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CDC director nominee Susan Monarez grilled on vaccines, public health in confirmation hearing
President Trump's pick for the director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Susan Monarez, is set to face ...
HHS eliminates CDC staff who made sure birth control is safe for women at risk
The Trump administration eliminated the CDC team that developed national guidelines for prescribing contraception safely for ...
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Former vaccine committee member, UNC’s Noel Brewer, discusses last week’s CDC meeting
Brewer was terminated by Health and Human Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the vaccine advisory panel in June.
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'Where's our money?' CDC grant funding is moving so slowly layoffs are happening
The state and local health departments that rely on CDC funding say the money is not coming in on time and no one can tell ...
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Former top CDC vaccine expert on why she resigned in protest over firing of advisory panel
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members of a key vaccine advisory panel and handpicked eight new members, ...
RFK Jr. is dismantling trust in vaccines, the crown jewel of American public health
Children around the world will suffer because RFK Jr. substitutes baseless theories and junk science for knowledge about ...
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CDC has shed one-quarter of staff even as it recalls some laid off workers
Agency tells court that states are not suffering "irreparable harm" from cuts even as agency leaders lament "operational disruptions" and "loss of expertise and capacity." ...
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City Health Commissioner expresses concern over new CDC vaccine advisory board
MILWAUKEE-- When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was created back in 1946, it's goal was to help prevent the ...
Health officials announce measles outbreak in central Kentucky
KENTUCKY, USA — Health officials announced Monday a measles outbreak that started in Woodford County has spread to Fayette ...
Unusual pushback, ‘dangerous precedent’: What the first meeting of Kennedy’s CDC advisers reveals about the future of vaccines in America
A startling new vision of vaccination in America is becoming clearer — one likely to involve fresh scrutiny of established science and practices, and limits on vaccines that have been studied for ...