"Nearly half of the databases that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used to update regularly — surveillance systems that tracked public health information like Covid vaccination rates and hospitalizations for respiratory syncytial virus — have been paused without explanation, according to new research."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-databases-not-updated-vaccines-study-rcna255467

Original research: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-25-04022

#PublicHealth #CDC #surveillance #data #vaccines #immunizations #covid #pregnancy #ChildrensHealth

Even for the #TrumpAdministration, this is batshit crazy. They really want to Make Polio Great Again.
https://www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/vaccine-policy-adviser-kirk-milhoan-individual-rights-trump-public-health/

#vaccines #polio

The vaccine laws of many states are tied to ACIP’s recommendations…incl. for school entry, guidelines for health care workers, whether pharmacists can provide #COVID vaccinations…

Without those recommendations, states are creating their own rules, seeking information elsewhere & banding together to ensure coverage for their citizens (excluding Florida, which has gone in the opposite direction & seeks to end all vaccine mandates).

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#USA #healthcare #health #vaccines
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https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/09/06/nx-s1-5532121/states-vaccine-guidance-washington-oregon-new-mexico

ALT

Okay, I am a lot more alive today.

If you get the two part Shingles vaccine, make sure you take the next day off, after the second shot. I jinxed myself by saying "Oh, this isn't too bad." For me, the side effects were mild at first: mostly fatigue. It was the next day that it hit, hard. Are you usually aware of all of your bones? Because you will be acutely aware of all of them after the second shot.

Today, the pain is pretty much gone. I just feel rubbery, the opposite of yesterday where I felt like I was made of heavy lumber and somehow had tried to swim the English channel without drowning.

It's still worth it. Shingles is more painful than the side effects of the shot. (If you ever suspect Shingles, you want to get your doc to Rx Valtrex and Neurontin ASAP, before it gets worse.) I've had Shingles twice. It will make you cry.

We don't know exactly how much protection vs. Alzheimer's that Shingrix imparts, but potentially 40%. Why? Because viruses are key and always have been. They are known triggers of many conditions, especially autoimmune, but others, too.

So, get the shots, if you can.

#Shingles #Vaccines #Shingrix #ShingrixSideEffects