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  "slug": "vaccines",
  "title": "Vaccines",
  "canonical_url": "https://signalmeaning.com/signals/vaccines/",
  "json_url": "https://signalmeaning.com/data/signals/vaccines.json",
  "summary": "Political debate and institutional action around vaccines triggered by a contested CDC nominee vote and related changes, alongside high-profile vaccine research stories.",
  "why_now": "Immediate coverage of a CDC nominee vote and a reported administrative website change creates an atypical political hook that elevates vaccine-related searches beyond ordinary scientific reporting.",
  "evidence_summary": "The presence of an article about a vote on a CDC nominee and a change to the CDC website is explicit political/governmental evidence, meeting the strict rule for labeling Political Controversy; scientific breakthroughs and outbreak news add public attention but the political element dominates classification.",
  "caveat": "Signal Type: Political Controversy",
  "collected_at": "Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:40:00 -0700",
  "signal_type": "Political Controversy",
  "score": 82.0,
  "score_field": "adjusted_score",
  "state": "PUBLISH",
  "evidence": [
    "Vote on CDC nominee clinched with change to CDC’s website on vaccines and autism - CNN",
    "We May Finally Have a Vaccine Against The Plague... - ScienceAlert"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Vote on CDC nominee clinched with change to CDC’s website on vaccines and autism - CNN",
      "source": "CNN",
      "url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMie0FVX3lxTE1FcE9KXzVEYjFqelNSOW9ETHMwdV93Smk4M2dDa1hPUkN3SVUwdk53dFJ4N3JOZWRqaHpRTXZCa1ZCcE1yUFVXV01oN2NaOThZWG9EZC05XzhwcjJEWjVNM0lMbXBoX3FOZ1R6Mm5UVW9Da2NqVVVWbkx4VQ?oc=5"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "record_id": "202607241250_signal_Quality-1-vaccines",
    "batch_id": "202607241250",
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