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Federal Vaccine Advisers Take Aim at Covid Shots

✇NYT: Science
By:Apoorva Mandavilli
6 February 2026 at 10:00
One panelist accused the F.D.A. of withholding data on potential harms. The advisers also are reviewing research on vaccines given to pregnant women.

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Dr. Robert Malone, during a December meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in Atlanta.

Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Other Shots Should Be Optional, Rejecting Decades of Science

✇NYT: Science
By:Apoorva Mandavilli
23 January 2026 at 20:15
Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said a person’s right to refuse a vaccine outweighed concerns about illness or death from infectious diseases.

© Brynn Anderson/Associated Press

Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, speaking at a meeting of the committee in Chamblee, Ga., in September.
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