Legislative halftime! Plus the AAP is now the source for vaccine info and jabronis doing jabroni things at HHS
Legislative halftime! Plus the AAP is now the source for vaccine info and jabronis doing jabroni things at HHS  
Podcast: Hoosier Health Matters
Published On: Fri Jan 30 2026
Description: Hoosier Health MattersSeason 2, Episode 4Date: 1/30/2026Title:  Legislative halftime! Plus the AAP is now the source for vaccine info and jabronis doing jabroni things at HHS00:00- Intro1:36- Some thoughts about the murder of Alex Pretti3:34- CDC databases about vaccines are not being updated4:39- The American Academy of Pediatrics now provides the national vaccine schedule because the CDC is defunct and a terrific article by YLE about why the language around shared decision making in the new CDC guidelines is problematic6:03- Measles is rampant in South Carolina7:50- ACIP chair doesn't think we need polio vaccine anymore8:30- Texas attorney general is suing pediatricians for some sort of vaccine scheme (I have seen none of these monies)10:14- The United States is no longer part of the World Health Organization11:05- Hospitals in rural Indiana are hurting bad (due to bad health care funding policy) 13:10- Senate Bill 4 would reduce mental health funding14:52- Guinea-Bissau refuses to do HHS funded study that would withhold hepatitis B vaccine from newborns (in a country in which the prevalence of Hepatitis B is 20%!)18:05- Legislative halftime show (we are now only following 43 bills!)20:28- Gabe likes SB 91, Tracey likes SB 139; Tracey doesn't like SB 236, Gabe doesn't like SB 27525:26- Call your Representative about SB 236 and then take a break26:04- Wrap-upThanks for listening!Follow us on Bluesky and Instagram