World news | The Guardian2d ago
Trump’s Maha agenda stalled as top CDC and surgeon general roles sit empty https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/26/trump-maha-agenda-cdc-surgeon-general #TrumpAdministration #Health #UsNews #UsPolitics #RobertFKennedyJr #VaccinesAndImmunisation #UsHealthcare
Trump’s Maha agenda stalled as top CDC and surgeon general roles sit empty

Trump has yet to nominate a permanent CDC director and the Senate confirmation of his pick for top doctor is in limbo

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World news | The Guardian3d ago
US left without functioning vaccine panel as adviser says ‘drama distracts’ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/25/vaccines-kennedy-covid-rsv-flu #HealthPolicy #VaccinesAndImmunisation #TrumpAdministration #RobertFKennedyJr #Health #UsNews
US left without functioning vaccine panel as adviser says ‘drama distracts’

Move comes after judge voided Kennedy’s ACIP picks, leaving key flu, Covid and RSV vaccines in limbo

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World news | The Guardian6d ago
Number of confirmed meningitis cases linked to fatal Kent outbreak drops to 20 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/22/kent-meningitis-confirmed-cases-drop #England #Meningitis #Kent #UkNews #UniversityOfKent #Health #InfectiousDiseases #VaccinesAndImmunisation #Society #Universities #HigherEducation
Number of confirmed meningitis cases linked to fatal Kent outbreak drops to 20

Three cases previously confirmed reclassified by UK Health Security Agency after further testing

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World news | The GuardianMar 20
Experts consider expanding meningitis vaccine eligibility after Kent outbreak https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/20/experts-consider-expanding-meningitis-vaccine-eligibility-after-kent-outbreak #Meningitis #Health #Society #Kent #England #VaccinesAndImmunisation #UkNews
Experts consider expanding meningitis vaccine eligibility after Kent outbreak

Scientific advisory committee to examine impact of offering routine MenB jabs to wider range of people

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US news | The GuardianMar 20
Confusion abounds over future of US vaccine advisory committee https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/20/acip-vaccine-advisory-committee #UsNews #VaccinesAndImmunisation #UsPolitics #RobertFKennedyJr #LawUs
Confusion abounds over future of US vaccine advisory committee

Former ACIP members make contradictory statements following judge essentially invalidating panel and recent decisions

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US news | The GuardianMar 18
RFK Jr met Republican diplomat days before controversial 2019 trip to Samoa, emails show https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/18/rfk-jr-samoa-trip-scott-brown #RobertFKennedyJr #TrumpAdministration #VaccinesAndImmunisation #UsNews #UsPolitics #UsHealthcare
RFK Jr met Republican diplomat days before controversial 2019 trip to Samoa, emails show

Records shed light on how Scott Brown – then Trump’s New Zealand ambassador, now running for Senate – responded to Kennedy’s 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreak

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Opinion | The Guardian USMar 17
There are key questions about how well the meningitis vaccine will work - but still there is no need to panic | Devi Sridhar https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/uk-meningitis-vaccine-panic-public-health #Meningitis #VaccinesAndImmunisation #Kent #Health #UkNews #Students #Universities #Society #Nhs #England
Meningitis is back – and here is why

After two deaths, it’s right to be concerned and to discuss investment in public health. But our system is good and it’s working, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

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Opinion | The Guardian USMar 17
We get it RFK Jr: you have abs. Now enough with the slopaganda | Arwa Mahdawi https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/rfk-jr-we-get-it-abs-slopaganda #RobertFKennedyJr #UsPolitics #UsNews #Health #VaccinesAndImmunisation #Society
We get it, RFK Jr: you have abs. Now enough with the slopaganda

While the health secretary posts shirtless workouts and AI videos, he should be focusing on soaring cases of measles, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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World news | The GuardianMar 17
Pharmacies in England report surge in demand for meningitis jab https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/17/pharmacies-england-report-surge-demand-meningitis-jab-kent #Meningitis #InfectiousDiseases #Science #Health #UkNews #VaccinesAndImmunisation
Desperate parents calling pharmacies for meningitis jab as stocks run low

Supplies becoming sparse amid rise in demand since Kent outbreak, which has killed two and left 13 seriously ill

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US news | The GuardianMar 16
Federal judge blocks RFK Jr’s overhaul of vaccine recommendations https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/16/judge-blocks-rfk-jr-vaccine-policy-changes #RobertFKennedyJr #VaccinesAndImmunisation #TrumpAdministration #UsNews #UsPolitics
Federal judge blocks RFK Jr’s overhaul of vaccine recommendations

Unprecedented changes to routine US immunization recommendations ‘arbitrary and capricious’, court says

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