US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Democratic-led states seek to block Trump administration from ending public health funding

The states - California, Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota - said they were being unlawfully subjected to "devastating funding cuts to basic public health infrastructure based on political animus."

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US President Donald Trump arrives at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, February 9, 2026.
A nurse fills a syringe with a vaccine before administering an injection at a kids clinic in Kiev, Ukraine August 14, 2019

US to drop childhood vaccine recommendations as it looks to Denmark, Washington Post reports

Federal health officials are weighing vaccine guidance and moving away from the CDC's current model of universal recommendations for childhood vaccination.

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Highly contagious disease. Child with measles.

While scientists race to study spread of measles in US, Kennedy unravels hard-won gains

Instead of acting quickly to prevent a measles comeback, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has undermined public health officials' ability to prevent and contain outbreaks.

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A sign of the CDC is seen on a podium during the meeting of the members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) advisory panel for vaccines convenes in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. June 25, 2025.

US CDC adopts Kennedy's anti-vaccine views on recast website

Scientists took issue with statements on the website that studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism, arguing that it is "exploiting a quirk of logic."

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US CDC: Travel 'low risk' for vaccinated people; not recommending trips

Air travel still remains down 43% from pre-COVID levels and business and international travel remain even harder hit.

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ISRAIR FLIGHT attendants wear full protective gear as they help a passenger disembark in Belgrade earlier this month.

US CDC recommends schools reopen with masks and rigid health protocols

"We believe with the strategies we have put forward that there will be limited to no transmission in schools if followed," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters.

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A slogan is seen on a car in "a motor march” protest of teachers who took it to their vehicles to demand a delay in in-person learning in the fall, due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., July 15, 2020. Picture taken July 15, 2020.

COVID-19: 0.54% of hospital staff caught virus 1-10 days after vaccination

Study calls on medical personnel not to dismiss post-vaccination symptoms

FEBRUARY 4, 2021ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
A HEALTHCARE worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Rehovot on Monday.