Overview: As RFK Jr.’s reconstituted panel on vaccines weighs approval of a new childhood schedule, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in July that childhood vaccination rates slipped again in 2024. Neither development is good news for Black households.

(WIB) – Months of mixed messages from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including remarks casting doubt on routine childhood vaccines, have fueled nationwide confusion about back-to-school shots — a problem that could leave Black families disproportionately facing the fallout. As parents and school districts scramble to interpret shifting federal guidance, experts warn that ongoing vaccine skepticism at the top of the nation’s health policy agency — coupled with a deadly measles outbreak, the w

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