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 ...
Urgent CDC data and analyses on influenza and bird flu go missing as outbreaks escalate
Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick ...
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Health commissioner: Communication with CDC ‘halted completely’ in first weeks of Trump term
The city’s line of communication with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was severed in the first weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to Health Commissioner Michelle ...
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America’s Flu Crisis Is a Public Health Disaster in the Making
Nearly every state is reporting high or very high flu activity, with roughly 32% of tests coming back positive and some areas ...
The US is leaving the World Health Organization. What does that mean for Illinois?
The U.S. is pulling the plug on its membership with the World Health Organization. What does that mean for Illinois?
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CDC Ordered to End WHO Collaboration
Staff at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been told to stop communication with the World Health Organization.
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New York’s public health system is largely protected from national level changes. Here’s why.
A lot is unfolding at the national level of public health, including the recent firing of about 1,300 federal health agency ...
CDC says person diagnosed with new mpox variant in New York is in isolation
The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday that a person diagnosed with clade1b mpox in New York ...
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On This Day | World Health Organization names COVID-19
On this day in 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) named a disease spreading from Wuhan, China, COVID-19. On Feb. 11, ...
Weekly infectious disease report launched by NYS health department
The report details "ongoing and emerging infectious disease outbreaks" such as avian flu and other threats, the state health ...
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Bird Flu Looms as Trump’s Mass Firings Unleash Chaos at Public Health Agencies
Trump and RFK Jr. have moved to fire thousands of highly trained employees at the CDC and other agencies since Friday.