Nancy Cox, who for decades was a global leader in influenza research, has died. Cox headed the influenza team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 22 years, shepherding it from a branch of 14 people to a division of over 100. She was also director of the World Health Organization’s Collaborating Center … [Read more…]
January 2026 – CDC sued over childhood vaccine schedule Parents, caregivers and anyone keeping an eye on kids’ health headlines will have seen recent rumblings about the CDC being sued over its childhood vaccine schedule. With all sorts of conflicting information and opinion floating around, it’s easy to feel confused. And, quite frankly, we do … [Read more…]
ATLANTA — CDC researchers are being forced to skip a pivotal conference on infectious disease this week due to the government shutdown, missing out on high-level discussions not long after surges in measles and whooping cough hit the U.S. IDWeek, the largest annual meeting of infectious disease experts in the nation, is the leading venue for experts to … [Read more…]
Protecting the nation’s public health demands data, whether it be new measles cases, a surge in ER visits, or shifting patterns in obesity. The most recent job cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention threaten the mostly unseen foundation of that research enterprise. The CDC division within the National Center for Health Statistics … [Read more…]
WASHINGTON — In the days after health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed out the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, he suggested sweeping changes were needed to reform the agency — and that the ouster was part of his plan. “The agency is in trouble, and we need to fix it, … [Read more…]
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday urged pharmaceutical companies to publicly prove that their Covid-19 products work, saying in a Truth Social post that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is “being ripped apart over this question.” “I want the answer, and I want it NOW,” he wrote in what appeared to be his … [Read more…]
WASHINGTON — Leaders of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday told staff that the agency’s campus had reopened in the wake of the Friday attack by a gunman — and suggested more security measures would be put in place. On the call with staff of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory … [Read more…]
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Susan Monarez to be President Donald Trump’s director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Monarez, 50, was named acting director in January and then tapped as the nominee in March after Trump abruptly withdrew his first choice, David Weldon. Preventive care panel could be restructured ‘imminently’ as … [Read more…]
A committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines voted Thursday to recommend the use of a new preventative therapy for RSV in babies, Merck’s Enflonsia. The monoclonal antibody, given to babies under 8 months of age entering their first RSV season, is the second product of this kind to enter … [Read more…]