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Veteran public health expert Tom Frieden says, “We don’t want people who are pro-vaccine or anti-vaccine. We want people who are pro-child” inside US health agencies.
The Trump administration wants to reverse the decline in the US birthrate. But in 21 states, deaths already outnumber births.
More than 200 million Americans are under extreme heat alerts” not a prediction for the future, that’s the reality enveloping the central and eastern United States this week, as per the National ...
The map below shows where each of Iowa's counties falls among the CDC's grading of community transmission: High, substantial, moderate or low transmission. This map will be updated as new data becomes ...
One, Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, resigned after 12 years at CDC, disclosing her decision early this month in a note to members of a COVID-19 vaccines workgroup.
Melinda Wharton, the top CDC vaccine official who oversaw ACIP operations, was removed from her role last week. She was in charge of staff who gather and present vaccine data.
A current CDC official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity without authorization to speak to the media, said the absence of a director leaves the agency without an important check and balance.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s decision to remove all 17 members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee, an independent panel of experts, is raising questions ...
The CDC released a database in March of some members’ previous work on clinical trials or vaccine research funded by drug companies, but much of the information was already public.
Here’s an attempt to cut through the confusion surrounding the Trump administration’s new changes to the CDC’s COVID-vaccine recommendations and RFK Jr.’s firing of the ACIP.
In an update, the CDC said the expanding outbreak led to at least 16 people being hospitalized. Product Recalls More Salmonella outbreak tied to eggs makes dozens sick across 7 states ...
The countries affected by the new restrictions, which take effect Monday, June 9, are shown on this map and listed below. The 12 countries where travel is fully restricted.