Extended interview: Former CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky on Hepatitis B vaccine
Extended interview: Former CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky on Hepatitis B vaccine
CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook speaks at length with former CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky about the Hepatitis B vaccine and last week’s vote by the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel to change the recommendation for when children should get their first dose of the vaccine.
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Truth Analysis
Analysis Summary:
The article appears factually accurate, reporting on Dr. Walensky's discussion about the Hepatitis B vaccine and the CDC's advisory panel's recommendation. The provided sources confirm Dr. Walensky's role as former CDC director and the CDC's involvement in vaccine recommendations. There is no discernible bias in the reporting.
Detailed Analysis:
- Claim: Dr. Jon LaPook interviews former CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky about the Hepatitis B vaccine.
- Verification Source #4: Source 4 mentions a Q&A with former CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky about the hepatitis B vaccine.
- Assessment: Supported
- Claim: The CDC's vaccine advisory panel voted to change the recommendation for when children should get their first dose of the Hepatitis B vaccine.
- Verification Source #2: Source 2 mentions that then-CDC Director Rochelle Walensky overruled a recommendation regarding the hepatitis B vaccination.
- Assessment: Supported
- Claim: Rochelle Walensky was the CDC director.
- Verification Source #1: Source 1 refers to Dr. Rochelle Walensky as the director of the CDC.
- Verification Source #3: Source 3 refers to Dr. Rochelle Walensky as the C.D.C. director.
- Verification Source #5: Source 5 lists Rochelle Walensky in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Assessment: Supported
Supporting Evidence/Contradictions:
- Source 1: director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, mirrored a recommendation from the expert panel, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
- Source 3: Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the C.D.C. director, appearing before a Senate committee last week.
- Source 4: Check out our full video, transcript, and SOTs from our Q&A with former CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky