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US to drop childhood vaccine recommendations as it looks to Denmark, Washington Post reports

Federal health officials are weighing vaccine guidance and moving away from the CDC's current model of universal recommendations for childhood vaccination.

A nurse fills a syringe with a vaccine before administering an injection at a kids clinic in Kiev, Ukraine August 14, 2019
Highly contagious disease. Child with measles.

While scientists race to study spread of measles in US, Kennedy unravels hard-won gains

A sign of the CDC is seen on a podium during the meeting of the members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) advisory panel for vaccines convenes in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. June 25, 2025.

US CDC adopts Kennedy's anti-vaccine views on recast website

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks with US Vice President JD Vance (not pictured) during the inaugural Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) summit in Washington, DC, US, November 12, 2025.

US CDC adopts Kennedy's anti-vaccine views on recast website


Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine highly protective in 12-18 age group - CDC

The new CDC study was conducted between June and September, when the extremely contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus was predominant.

A boy receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at Jerusalem’s Misgav Ladach Hospital on June 6, as Israel began its coronavirus vaccination campaign for 12-to-15 year olds

COVID-19: FDA advisers back Moderna booster shots for older and high-risk people

The CDC will make specific recommendations on who should get the booster shots.

 A healthcare worker holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., January 29, 2021.

CDC highlights Camp Ramah as proof camping during COVID can be safe

The Centers for Disease Control has published a study highlighting the Jewish camps’ highly successful safety measures for avoiding the spread of COVID-19.

Camp Ramah boys camp in the Poconos, illustrative picture

This Jewish woman has become the face of America's fight against COVID

No. 3 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2021: US director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dr. Rochelle Walensky.

 Rochelle P. Walensky (CDC)

CDC: Unvaccinated 29 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19

A CDC study has revealed people unvaccinated against COVID-19 are 29 times more likely to be hospitalized than those fully vaccinated.

An image of the virus that causes COVID-19, created by the CDC

British study shows COVID-19 vaccine efficacy wanes under Delta

A British study found that protection from either of the two most commonly used COVID-19 vaccines against the Delta variant weakens within three months.

Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Pfizer logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020

Israel given highest COVID travel warning by CDC

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention placed Israel at Level 4, the highest for COVID risk.

 A man walks near the British Airways terminal amid new restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at JFK International Airport in New York City, US, December 21, 2020.

Odds of COVID-19 re-infection twice as likely if unvaccinated - study

A new study released by the CDC showed that being unvaccinated was associated with 2.34 times the odds of reinfection compared with being fully vaccinated.

Nursery teacher, Kathy Wienecke, receives her first dose of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Susanne Kugel, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Grevesmuehlen, Germany, March 5, 2021.

CDC says delta variant more vaccine-resistant than previously thought

Vaccinated people had a similar amount of virus presence as the unvaccinated, suggesting that, unlike with other variants, vaccinated people infected with the Delta variant could transmit the virus.

Health care workers take test samples of Israelis in a drive through complex to check if they have been infected with the Coronavirus, in Modi'in, on July 21, 2021.

US CDC recommends unvaccinated tourists avoid Israel amid COVID spike

The positivity rate has continued to rise and now stands at 2.17%, the highest positivity rate since March.

An illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), depicts the 2019 Novel Coronavirus