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Trump signs order on vaccination recommendations
President Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccine schedules Monday.
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President Trump signed an executive order on childhood vaccine schedules Monday.
New state data shows Georgia's kindergarten MMR vaccination rate has slipped below the level needed to keep classrooms and communities protected.
Earlier this year, the CDC announced updated recommendations that would reduce the number of recommended immunizations for children from 17 to 11.
A judge blocked a set of changes to the childhood vaccine schedule recommended by allies of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, dealing a setback to the Trump administration's efforts to overhaul federal vaccine policy.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, with members appointed by RFK Jr., voted to change longstanding recommendations on the hepatitis B vaccine.
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel meets Thursday and Friday to discuss recommendations for the hepatitis B vaccine and the schedule of childhood shots.
Sen. Raphael Warnock on Sunday intensified his calls for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be fired.
Multiple CDC officials familiar with the situation said the change was made by political appointees without input from relevant agency staffers.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, with members appointed by RFK Jr., voted on changes to COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.
The CBS News Atlanta NEXT Weather team has issued a NEXT Weather Alert through the weekend and into the start of next week as dangerous heat builds across metro Atlanta and North Georgia.
Jackson County schools delayed the start of Friday's school day until further notice after the district received computer-generated bomb threats involving its campuses overnight.
At Midtown Atlanta's 5Church, every plate tells a story. For owner Ayman Kamel, the story begins long before the first guest walked through the door 10 years ago.
Thirteen young baseball players from Forsyth County are celebrating a championship run at Cooperstown Dreams Park in New York.
The sheriff's office closed Heather Turner's nearly nine-year death investigation as a suicide. Paulding County's coroner says unanswered questions remain and wants the decision before a jury.