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Georgia health department limits vaccine supply for uninsured adults

HEALTHBEAT

Nydam added that as these changes have happened, the funding state and federal lawmakers allocate for the adult vaccine program has remained flat. The General Assembly has kept the states vaccine contribution at about $2.5 million for the last decade down from around $11 million in 2009.

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How Measles, Whooping Cough, and Worse Could Roar Back on RFK Jr.’s Watch

KFF Health News

Both men Kennedy as an activist, Weldon as a medical doctor and congressman from 1995 to 2009 have endorsed debunked theories blaming vaccines for autism and other chronic diseases. Weldon has been featured in anti-vaccine films in the years since he left Congress.)

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How measles, whooping cough, and worse could roar back on RFK Jr.’s watch

NC Health News

Both men Kennedy as an activist, Weldon as a medical doctor and congressman from 1995 to 2009 have endorsed debunked theories blaming vaccines for autism and other chronic diseases. Weldon has been featured in anti-vaccine films in the years since he left Congress.)

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Creating Chaos at HHS

KFF Health News

But I think what we’re seeing with the Merck and HPV vaccine is where he’s involved in referring clients to the law firm, and that’s going to stop going forward. He’ll have to divest from any case that involves United States government directly or these vaccine programs directly.