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Last week, U.S. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., led a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert M. Califf to request full agency compliance with their obligation under law to disclose Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting (VAERS) data for the COVID-19 vaccine. The letter was cosigned by U.S. Reps. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, and Tom Tiffany, R-Wis. The letter is below. Dear Commissioner Califf: We write concerned about the reports that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is refusing to provide records and analyses from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), which your agency is obligated to disclose under...

According to a new CBS poll released Sunday, 37% of parents say they will vaccinate their 5-to-11-year-olds right away, and a quarter of parents say they will wait and see. Another 35% said they would not get their kids vaccinated.Gottlieb said he is encouraged by the poll numbers, citing the benefits of getting young children vaccinated while also acknowledging that many parents still have questions about vaccination."There's a lot of parents that still have a lot of questions around vaccination. I think for them, they should have a conversation with their pediatrician to try to get comfortable with the idea...

President Bush and Russian President Putin discussed reform of the U.N. Security Council in a phone call initiated by Putin. The conversation came amid intrigue over a push by Japan, German, India and Brazil to become permanent members of the Security Council. [Will John Bolton be the USA's final ambassador to the UN?] The president continued urging Congress to pass an energy bill, while speaking about energy efficiency at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington. A Senate committee voted to back President Bush's pick to head the Food and Drug Administration, acting FDA commissioner Lester Crawford,...