#Latest news with #respiratoryvirusesWashington Post17 hours agoHealthWashington PostCDC virus expert resigns after RFK Jr.'s purge of vaccine advisersA senior scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who oversaw respiratory virus surveillance has resigned and raised concerns about the future of vaccine policy as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. upends the agency's long-standing approach to immunization. Fiona Havers, a physician considered a senior subject-matter expert on respiratory diseases and vaccines, led the CDC's surveillance of hospitalizations for coronavirus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common respiratory virus that is the leading cause of hospitalizations in infants.
Washington Post17 hours agoHealthWashington PostCDC virus expert resigns after RFK Jr.'s purge of vaccine advisersA senior scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who oversaw respiratory virus surveillance has resigned and raised concerns about the future of vaccine policy as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. upends the agency's long-standing approach to immunization. Fiona Havers, a physician considered a senior subject-matter expert on respiratory diseases and vaccines, led the CDC's surveillance of hospitalizations for coronavirus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a common respiratory virus that is the leading cause of hospitalizations in infants.