US, Europe diverge on infectious disease messaging
The ECDC reported 28,791 cases of measles between March 1, 2024, and Feb. 28, 2025.
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Measles outbreak sends warning for future of infectious disease
One-year-old River Jacobs is held by his mother, Caitlin Fuller, while he receives an MMR vaccine March 1, 2025 in Lubbock, Texas.
HHS pauses communications through Feb. 1, memo says
The Department of Health and Human Services directed agency leaders to halt external communications, including press releases, guidance and social media, through Feb. 1, according to a memo from the acting
How RFK Jr.’s health proposals would stack up in practice
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign rally former President Donald Trump at Macomb Community College on Nov. 1 in Warren, Mich. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Kennedy hints at vast health agency overhaul if Trump elected
If you work for the FDA and are part of this corrupt system, I have two messages for you: 1. Preserve your records, and 2. Pack your bags." Speaking at a roundtable last month hosted alongside Sen.
Four years after COVID-19, CDC’s mission divides Capitol Hill
The CDC’s data modernization project has received more than $1 billion in funding, but Bucshon lamented that the project has "yet to bear fruit."
Summer COVID surge isn’t cause for alarm, experts say
The number of COVID-19 cases resulting from the KP.3 variant is rising rapidly and has quickly overtaken KP.2 and JN.1 variants as the most dominant COVID-19 lineages in recent months.
CDC data amplifies calls for funding hepatitis plan
Despite the availability of these cures, commercial data showed only 1 in 6 uninsured adults under 40 with hepatitis C has been cured, according to a Morbidity and Mortality Report published Thursday examining
Biden’s pick to lead the CDC faces tough summer on Capitol Hill
Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, predicted the deal will mean flat funding or a roughly 1 percent cut across the board in fiscal 2024 for the CDC.
Policy · 117th Congress
CDC advisers back use of updated COVID-19 vaccine boosters
In two separate 13-1 votes, the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended both vaccines, sending the recommendations to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky for her endorsement.
Policy · 117th Congress
FDA greenlights new COVID-19 booster despite limited data
Both Australia and Switzerland authorized Moderna’s BA.1 shot this week.
Policy · 117th Congress
Federal officials hopeful about monkeypox trajectory
Nearly 1 in 5 respondents said they had received at least one dose of the monkeypox vaccine, with uptake highest among Hispanic or Latino men, at 27.1 percent.
Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers, advocates hopeful for more bills to curb maternal deaths
Since it went into effect April 1, four states have already begun implementation.
Policy · 116th Congress
Public health experts worry CDC is being stifled on COVID-19
[jwp-video n=”1″] The CDC has had two telephone press briefings since March. That’s far less publicity than during earlier, less devastating epidemics.
Policy · 114th Congress
Zika Deal in the Works as CDC Reports Virus-Linked Birth Defects
The House is scheduled to work just one more week in June, leaving little time for negotiators to bridge wide differences in each chamber’s Zika spending proposal before their target date of July 1.