The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice will have five additional members when it convenes Thursday in Atlanta. Ben Hendren/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ben Hendren/Bloomberg via Getty Images Just days before vaccine advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meet to weigh who should get COVID vaccines this season, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy …
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is at a crossroads. Last week, CDC Director Susan Monarez was ousted less than a month into her tenure after resisting Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s push to align with his vaccine policy agenda. Within hours, three senior leaders — including the chief medical officer and the heads of vaccine safety and respiratory …
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As measles surged in Texas early this year, the Trump administration’s actions sowed fear and confusion among CDC scientists that kept them from performing the agency’s most critical function — emergency response — when it mattered most, an investigation from KFF Health News shows. The outbreak soon became the worst the United States has endured in over three decades. In …
Read More »The rise in COVID-19 infections comes as providers wrestle with how to navigate shifted federal vaccine recommendations. Sonoma County is experiencing a “mild summer surge” in COVID-19 infections, with most cases being treated in outpatient clinics, Dr. Gary Green, a Sutter Health infectious disease specialist, said Tuesday. As of Tuesday afternoon, 22% of all people with symptoms tested in Sutter …
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The flagship health journal published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has grown quiet this year, and a report from MedPage Today indicates that a variety of actions by the Trump administration may be to blame for hamstringing the critical resource. Most strikingly, sources told MedPage that the journal’s scientific articles must now obtain clearance for publication from …
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