The CDC's chief blocked a study on the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine from being published in its own journal.

#CDC chief blocked a #covid #vaccine study. Now it’s in a top medical journal. The study, which had been slated for publication in March in the CDC’s Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, found that the #covid19 vaccine reduced the risk of ER visits & hospitalizations among healthy adults by about half last winter. [And]…the vaccine can help reduce the risk of severe illness in adults even after accounting for immunity from prior #vaccination or infection. #Trump #RFKJr https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/06/23/cdcs-chief-blocked-covid-vaccine-study-now-its-top-medical-journal/

The U.S. CDC's Acting Director Jay Bhattacharya blocked a study on COVID-19 vaccines from publication. Today, it came out in a different journal. The study shows that vaccines reduced the likelihood of severe illness by about half among adults last fall and winter. Here's more from NBC. https://flip.it/3EoTk0 #COVID #USPolitics #Health

The findings show that Covid vaccines reduced the likelihood of severe illness by about half among adults last fall and winter. The study was originally scheduled to be released in March in the CDC’s flagship scientific publication, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Instead, it was published in JAMA Network Open, a highly regarded, peer-reviewed journal from the American Medical Association. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/study-covid-vaccines-acting-cdc-director-blocked-published-rcna351174