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CDC, DOGE

Trump, CDC fully restore 9/11 health program cuts from DOGE axe

Cuts announced last week by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency were restored Thursday, Feb. 20 and Friday, Feb. 21.

CBS News · 2d

CDC's "disease detectives" apparently spared in DOGE cuts at health agencies

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — a group known as the CDC's "disease detectives" — feared the impact of job cuts.

Bloomberg on MSN · 20h

DOGE Restores 9/11 Survivor Program Cuts, Hires Back Workers

The Trump administration walked back cuts to a health program for 9/11 first responders and survivors, restoring research grants and the jobs of laid-off workers.

CDC, RFK and vaccine

New York Post on MSN · 21h

RFK Jr.-led CDC kills flu shot campaign, cancels major vaccination conference

Under Kennedy’s leadership, the CDC pulled the plug on its “Wild to Mild initiative” — which was aimed at encouraging high-risk folks to get vaxxed — Wednesday as one of worst flu seasons in

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

CDC vaccination committee meeting postponed days after RFK Jr. took over at HHS

A panel of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy will not meet as previously scheduled next week

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Vaccine safety panel long criticized by RFK Jr. told to postpone meeting

Health and Human Services officials said the postponement was to accommodate public comment ahead of the meeting but experts decried the delay.

Trump, CD and Layoffs

Bloomberg on MSN · 20h

Trump’s Layoffs Hit 14 Workers in CDC Immunization Division

The Trump administration’s mass layoffs of health workers hit a key vaccine unit of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to people familiar with the matter.

Yahoo · 18h

Federal workers protest medical research cuts, layoffs by Trump administration

Workers recently fired from federal public health jobs warn the Trump administration's cuts could be wiping out future treatments and cures, researchers zero in on an inexpensive generic drug to treat autism,

Portland Press Herald · 21h

Federal CDC worker in Maine laid off by Trump administration

Hannah Reidel described the 'chaos and confusion' at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prior to the layoffs.

US CDC reports 5-fold increase in weekly measles cases

Reuters · 23h

US CDC reports five-fold increase in weekly measles cases as Texas outbreak grows

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reported that measles cases so far this year had jumped to 93 from 14 a week ago, mainly driven by an outbreak in Texas.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

US CDC Reports Five-Fold Increase in Measles Cases From Last Week

An illustration provides a 3D graphical representation of a spherical-shaped, measles virus particle studded with glycoprotein tubercles in this handout image obtained by Reuters April 9, 2019. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/Handout via REUTERS (Reuters) - The U.

Austin American-Statesman on M… · 1d

Texas measles outbreak nearly doubles in a week to 90 cases. See map of cases per county

A fast-growing measles outbreak in West Texas has nearly doubled in just one week, now totaling 90 cases across seven counties and spreading to New Mexico. Earlier this week, the Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed 49 cases in five counties.

1don MSN

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 ...

CDC officials say flu season is one of the worst in years

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a rise in severe and even deadly flu cases. Officials are ...

21h

Flu activity 'elevated' in US but showing signs of abating, CDC data shows

Flu activity remains "elevated" in the U.S. but is starting to show signs of abating, according to new CDC data published ...

21hon MSN

CDC employee fired in Trump federal worker purge questions if she has a future in Iowa

A Coralville-based CDC worker who worked to raise awareness on Iowa's alarming cancer incident rates was laid off last week ...

3don MSN

Layoffs hit many at CDC lab program that was started to address previous failures

The nation’s top public health agency is losing most of the scientists in a prestigious, but lesser-known, laboratory program ...

Map shows drug overdose death trends by state as overall fatalities dip in 2023, CDC says

During that time, drug overdose deaths decreased by 4% nationwide, marking the first time overdose deaths declined since the ...

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State representatives and healthcare advocates rally against layoffs at Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Roughly 700 employees are believed to be impacted by the layoffs mandated by the current administration's Department of ...

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