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Move from CDC advisers mirrors Trump team’s regressive approach to longstanding vaccine guidanceWho’s allowed to get the hepatitis B vaccine in the US now?Vaccine advisers for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted on Friday morning to limit hepatitis B vaccines in a major move signaling the Trump administration’s regressive approach to vaccines that have been given safely and effectively for decades.The panel of advisers, hand-picked by the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, decided to remove the well-established and far-reaching recommendation that all newborns in the US receive a hepatitis B vaccine. Continue reading... Source

Settlement one of US’s largest and comes after officer killed Konoa Wilson, who was running from teen shooting at himThe city of San Diego has agreed to pay a $30m settlement to the family of Konoa Wilson, the 16-year-old boy fatally shot in the back by a police officer while running away after narrowly missing another shooting by an unknown third party at a train station.The payout is the result of the wrongful death lawsuit Wilson’s family filed against the city in June, claiming the officer who shot the teen acted with “racial violence”. Wilson is half Black, family attorneys

French president’s remarks come a day after a report claimed he had warned Washington could betray KyivEmmanuel Macron has said there is “no mistrust” between Europe and the US, a day after a report claimed the French president had warned privately there was a risk Washington could betray Ukraine.“Unity between Americans and Europeans on the Ukrainian issue is essential. And I say it again and again, we need to work together,” Macron told reporters during a visit to China on Friday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/05/no-mistrust-between-europe-and-us-over-ukraine-macron-says Author : Oliver Holmes Publish date : 2025-12-06 00:43:00 Copyright for syndicated content

Hundreds driven into Rwanda as M23 militia battles Congolese army and Burundian soldiers for border town of KamanyolaFresh fighting in eastern DR Congo has forced hundreds to flee across the border into Rwanda, a day after a peace deal was signed in Washington DC.Thursday’s agreement was meant to stabilise the resource-rich east but it has had little visible effect on the ground so far, in an area plagued by conflict for 30 years. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/05/people-flee-dr-congo-fighting-one-day-after-peace-deal-signed-in-washington Author : Agence France-Presse Publish date : 2025-12-05 22:17:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.