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The mother's unknown Group B Strep (GBS) status required the infant to be monitored for 48 hours in the hospital. Vital Signs: Temperature, 98.5 degrees axillary; pulse, 130; respiratory rate, 48.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the CDC vaccine panel have been casting doubt on the hepatitis B shot and the ...
Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos on Tuesday stepped down as co-leader of a CDC work group that helps shape the agency’s COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, and is ...
Gestation at <37 weeks, duration of membrane rupture of ≥18 hours, or temperature of ≥100.4 ºF (≥38.0 ºC) are clinical indications for intrapartum prophylaxis if the GBS status is unknown ...
Last week, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on social media that his agency was removing the CDC recommendation for the Covid-19 vaccines for healthy children and pregnant women.
What to know about changes in CDC guidance for COVID-19 vaccine A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official said Tuesday she was resigning from her role overseeing updates to the agency ...
With U.S. recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines in flux, a leading member of the CDC's COVID vaccine advisory group is reportedly jumping ship. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, M.D., a nearly 10-year ...
A top coronavirus vaccine adviser to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) resigned from the agency, citing concerns that she would no longer be able to help the most vulnerable peop… ...
Top CDC covid vaccine adviser quits after RFK Jr. ended recommendations Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos said she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials removed recommendations to ...
Unilateral changes Previously, the CDC and ACIP recommended COVID-19 vaccines for everyone ages 6 months and up. Experts have emphasized that pregnant people in particular should get vaccinated ...
The CDC said last month COVID-19 vaccines remain an option for healthy children when parents and doctors agree that it is needed. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a long-time vaccine ...
Melinda Wharton, the top CDC vaccine official who oversaw ACIP operations, was removed from her role last week. She was in charge of staff who gather and present vaccine data.