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Jim O'Neill
Politics

The new head of the CDC has no training in medicine and once helped Peter Thiel develop man-made islands floating outside U.S. territory

By Matthew Perrone and The Associated Press
August 29, 2025
Susan Monarez
Politics

Trump fires CDC head after one month on the job. Her lawyers say she ‘refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives’

By Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press
August 28, 2025
U.S. has already posted more measles cases than in any year since 1991 and 2025 is only half over
Health

U.S. has already posted more measles cases than in any year since 1991 and 2025 is only half over

By Devi Shastri and The Associated Press
July 10, 2025
RFK Jr. gesticulates in a hearing
Health

RFK Jr. and his new vaccine committee are obsessing over thimerosal, a preservative antivaxxers have falsely tied to autism despite zero evidence of causation

By Mike Stobbe, Lauran Neergaard and The Associated Press
June 26, 2025
RFK Jr.’s new CDC panel dominated by skeptics of Biden-era vaccine policies
Health

RFK Jr.’s new CDC panel dominated by skeptics of Biden-era vaccine policies

By Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press
June 12, 2025
Howard Dean: Slashing public health funding is a national security disaster in the making
Commentary

Howard Dean: Slashing public health funding is a national security disaster in the making

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June 10, 2025
RFK Jr. tosses all 17 members of CDC’s vaccine advisory committee
Health

RFK Jr. tosses all 17 members of CDC’s vaccine advisory committee

By Laura Ungar, Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
June 10, 2025
Woman sick in bed, coughing
Health

The new COVID strain, NB 1.8.1, is an Omicron variant. Here’s all you need to know

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May 27, 2025
RFK Jr. says COVID vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women
Lifestyle

RFK Jr. says COVID vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women

By Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press
May 27, 2025
Autism treatment is exploding across the U.S.— and now 1 in 31 kids are getting diagnosed
Health

Autism treatment is exploding across the U.S.— and now 1 in 31 kids are getting diagnosed

By Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press
April 15, 2025
Ex-official says he was forced out of FDA after trying to protect vaccine safety data from RFK Jr.
Health

Ex-official says he was forced out of FDA after trying to protect vaccine safety data from RFK Jr.

By The Associated Press and Matthew Perrone
April 7, 2025
David Weldon speaks into a microphone
Politics

David Weldon will not be the next CDC director. One senator says she was ‘deeply disturbed’ to hear Trump’s former nominee ‘repeat debunked claims about vaccines’

By Zeke Miller, Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press
March 13, 2025
CDC office entrance with a plant
Politics

‘Read this email immediately’: CDC calls 180 employees back to work 2 weeks after firing them

By Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press
March 5, 2025
A clinician administers a vaccine to a middle-aged man
Health

Amid worst U.S. flu season in decades, RFK Jr.–led CDC pulls vaccine campaign

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February 20, 2025
The CDC logo shown outside the company's Atlanta headquarters
Politics

Nearly 1,300 CDC employees are being forced out as Trump demands the agency rid itself of all probationary employees

By Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press
February 14, 2025

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