Nonetheless, even people who find themselves applauding the selection of Erica Schwartz, a retired rear admiral within the U.S. Public Well being Service Commissioned Corps, are anxious about whether or not she\u2019s up for the challenges forward. Schwartz\u2019s predecessor, Susan Monarez, was fired after a standoff with well being secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccine coverage. (Branswell, Payne and Cirruzzo, 4\/18)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"daily-report__card daily-report__card--story\">\n<div class=\"daily-report__story-transition\">\n<p>Outbreaks and well being threats \u2014<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"daily-report__card daily-report__card--story\">\n<h3 class=\"daily-report__title daily-report__title--small\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"daily-report__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cidrap.umn.edu\/shigella\/extensively-drug-resistant-shigella-rise-us-cdc-warns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>CIDRAP:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExtensively Drug-Resistant Shigella On The Rise In US, CDC Warns\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"daily-report__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTraditionally, shigellosis circumstances in the USA have primarily been seen in younger kids in daycare settings and in individuals who\u2019ve traveled to international locations with poor sanitation. Infections with Shigella, a intestine pathogen that causes diarrhea and vomiting, have additionally been pretty straightforward to deal with. However the profile of who\u2019s most liable to shigellosis is altering, and the infections is changing into a lot more durable to deal with, in response to a report printed final week in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,\u00a0the flagship publication of the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC). (Dall, 4\/17)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"daily-report__card daily-report__card--story\">\n<h3 class=\"daily-report__title daily-report__title--small\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"daily-report__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cidrap.umn.edu\/misc-emerging-topics\/report-details-tetanus-4-unvaccinated-us-kids-including-refusal-post-exposure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>CIDRAP:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReport Details Tetanus In 4 Unvaccinated US Kids, Including Refusal Of Post-Exposure Prevention\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"daily-report__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNone of 4 US kids recognized as having tetanus in 2024 had accomplished a really useful major tetanus toxoid\u2013containing vaccine (TTCV) sequence, and none obtained TTCV or preventive tetanus immunoglobulin (TIG) between their publicity and symptom onset.\u00a0(Van Beusekom, 4\/17)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"daily-report__card daily-report__card--story\">\n<h3 class=\"daily-report__title daily-report__title--small\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"daily-report__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cidrap.umn.edu\/influenza-general\/cdc-reports-4-flu-deaths-kids-flu-activity-ebbs-rotavirus-levels-high-across-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>CIDRAP:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCDC Reports 4 Flu Deaths In Kids As Flu Activity Ebbs, But Rotavirus Levels High Across US\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"daily-report__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFlu exercise continues to say no throughout the nation, however the season stays categorized as high-severity for kids, with the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC)\u00a0reporting 4 new deaths in kids in right this moment\u2019s FluView replace, down from 12 the week earlier than. Flu has claimed a complete of 143 little one deaths this season, in contrast with 296 for all of final season. Roughly 85% of pediatric deaths this season have occurred in kids not totally vaccinated towards flu. (Bergeson, 4\/17)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"daily-report__card daily-report__card--story\">\n<h3 class=\"daily-report__title daily-report__title--small\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"daily-report__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/health\/article\/measles-vaccine-baby-disease-22210629.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>San Francisco Chronicle:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tS.F. Measles Case Highlights Risk For Babies Too Young For Vaccine\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"daily-report__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe San Francisco toddler who was recognized with measles this week highlights an particularly at-risk group: infants who&#8217;re too younger to get the measles vaccine, and who journey to areas the place measles is circulating. The case, introduced by the general public well being division Wednesday, is the primary measles case in San Francisco since 2019, and comes as California and the nation are seeing a troubling resurgence of the extremely infectious illness. (Ho, 4\/18)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"daily-report__card daily-report__card--story\">\n<h3 class=\"daily-report__title daily-report__title--small\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"daily-report__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cidrap.umn.edu\/covid-19\/study-links-long-covid-kids-worse-grades-attention-and-social-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>CIDRAP:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStudy Links Long COVID In Kids To Worse Grades, Attention, And Social Life\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"daily-report__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKids and adolescents with lengthy COVID are considerably extra prone to expertise worsening grades, issue concentrating, and having restricted enjoyable with associates, in response to a brand new\u00a0examine printed in Educational Pediatrics. The findings, drawn from the Nationwide Institutes of Well being\u2013funded Researching COVID to Improve Restoration (RECOVER) observational pediatric cohort, recommend that the impacts of lengthy COVID in youngsters and adolescents lengthen past bodily signs and will disrupt key features of studying and social growth. (Bergeson, 4\/17)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"daily-report__card daily-report__card--story\">\n<h3 class=\"daily-report__title daily-report__title--small\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"daily-report__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cidrap.umn.edu\/dengue\/dengue-may-pose-similar-risk-guillain-barre-flu-campylobacter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>CIDRAP:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDengue May Pose Similar Risk Of Guillain-Barre As Flu, Campylobacter\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"daily-report__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe danger of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) after confirmed dengue an infection is much like that after an infection with established viral or bacterial triggers corresponding to influenza or Campylobacter jejuni, per a\u00a0letter to the editor printed this week within the New England Journal of Drugs. (Van Beusekom, 4\/17)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"daily-report__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThat is a part of the Morning Briefing, a abstract of well being coverage protection from main information organizations. 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