Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon)

RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel is laying the groundwork for more scrutiny of childhood shots RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel is laying the groundwork for more scrutiny of childhood shots.

My comments with @statnews.com

www.statnews.com/2025/12/05/c...

Under RFK Jr., the CDC provides a megaphone to the anti-vaccine movement Common anti-vaccine talking points were on display as the CDC’s immunization advisers repealed a hepatitis B birth vaccine recommendation and scrutinized the childhood schedule.

My comments with @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Self inflicted wound

MAHA deaths

CDC advisers vote to overturn decades-long policy on hepatitis B vaccine for infants In a controversial move, the vaccine advisory group reversed a recommendations for universal immunizing of newborns intended to protect them from a virus that attacks the liver.

My comments with @npr.org

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

HBV 4

HBV 3

HBV 2

HBV 1

NYTimes

Today is a dark day for American science and biomedicine. My comments in @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...

NYAM

Flu A hitting early as experts warn seasons are getting more deadly Experts warn Houston should prepare for a potentially severe respiratory season after new vaccination data shows declines in several adult vaccines and public trust in health authorities is weakening.

My comments with @haleyhernandez.bsky.social KPRC Houston

www.click2houston.com/news/local/2...

Doctors Chastise Trump And RFK on Autism Rhetoric - Houston Press Rachel Hotez, 33, walks to work at Goodwill Industries in Montrose several days a week. She lives with her parents, has an active social life and is one Dr. Peter Hotez says that messaging from the fe...

www.houstonpress.com/news/doctors...

Medical Experts Urge Pregnant Women and Families to Talk with a Trusted Healthcare Professional Survey reveals misconceptions about vaccines and declining vaccination rates

My remarks today with Drs. Rochelle Walensky and Tom Frieden @nfidvaccines.bsky.social

www.nfid.org/nfid-calls-f...

Peter Hotez: Mapping the Anti-Science Machine Howie and Harlan are joined by Peter Hotez, a vaccine expert and an outspoken opponent of health misinformation, to discuss vaccine skepticism and the forces—from wellness influencers to HHS secretary...

@thehowie.bsky.social @hmkyale.bsky.social

insights.som.yale.edu/podcasts/hea...

Well deserved‼️

Good idea, honestly I still don’t understand how social media works, it’s all baffling to us old guys

Anti-science kills: From Soviet embrace of pseudoscience to accelerated attacks on US biomedicine This Essay argues that COVID-19 exposed how a rising tide of anti-science rhetoric and activities can dramatically exploit society's vulnerabilities to an infectious disease, suggesting that anti-scie...

Here’s my article on the links between Soviet ideology and anti science @plosbiology.org

journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Part 2

Communism

NPR 3

NPR 2

The state of childhood vaccination in the U.S. With childhood vaccination rates already declining, a vaccine advisory committee to the CDC considers changing the vaccine schedule, including dropping the universal hepatitis B vaccine for newborns.

My interview with @npr.org

www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...

Science Mag

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Medical Experts Urge Pregnant Women and Families to Talk with a Trusted Healthcare Professional Survey reveals misconceptions about vaccines and declining vaccination rates

My remarks today with Drs. Rochelle Walensky and Tom Frieden @nfidvaccines.bsky.social

www.nfid.org/nfid-calls-f...

Peter Hotez: Mapping the Anti-Science Machine Howie and Harlan are joined by Peter Hotez, a vaccine expert and an outspoken opponent of health misinformation, to discuss vaccine skepticism and the forces—from wellness influencers to HHS secretary...

@thehowie.bsky.social @hmkyale.bsky.social

insights.som.yale.edu/podcasts/hea...

Thank you

Thank you

Many thanks so great to see you last night