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This week in public health and vaccins, a canceled FDA meeting, a measles-related child death, and controversy over a flawed COVID-19 vaccine study made headlines, alongside concerns about HHS transparency and NIH website outages. A CDC statement on vitamin A for measles treatment sparked debate over potential misinterpretation, with experts emphasizing that it should never be seen as a vaccine alternative. Meanwhile, vaccine misinformation continues to spread—even into veterinary medicine—raising concerns about its impact on both human and animal health.
By David Higgins, MD, MPHThis week in public health and vaccins, a canceled FDA meeting, a measles-related child death, and controversy over a flawed COVID-19 vaccine study made headlines, alongside concerns about HHS transparency and NIH website outages. A CDC statement on vitamin A for measles treatment sparked debate over potential misinterpretation, with experts emphasizing that it should never be seen as a vaccine alternative. Meanwhile, vaccine misinformation continues to spread—even into veterinary medicine—raising concerns about its impact on both human and animal health.