The American Academy of Pediatrics released new COVID vaccination guidelines, and for the first time, they diverge ...

Dr. Fiona Havers, a physician who oversaw respiratory virus data—including hospitalization rates for COVID-19 and RSV—emailed colleagues on Monday expressing her concern that her work is no ...

FIONA HAVERS LED THE AGENCY'SHOSPITALIZATION NETWORK FOR COVID,RSV AND THE FLU,AND AT A TIME WHEN VACCINE UPTICKRATES AREFALLING NATIONWIDE, HAVERS SAID THATLIVESNOW ARE BEING PUT AT RISK.

At the CDC, Havers oversaw the team that collects data on COVID-19 and RSV hospitalizations and helped craft national vaccine policy. In a goodbye email to her colleagues that was seen by Reuters ...

Earlier in June, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members of a key vaccine advisory panel and handpicked eight new members, including several who have expressed skepticism about ...

Dr. Fiona Havers, who led the CDC's tracking of hospitalizations from COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus, stepped down this week.

Dr. Fiona Havers' last day at the CDC was Monday, according to an announcement sent by an agency official to her branch within the agency's Coronavirus and Other Respiratory Viruses Division.

On April 15, 2025, Dr. Fiona Havers, an epidemiologist at the CDC, presented her findings to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Havers led the respiratory diseases team at ...

At previous meetings, those presentations on Covid-19 have been made by Dr. Fiona Havers and Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, who both resigned in the past few weeks, citing concerns about changes ...

Generally, the CDC adopts recommendations on vaccines from ACIP, and most insurers, including Medicare, are then required to cover them.

June 25, 2025 In the U.S., the controversial new CDC vaccine panel held its first meeting today.