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Top Medical Orgs Booted From CDC's Vaccine Work Groups

AMA, American Academy of Pediatrics among those whose experts have been disinvited

(Newser) - US health officials have told more than a half dozen of the nation's top medical organizations that they'll no longer help establish vaccination recommendations. The government told the organizations on Thursday via email that their experts are being disinvited from the workgroups that have been the backbone of...

Ship Went to Mexico, Got Hit With Montezuma's Revenge

More than 140 aboard Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas catch stomach bug

(Newser) - It wasn't quite Carnival's "Poop Cruise," but a recent Royal Caribbean sailing saw enough passengers and crew members fall ill from a stomach bug that the trip likely won't go down as their favorite cruise of all time. Per NBC News , of nearly 4,000...

Kennedy's Vaccine Panel Picks Include Vaccine Skeptics

Health secretary names 8 new members to panel he just recently stripped

(Newser) - All those reassuring promises Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made before he was confirmed as President Trump's health secretary appear to have gone up in a puff of smoke, with Kennedy choosing an anti-vaccine activist and other well-known vaccine skeptics to join the CDC's independent vaccine advisory committee, which...

All 17 Members of Panel on Vaccines Are Ousted by RFK Jr.

Move clears way for Trump picks while seeming to reverse a confirmation pledge

(Newser) - Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Monday that he has removed the 17 members of a panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines so that he can install people of his choosing. The move, he said in an oped piece in the Wall Street ...

Second Outbreak Linked to Same Cucumber Grower

FDA says salmonella outbreak has sickened people in at least 15 states

(Newser) - If you've bought cucumbers and you're not sure what grower they came from, you should throw them away and clean any surfaces they touched, officials recommend. The Food and Drug Administration has announced a recall for cucumbers grown by Florida-based Bedner Growers and distributed by Fresh Start Produce...

Salmonella Outbreak Sickens 7 in Multiple States

CDC investigating source after cases found in a half-dozen states from Missouri to Utah

(Newser) - A new salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry has sickened at least seven people in six states, the CDC reported Monday. According to the agency, cases have appeared in Missouri (two), and one each in Florida, Illinois, South Dakota, Utah, and Wisconsin, per the AP . All infections, which occurred...

Trump Calls for $163B in Cuts Next Year

President also wants to increase defense spending

(Newser) - President Trump unveiled a 2026 budget plan on Friday that calls for sweeping cuts to federal programs and an increase in defense spending. Some key highlights follow, though the Wall Street Journal offers a reminder that any presidential blueprint is largely a "symbolic wish list" meant to lay out...

'We're Going Backward' With Whooping Cough

Just like with measles, anti-vaccine sentiment is helping to spur outbreak that's double last year's

(Newser) - Whooping cough is making a strong comeback in the US, with cases already doubling numbers at the same time last year amid rising concerns over falling childhood vaccination rates. So far in 2025, more than 8,000 cases have been logged, according to preliminary data from the CDC. That...

Steep Cuts to FDA, CDC Workforces Announced

Kennedy says new round of 10K layoffs is part of 'dramatic restructuring'

(Newser) - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the department's workforce is shrinking by around a quarter in a "dramatic restructuring." In a Thursday press release , Kennedy said 10,000 jobs are being cut as "part of this most recent transformation." Combined with...

CDC's Shake-Up Deepens With 5 More Departures

Sources tell the AP the exits were announced at a high-level meeting

(Newser) - A surprising shake-up at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday now means nearly a third of the agency's top management has recently departed or plans to leave—raising questions about the future leadership and direction of the nation's foremost public health body. The AP reports...

TB Cases Spike to Highest Level Since 2011
Tuberculosis Is
Making a Comeback
Mar 22, 2025 11:30 AM CDT

Tuberculosis Is Making a Comeback

Bacterial disease reaches highest level in US in past 14 years

(Newser) - Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the US last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years. More than 10,300 cases were reported last year, an 8% increase from 2023 and the highest since 2011, according to preliminary data posted this month by the CDC. Both...

White House Withdraws Nominee to Run CDC

Former congressman Dave Weldon did not have the votes

(Newser) - The White House has withdrawn its nominee to run the CDC because it became clear that former Florida congressman David Weldon did not have the votes for confirmation, reports the AP . The Senate health committee announced Thursday morning that it was canceling a planned hearing on Weldon's nomination to...

CDC to Launch New Search for Vaccines-Autism Link

Agency cites Trump's speech to Congress

(Newser) - In spite of a body of scientific evidence that vaccines do not cause autism, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is launching a new study to look for a link. "As President Trump said in his Joint Address to Congress, the rate of autism in American children has...

Trump Administration Cuts 10% of CDC Workforce

Veteran staffers in new roles may also fall under probationary job cuts

(Newser) - The CDC didn't just lose webpages . Nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—roughly one-tenth of the agency's workforce—are being forced out under the Trump administration's move to get rid of all probationary employees. The Atlanta-based agency's leadership was...

Judge Orders CDC, FDA to Restore Scrubbed Web Pages

Official calls situation 'a double waste' due to time spent needlessly

(Newser) - Part of the Trump administration's purge of the federal government included the removal of thousands of web pages . Now, some of them might be coming back. A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration to put some websites...

CDC: Louisiana Patient Has First Severe Bird Flu Case in US
First Bird Flu Death
Reported in US
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Jan 6, 2025 5:08 PM CST

First Bird Flu Death Reported in US

Louisiana patient was hospitalized last month

(Newser) - A patient hospitalized in Louisiana last month with severe illness caused by bird flu has become the first person in the US to die from H5N1. The Louisiana Department of Health reported the death Monday, saying the person "was over the age of 65 and was reported to have...

With Bird Flu, Key 'Sits in the Lock' for Humans

CDC says mutations in Louisiana patient with the virus are 'concerning but not a cause for alarm'

(Newser) - A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the nation's first severe case of the illness, the CDC said this week. Scientists believe the mutations may allow the virus to better bind to receptors in the upper airways of humans—something they...

Whooping Cough in US Hits a 10-Year High

Waning vaccination protection is one reason, experts say

(Newser) - The number of whooping cough cases in the US so far in 2024 is more than 32,000, the highest in a decade, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show. As many cases of pertussis, as it's also known, were reported in the 12 weeks before Dec. 14...

In the Last Week, Flu Has 'Exploded' Across US

This year's season is in full swing, per the CDC

(Newser) - The US flu season is underway, with cases surging across much of the country, health officials said Friday. The AP reports that the CDC noted sharp increases in several measures, including lab tests and emergency room visits. "It's been increasing at a pretty steady pace now for the...

In This State, First Confirmed US Case of Bird Flu in Kids

The child has mild symptoms and is recovering

(Newser) - Health officials on Friday confirmed bird flu in a California child—the first reported case in a US minor. The child had mild symptoms, was treated with antiviral medication, and is recovering, the CDC said in announcing the test results, per the AP . State officials have said the child attends...

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