Ask a Doctor: What the latest federal vaccine guidance means for your kids
There's a flurry of health news happening these days: Decisions and announcements being made at federal agencies. State governments vowing to fight changes.
It can be hard to know what the impacts will be at the ground level.
We're going to set aside some time every now and then to check in with doctors and medical professionals about the latest developments -- and what they mean for you.
In this segment, we're digging into the latest news on childhood vaccinations: Last week, a vaccine panel formed by Health and Human Services head Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met to discuss policy regarding measles, Covid-19 and Hepatitis B.
There were a variety of actions taken by the panel -- some votes taken, some NOT taken. Two local doctors help us make sense of what all of this means.
Guest:
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Dr. Helen Chu, a professor of medicine at UW Medicine.
- Dr. Amanda Kost, chief of service of family medicine at Harborview Medical Center.
Related stories:
- How RFK Jr.’s hand-picked CDC advisory panel voted on COVID vaccines and more | PBS News
- RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Votes Down Its Own Proposal to Require Prescriptions for Covid-19 Shots | WIRED
- CDC's vaccine advisers add COVID vaccine rules in contentious meeting : Shots - Health News : NPR
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Libby Denkmann
Host, Soundside
Libby Denkmann joined KUOW in December 2021 as the host of the midday show Soundside. She’s a native Pacific Northwesterner who grew up in Redmond, graduated from the University of Washington, and covered local news as a producer and reporter with KIRO Radio.
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Maleeha is a producer on Soundside, a show that helps listeners get to know the PNW and each other. Before KUOW, she worked at Cascade PBS, first as a communities reporter and then as a podcast producer on shows like Northwest Reports and Your Last Meal. Before moving to Seattle, she worked as a reporter at the Burlington Free Press in Vermont, but is originally from San Antonio.
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