Top CDC covid vaccine adviser quits
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Conflicting recommendations from Trump administration health officials have left health experts, vaccine makers and insurers uncertain about what to advise.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its immunization schedule for children, days after US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that Covid-19 vaccines would be struck from the list of recommended shots for healthy children and pregnant women.
The resignation follows an order by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to change the agency's guidance.
The FDA approved darolutamide (Nubeqa) for metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (mCSPC). The agency previously approved the drug for use in combination with docetaxel for mCSPC.
For children, yes, the CDC’s “shared decision-making” guidance preserves the status quo in which Medicaid and U.S. health-insurance companies are legally required to pay for the COVID vaccines. That also means the vaccines will remain available to low-income kids through the federal Vaccines for Children program.