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The Trump administration has reversed some layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after hundreds of scientists were mistakenly told they were being terminated amid the government shutdown, an administration official said Saturday. “The employees who received incorrect notifications were never separated from the agency and have all …

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez testified before a U.S. Senate committee Wednesday that she was fired after just 29 days because she refused to pre-approve vaccine recommendations or fire career officials for no reason. Monarez, who was nominated by President Donald Trump earlier this year …

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced one of the most combative hearings of the year Thursday as senators from both parties grilled him over his handling of vaccine policy, the abrupt firing of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, and the cancelation of $500 …

The Trump administration’s cuts to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding for state and local health departments had vastly uneven effects depending on the political leanings of a state, according to a KFF Health News analysis. Democratic-led states and select blue-leaning cities fought back in court and saw money …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will no longer recommend routine COVID-19 vaccinations for healthy children and pregnant women, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday in a social media post, marking a significant shift in federal pandemic policy. “We are now one step …

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Thursday plans to eliminate 10,000 full-time jobs across multiple agencies, a move that will downsize or shutter key public health programs as part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restructure the federal government. The sweeping reductions will impact the Centers …

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must restore webpages and medical data that were removed in response to President Trump’s executive order on gender ideology. U.S. District Judge …

The Trump administration has instructed federal health agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to temporarily halt external communications. The directive, issued Tuesday, applies to health advisories, weekly scientific reports, website updates, and social …

Jennifer Shutt, Ariana Figueroa President-elect Donald Trump announced his choices to lead two of the country’s top public health agencies late Friday, as well as his pick for surgeon general. Former Florida Congressman Dave Weldon will be tapped to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Marty Makary …

Jennifer Shutt, Daily Montanan Congress held its first hearing on monkeypox Wednesday, with lawmakers rebuking federal public health officials for their slow response to the outbreak, even though the hearing came four months after the first U.S. case was diagnosed. “By any measure, in fact by every measure, the response …

Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Thursday signed off on the approval from the agency’s independent vaccine advisers that recommended an updated coronavirus vaccine booster this fall. The CDC recommended boosters from Pfizer-BioNTech for those who are 12 years old and older and from Moderna for …

Federal health authorities on Friday warned that the monkeypox virus will continue to spread across the nation, with cases mounting throughout July and August as exposures spread and the government speeds up its faster reporting system for U.S. states and territories. That said, the Biden administration is immediately boosting the …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Saturday that children as young as six months old receive Covid-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. The move follows a unanimous vote earlier in the day by an advisory panel of outside experts known as Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or …

Parents of children under 5 are one step closer to vaccinating their young kids against COVID-19 after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s outside vaccine panel recommended emergency use authorizations of two COVID-19 vaccines Wednesday. The 21-person Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted unanimously to recommend the FDA …

by Jennifer Shutt, Michigan Advance May 27, 2022 Updated, 11:25 a.m., 5/27/22 WASHINGTON — Monkeypox cases are slowly increasing throughout the United States, though public health officials said Thursday they have the tools needed to diagnose, treat and contain the virus that’s mostly spread by skin-to-skin contact. Centers for Disease …