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    FDA official plans to change vaccine approval process, claiming that Covid-19 shots caused child deaths
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  • BOWIE,MD - AUGUST 14: Afra Brown, Regional School Health Specialist, takes the sign down at the end of the clinic. A vaccine clinic was held at Benjamin Tasker Middle School in Bowie, MD on August 13, 2025. Prince George's County Public Schools, partnering with the County Health Department, is offering vaccine clinics for K12 students. As parents embark on the scramble to ensure their children's vaccines are up to date before the first day of school, this year they are also weighing mixed messages coming from the Trump administration about vaccine recommendations. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine advisers plan to review the effects of routine vaccines such as measles, mumps and rubella, polio and pertussis that are currently required for public school attendance. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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    Measles cases are surging, making global elimination a ‘distant goal,’ WHO says
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