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RFK Jr.-led CDC kills flu shot campaign, cancels major vaccination conference
Under Kennedy’s leadership, the CDC pulled the plug on its “Wild to Mild initiative” — which was aimed at encouraging high-risk folks to get vaxxed — Wednesday as one of worst flu seasons in decades rages.
CDC Vaccination Committee Meeting Postponed Days After RFK Jr. Took Over at HHS
A panel of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy will not meet as previously scheduled next week
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.
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 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’s Layoffs Hit 14 Workers in CDC Immunization Division
The Trump administration’s mass layoffs of health workers hit a key vaccine unit of the US Centers for Disease Control and ...
CDC employee 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 ...
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 ...
Flu activity 'elevated' in US but showing signs of abating, CDC data shows
Flu activity remains "elevated" in the U.S. but is starting to show signs of abating, according to new CDC data published ...
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'I'm heartbroken' | CDC employees express feeling 'under attack' after recent federal job cuts
Some Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) employees impacted by the recent probationary cuts joined community ...
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 ...
CDC layoffs: Workers, lawmakers protest in Atlanta
The Trump Administration’s federal layoffs are having a big impact on the CDC, they said. People who were laid off told ...
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 ...
CDC 'disease detectors' among hundreds fired as Trump administration ramps up agency cuts
Administration officials last week informed CDC leaders of plans to cut up to 10% of its workforce as it targeted federal ...
Map shows drug overdose death trends by state as overall fatalities dip in 2023, CDC says
During that time, drug overdose deaths decreased by 4% nationwide, marking the first time overdose deaths declined since the ...
State representatives and healthcare advocates rally against layoffs at Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Roughly 700 employees are believed to be impacted by the layoffs mandated by the current administration's Department of ...