A regular update on emerging federal vaccine issues. On June 17, 2025, this list—drawn from news reports and other information—ranks the most significant changes to vaccination policy, with brief commentary from the editors.
VaccinesPeter Lurie, MD, MPH, Sarah Despres, Josh Rising, MD, MPH, Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD
This list compiles products included in the Jul./Aug. 2025 ice cream article that contain erythritol, food dyes, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, or titanium dioxide.
The undersigned organizations strongly support the New York Food Safety and Chemical Disclosure Act, which will bring long-overdue transparency to the safety of food chemicals consumed by New Yorkers and ban three dangerous chemicals from the food supply. Importantly, the bill ensures safer food without placing any new burdens on small businesses.
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On June 12, 2025, leading nutrition and health scientists called upon U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director, Dr. Bhattacharya, to increase federal investments in nutrition research and publicly affirm his commitment to independent science at NIH, free from political interference. In the letter, the scientists explicitly ask that he: 1) provide $120 million to the NIH Office of Nutrition Research, 2) create a state-of-the-art research environment for highly controlled human studies to obtain results at a scale and pace that answers key questions in months, not years, 3) adequately fund nutrition science by doubling the current NIH nutrition budget to $4 billion, and 4) create an institutional home for this research in a National Institute of Nutrition.
The health of America’s children is focus of the MAHA Commission's first report. Its ideas are undermined by many of the Trump administration's actions to date.
