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Liz Szabo

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 25, 2026
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Jul 8, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Liz Szabo, MA

    Public health advocates express concern about nominee to lead the FDA (opens the original)

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    Heidi Overton (at right) during signing of the executive order on childhood vaccines on August 10.Credit: The White House At an August press conference, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stood beside him when he described the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine as “quite lethal.” Heidi Overton, MD, a senior White House domestic policy adviser, had to defend her role in developing Trump’s executive order on vaccines—and her choice not to correct

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Liz Szabo, MA

    CDC greenlights COVID vaccines for vulnerable children after nearly 1-month delay (opens the original)

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    After a nearly a month-long delay, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now allowing states to order updated COVID-19 shots for a program that serves most US children. The Vaccines for Children (VFC) program offers free immunizations to more than half of US children, including those who are covered by Medicaid, the uninsured or underinsured, and Native Americans and Alaska Natives. Children whose families have private insurance have had access to the new COVID shots for weeks.

  3. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Liz Szabo, MA

    CDC inaction delays COVID shots for low-income children (opens the original)

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    Although hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are climbing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has not yet announced when COVID shots for the most vulnerable children in the country—those eligible for the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program—will be available. The VFC program offers free immunizations to more than half of US children, including those who are uninsured, underinsured, eligible for Medicaid, or American Indians or Alaska Natives. The CDC approved updated COVID shots on

  4. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Liz Szabo, MAMeghan Holohan

    US pediatricians report seeing fewer patients because of immigration enforcement worries (opens the original)

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    Immunization clinics in San Diego, California, are usually packed in August as parents prepare their kids for the new school year. With agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) often waiting outside medical clinics in some states, many immigrant families are now afraid to seek healthcare, said Pia Pannaraj, MD, MPH, a professor of pediatrics at the University of California San Diego and a vice chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) Committee on Infectious Diseases. “We s

  5. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Liz Szabo, MA

    Most Americans know mosquitoes cause disease, but few know how to use bug spray properly, survey finds (opens the original)

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    Although more than eight in 10 adults know that avoiding mosquito bites is the best way to avoid West Nile virus and dengue fever, far fewer know how to select and correctly apply insect repellent, a new national survey shows. Nearly two-thirds say they try to prevent mosquito bites through methods such as wearing bug spray or long-sleeved shirts when outdoors, removing standing water from around the home, and maintaining window screens, according to an Annenberg Science and Public Health survey

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