New details have emerged about an initiative that starts in December to fast-track the vaccines, similar to the successful push for the Covid-19 vaccine.
Cancer vaccine research at the biotech company Moderna in Cambridge, Mass., which reported in August promising results that a melanoma vaccine increased the time before cancers recurred and increased the time before the cancers spread.
Vaccine safety experts say more research into the side effects would be welcome yet question whether the health secretaryβs effort will be grounded in science.
Senator Patty Murray, a former chair of the Senate health committee, is forming a group of experts to examine how to insulate the C.D.C. from political interference.
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
A protest outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last year after employees were laid off. Beyond staff reductions, the agency also faces a leadership vacuum.