CDC, Flu and Rfk Jr.

CDC: Flu season worst in a decade
The current flu season is shaping up to be the worst in a decade. So far, there have been at least 29 million illnesses and 370,000 hospitalizations related to the flu -- the most since the 2015-2016 season, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly flu report .
Amid worst U.S. flu season in decades, RFK Jr.–led CDC pulls vaccine campaign
Yes, seasonal flu shots are still available, and no, it’s not too late to get yours. But you’d be forgiven for being confused, because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has halted one of its educational flu vaccine campaigns.
CDC vaccine meeting postponed after RFK Jr. confirmation
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization has postponed a meeting about vaccines. It comes shortly after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed.
CDC axes its flu vaccination campaign
We're smack dab in the middle of one of the worse flu seasons in the last two decades, where at least 24 million Americans-and counting-have caught the flu. WastewaterSCAN reports that the majority of sites across the country are measuring "high" for Influenza A (as well as for SARS-CoV-2 and RSV,
Trump administration yanks CDC flu vaccine campaign
As flu rages, the Trump administration has pulled the plug on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention flu immunization campaign that targeted high-risk groups, including pregnant women.
CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks
Trump administration has taken actions to dismantle established public health infrastructure as part of its second-term ...
US CDC reports five-fold increase in weekly measles cases as Texas outbreak grows
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reported that measles cases so far this year had jumped to 93 ...
Colorado CDC researcher terminated amid federal budget cuts while working on Lyme disease projects
Colorado research biologist Joe Cardiello was excited about being involved in what could become lifesaving research for ...
CDC worker fired in Trump federal worker purge questions if she has a future in Iowa
A Coralville-based CDC worker who worked to raise awareness on Iowa's alarming cancer incident rates was laid off last week ...
Former CDC Head: Job Cuts Make Americans ‘Less Safe’
As part of the broader effort, the White House and agencies have heavily targeted probationary employees, or those who ...
CDC's "disease detectives" apparently spared in DOGE cuts at health agencies
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — a group known as the CDC's "disease ...
Layoffs hit many at CDC lab program that was started to address previous failures
The nation’s top public health agency is losing most of the scientists in a prestigious, but lesser-known, laboratory program ...
HHS postpones meeting of key CDC vaccine panel, one week after RFK Jr. sworn in
The first meeting of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisory committee since Robert F. Kennedy Jr ...
New York Republicans scold Trump for CDC cuts that affect 9/11 responders
Critics say the Trump administrations cuts to CDC staff will negatively affect a health fund for 9/11 first responders.
Colorado CDC worker terminated amid federal budget cuts while working on Lyme disease projects
Colorado research biologist Joe Cardiello was excited about being involved in what could become lifesaving research for ...
Key CDC vaccine committee meeting pushed back
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CDC restores 9/11-related cancer research funding after DOGE's cancellation, officials say
The Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, canceled a $275,000 contract for 9/11-related cancer ...