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 ...
US CDC vaccine advisory meeting to be postponed a week after Kennedy takes top health job
A panel of experts advising the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines will not convene for its February meeting, a federal official said on Thursday. The move comes a week after ...
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CDC Staffers Describe an Increasingly Chaotic Agency as Layoffs Begin
President Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency had called for a massive reduction in the federal workforce, ...
Urgent CDC data and analyses on influenza and bird flu go missing as outbreaks escalate
Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick ...
Flu map: These states are now at CDC’s highest activity level
The map of flu activity across the United States continues to darken, both figuratively and literally, as case numbers spike ...
Trump vs. Public Health: Funding Cuts Gut CDC’s Disease Detectors, Medical Research & More
Staff layoffs. Slashed budgets. Canceled conferences. We take a look at the effects of the Trump administration’s defunding ...
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The 2024-2025 flu season has been categorized as severe for every age group in the United States
If it feels like more people around you are catching the flu this winter, new CDC statistics back that up. Here's a look at ...
CDC declares 'high severity' of flu cases for all ages
All age groups in the United States are experiencing a "high severity" of influenza cases among all age groups for the first ...
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CDC: U.S. Influenza Activity in the United States Remains Elevated
TUESDAY, Feb. 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- During the week of Jan. 26 through Feb. 1, 2025, flu activity remained elevated in ...
Have the flu or know someone with it? Flu cases surge to highest levels in 15 years, CDC says
Influenza levels in the US are the highest they've been in 15 years amid winter weather and a second wave of the virus.