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Meeting of key CDC vaccine advisory panel, under scrutiny by RFK Jr., is postponed
An upcoming meeting of the ACIP, a key CDC vaccine advisory panel that is under scrutiny by RFK Jr., has been postponed. A ...
US Winter Flu Deaths Outpace Covid for First Time in Five Years
Influenza is overtaking Covid-19 as the deadlier virus in the US this winter — the first time in five years the seasonal ...
Bay Area health expert urges flu vaccinations as hospitalizations, deaths soar
You may have noticed the sniffles, the sneezing, and a lot of people calling out sick. Health leaders in the Bay Area are ...
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 ...
California hospitals full to the brim as US flu cases spike. Has flu deaths surpassed COVID-19 victims?
Seasonal flu cases in the United States have reached their highest level in over a decade with even influenza-related deaths ...
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How changes to a CDC vaccine panel under Kennedy could reshape policy
A committee of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is critical in setting national vaccine ...
CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to the current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks and other public health emergencies
In 2024, the CDC worked with the WHO to respond to a Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda that lasted for several months. On average, about half of people infected with Marburg virus do not survive, so ...
Layoffs hit many at CDC lab program that was started to address previous failures
The program had been created about 10 years ago to help the CDC remedy embarrassing lab-safety failures. The cuts may not ...