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Reuters
Inside RFK Jr.'s push to dismantle decades of U.S. vaccine policy
Reports that vaccines for six childhood diseases were removed from routine recommendations, but does not provide evidence of a measured rise in child deaths.
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MedicalXpress
RFK Jr. is upending US vaccine policy: Expert says child ...
States experts expect more preventable illness, hospitalizations, and deaths after the policy changes, but not a measured increase in child deaths.
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PBS NewsHour
Judge blocks RFK Jr. from scaling back childhood vaccine recommendations
Says a court blocked an order to reduce vaccine recommendations, indicating the policy was challenged before long-term mortality effects could be measured.
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American Progress
Researchers estimate routine vaccinations have prevented nearly 508 million cases of illness, 32 million hospitalizations, and 1 million deaths among children born in the United S…
Attributes large numbers of prevented deaths to routine vaccination, but does not show RFK Jr.'s changes have already increased child deaths.
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CIDRAP
Research has shown that postponing an infected baby’s first dose of hepatitis vaccine by 2 months could cause ... 480 preventable deaths ... a year.
Provides a modeled estimate of future preventable deaths from delaying hepatitis B vaccination, not a measured increase already observed.
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APHA
The dramatic decrease in recommended vaccines ... leaves the American public, especially our children, more vulnerable to preventable illness and death.
Argues the policy raises risk of illness and death, but offers no direct measurement of increased child deaths.
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