Major Medical Groups Pushed Out of Role Supporting CDC’s Vaccine Advisors
Multiple healthcare organizations that have historically helped the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) develop vaccine recommendations have been told they can no longer participate in ACIP work groups, leaving the organizations frustrated and worried about what will happen next. “We’re very concerned and disheartened that our organizations are considered ‘special interest groups’ and […]
Preventing childhood obesity requires changes in parents’ and clinicians’ early-life care
Rates of childhood obesity are at historically high levels in the U.S., yet there are few interventions that promote healthy weight gain in children from infancy to age two — a critical period for the development and prevention of childhood obesity. A new study published in Pediatrics found that fewer infants gained excess weight when […]