The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States.
The agency says labs should accelerate testing on patients hospitalized with the flu within 24 hours of their admission.
President Trump last week issued an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from WHO, but that did not take immediate effect. Leaving WHO requires the approval of Congress and that the U.S. meets its financial obligations for the current fiscal year. The U.S. also must provide a one-year notice.
Hospitals rely on the CDC’s weekly update to prepare for ... director of the Center for Health Policy Research at George Washington University. “It can be a situation where the flu is slowing ...
A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state healt
President Donald Trump signed an executive order beginning the year-long process to leave the World Health Organization on his first day in office.
The Trump administration told federal public health agencies like the CDC that they are not to communicate health messages for now. The hold includes memos, reports, online posts, website updates and other forms of communication. Scientific meetings were also canceled for the time being, including of advisory panels.
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The covid wave this winter is less severe compared with previous years, with hospitalization rates down and wastewater levels lower.
Kennedy Jr., President Trump's pick for health secretary, has falsely linked vaccines to autism and argued people should have separate vaccination schedules based on their race.
There is a bird flu vaccine, and a federal stockpile holds several million doses, per The New York Times. However, Kennedy, who has been an outspoken vaccine critic, previously said on X that the bird flu vaccines “appear to be dangerous.” Basically, if a bird flu vaccine is needed, there are concerns that people will actually have access to it.
The memo comes after Trump, in addition to dozens of other executive orders, pulled the U.S out of the WHO last week.