#policy

• When Science Gets Delayed: The CDC, COVID Vaccines, and a Trust Problem
  2026-04-25

  A delayed CDC report on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness raises bigger questions about transparency, trust, and how public health decisions are communicated.

  Tags: public health, covid-19, vaccines, trust, policy
• AI Can Ace the Medical Exam. It Still Fails With Real Patients.
  2026-02-11

  A Nature Medicine study shows LLMs perform brilliantly alone — and falter when used by the public. The problem isn’t intelligence. It’s interaction.

  Tags: ai, analysis, healthcare, policy
• Is Denmark the Gold Standard for Childhood Vaccination? A Science-First Reality Check
  2025-12-23

  Denmark’s childhood vaccine schedule is often cited as a model for doing ‘less’. But science doesn’t work by copy-paste. Here’s what evidence actually says about vaccine schedules, risk, and public health tradeoffs.

  Tags: vaccination, public health, evidence-based medicine, policy, child health
• The U.S. Just Blinked on Hep B — While the Rest of the World Didn’t
  2025-12-17

  The CDC stepped back from universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth. Globally, most countries haven’t. Here’s what that means in context.

  Tags: vaccination, hepatitis b, public health, policy, immunisation
• CDC Silence Deepens America’s COVID Vaccine Crisis
  2025-10-03

  Weeks after FDA approvals, the CDC has yet to issue guidance — leaving kids unprotected and parents, providers, and pharmacies stuck in limbo.

  Tags: opinion, analysis, covid, vaccines, policy, government shutdown
• Hepatitis B Vaccine Under Threat: A Public Health Win at Risk
  2025-09-17

  The hepatitis B vaccine wiped out childhood liver cancer in places like Alaska and Taiwan. Now anti-vaccine politics threatens to undo that progress.

  Tags: public health, vaccination, hepatitis B, policy, opinion
• RFK’s Vaccine War Reaches the Pharmacies
  2025-08-29

  CVS suspends COVID shots in 16 states as RFK Jr.’s policies unsettle the nation’s vaccine system.

  Tags: opinion, analysis, public health, vaccines, policy
• COVID-19 Vaccination Guidelines — United States (August 2025, Updated October 2025)
  2025-08-28

  The FDA's latest approvals, CDC's stalled guidance, and AAP/ACOG recommendations on COVID-19 vaccination as of October 2025.

  Tags: analysis, policy, covid-19