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Newsom names 2 former CDC leaders to California public health roles
Newsom names 2 former CDC leaders to California public health roles

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the hiring of two former top officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read more

Upi - Dec 15
Newsom hires former CDC leaders as public health advisers
Newsom hires former CDC leaders as public health advisers

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Monday he is hiring two former top officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who were pushed out by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or resigned in protest of his policies. Susan Monarez, former CDC dire... Read more

The Hill - Dec 15
RFK Jr. has turned the CDC into ‘a zombie organization’
RFK Jr. has turned the CDC into ‘a zombie organization’

In less than a year, Kennedy, who has made baseless claims about the dangers posed by vaccines for decades, turned the CDC, once considered the global “gold standard” of public health agencies, into what Demetre Daskalakis, the former director of the National Center for Immunization and Respirato... Read more

The Hill - Dec 14
CDC updates flu, RSV and COVID numbers
CDC updates flu, RSV and COVID numbers

It may feel like you are surrounded by sniffles and coughs, but flu season activity is still low in many parts of the U.S. New government data posted Friday shows that as of last week, flu activity was high in four states — Colorado, Louisiana, New Jersey and New York — and minimal or low in most... Read more

Apnews - Dec 12
What parents should consider now that the CDC has voted to change recommendations for the Hepatitis B vaccine
What parents should consider now that the CDC has voted to change recommendations for the Hepatitis B vaccine

Economist Emily Oster, who specializes in data-driven information for parenting and health, gives advice on what parents should do now that the CDC has voted to make changes to Hep B vaccines for newborns Read more

Cnn - Dec 07
Former CDC official shares biggest concerns over panel’s hepatitis B vote
Former CDC official shares biggest concerns over panel’s hepatitis B vote

Former CDC chief medical officer Dr. Debra Houry, who resigned over Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s policies, details her concerns over the CDC vaccine advisory panel's vote to abandon universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns. Read more

Cnn - Dec 06
Hawaii Governor: The CDC changing childhood vaccine schedules ‘is a mistake’
Hawaii Governor: The CDC changing childhood vaccine schedules ‘is a mistake’

Josh Green, Hawaii's governor, argues that the CDC's change to the childhood vaccine schedule could lead to more disease outbreaks. Green says the CDC is putting the public's health at risk. Read more

Cnn - Dec 06
CDC vaccine advisers vote against universal hepatitis B shots for kids in move that critics say ‘makes America sicker’ | CNN
CDC vaccine advisers vote against universal hepatitis B shots for kids in move that critics say ‘makes America sicker’ | CNN

In significant move so far, the newly appointed US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisers voted Friday to abandon universal hepatitis B vaccination for newborns, a massive shift in US immunization policy that experts say will lead to increased illness. Read more

Cnn - Dec 06
A New CDC Recommendation Could Mean a Big Change for Childhood Vaccines
A New CDC Recommendation Could Mean a Big Change for Childhood Vaccines

The change represents a continued shift in the agency’s vaccine policy, reflecting increasingly skeptical views. Read more

Time - Dec 06