The quality of information around vaccines came into the spotlight after the CDC headquarters shooting. The gunman, Patrick White, who shot nearly 200 rounds at the building and killed a security guard, blamed a Covid vaccine for his mental health issues, including depression.

The approval of the new nasal spray comes ahead of this year's influenza season in hopes to prevent the unusually high caseload seen the previous season.

The bill proposes that the Department of Public Health be able to set independent standards should the federal government fail “to maintain a robust schedule of vaccine recommendations.”

Uptake of the Tdap and MenACWY vaccines increased among 13- to 17-year-olds, while HPV vaccine coverage remained unchanged for the third straight year.

After a gunman opened fire on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) campus in Atlanta last week -- forcing hundreds into lockdown, hitting six buildings and killing a police officer -- authorities found he'd been harboring years-long grievances with the COVID-19 vaccine.

“We’ve stepped back into the world that we lived in before the [CDC’s vaccine advisory committee] was created,” said Dr. Brenda Anders Pring, a pediatrician representing the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. “It’s just sowing some confusion ... It will be a little bit different this year.”

The Department of Health and Human Services is bringing back a vaccine task force that improves the safety of child vaccines.