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