A member of the medical staff administers a dose of the measles vaccine to a child at a health center in Lubbock, Texas, on February 27, 2025.
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A member of the medical staff administers a dose of the measles vaccine to a child at a health center in Lubbock, Texas, on February 27, 2025.
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If you’re a parent, decisions about vaccines have gotten a lot more confusing recently. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s health department is walking back longstanding recommendations.
NPR’s Pien Huang speaks with a pediatrician and a vaccine researcher to discuss how the changes may affect public health – and how frontline conversations are going between pediatricians and families.
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