What Happened at ACIP? + Baby Veya Continues Fight For Life + Mothers 2B: Gut Health

Welcome back to another jam-packed episode of ""Good Morning CHD""! Find summaries of each segment in today’s program below.

1. Baby Veya, daughter of Krystal and Jeremy VanderBrugghen, has been battling for her life due to medical challenges that have kept her hospitalized since birth. This painful journey has taught Krystal, Jeremy and the rest of the family the importance of advocating for patients while navigating the many difficulties of the healthcare system. They share details of the experience, here, on CHD.TV.

2. Under Secretary Kennedy’s leadership at the HHS, a new panel of experts were appointed as CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) members. This decision resulted in mixed reactions from the media, medical professionals, parents and politicians. And what occurred at the first two days of their deliberations on vaccine recommendations sets a new precedent for the future of the pharmaceutical establishment. Here, to discuss the meetings, are Kim Mack Rosenberg and Karl Jablonowski, Ph.D.

3. Why does the health of the gut matter when it comes to preconception, pregnancy and birth? Often overlooked, this organ system is an absolute critical component of the reproductive health of a couple and the development of their children. In this “Mothers2B” segment, Isabella Yon interviews Jon Tommey on the value and operation of the digestive system for families — both present and future.

4. Dr. Elizabeth Rogers was 18, a freshman in college, when she started her HPV Gardasil series. What happened next? As Dr. Rogers recalls, she went through a “vicious cycle” of illness that left her “bedridden” on antibiotics for years. As a 23-year-old female, she had “massive kidney stones.” The procedure Dr. Rogers underwent almost killed her. That experience paved the way for her to reflect back on that university-mandated immunization and began her journey of learning about vaccination. Listen to Dr. Roger’s narrative, and others like it, on CHD.TV.