A vaccine effectiveness study that CDC leadership had blocked from internal publication was ultimately published in JAMA Network Open and found the vaccine was about 55% effective against hospitalizations and roughly 50% effective at reducing emergency department visits last winter. ABC News’s explainer highlighted the sequence — internal withholding followed by external peer review — and said the episode intensifies questions about how CDC leadership reviews and controls release of vaccine research.
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