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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listens as President Donald Trump speaks during an event about healthcare in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday Sept. 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

CDC vaccine recommendations are at a standstill, and unanswered questions are piling up

September 25, 2026 at 8:22 a.m.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s crusade to upend vaccine policy and the legal action opposing it have disrupted longstanding systems that deliver crucial health guidance to Americans.

FILE – Dr. Jessica Early holds a vial of the combination measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at Prisma Health Pediatrics in Greer, S.C., March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File)

A fourth measles death is reported in Pennsylvania

September 15, 2026 at 4:49 p.m.

Pennsylvania officials have reported a fourth measles-associated death. The latest death involved an 18-year-old resident of Mifflin County in the center of the state.

A sign is seen outside a clinic with the South Plains Public Health District Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Brownfield, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Pennsylvania reports first 2 measles deaths in the US this year, both people unvaccinated

August 25, 2026 at 3:59 p.m.

Two unvaccinated people have died of measles in Pennsylvania, marking the first US deaths this year as the country grapples with the largest outbreak of the disease in three decades.

US school vaccination rates inch down yet again and exemptions reach record high

August 17, 2026 at 5:22 p.m.

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Monday.

FILE – This undated photo taken through a microscope provided by the CDC shows Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts found in a fresh stool sample which had been prepared with a formalin solution and stained with safranin. (CDC via AP, File)

15 states now linked to iceberg lettuce cyclospora outbreak, CDC says

August 5, 2026 at 4:43 p.m.

Cyclospora cases have been reported in at least 47 states this year, and investigators have continued to probe how many could be linked to a common contaminated source.

Erica Schwartz testifies during a Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions committee confirmation hearing to be the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Senate confirms Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director, bringing new leadership to troubled agency

August 5, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, placing her in charge of a public health agency beleaguered by political...

State officials said Monday an outbreak of cyclosporiasis that has sickened more than 2,600 Michigan residents is believed to have originated with infected lettuce or salad greens. (Dreamstime/Dreamstime/TNS)

As cyclospora illnesses surge to a record, Michigan officials eye lettuce as a possible cause

July 14, 2026 at 4:27 p.m.

State officials said Monday an outbreak of cyclosporiasis that has sickened more than 2,600 Michigan residents is believed to have originated with infected lettuce or salad greens.

This undated photo taken through a microscope provided by the CDC shows Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts found in a fresh stool sample which had been prepared with a formalin solution and stained with safranin. (CDC via AP)

What is cyclospora? More than 1,000 confirmed cases from diarrhea-causing parasite.

July 8, 2026 at 9:07 p.m.

Michigan is experiencing its largest outbreak of a parasitic infection that causes severe diarrhea.

FILE – A sign for flu & COVID-19 vaccines is displayed outside a CVS store in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)

COVID-19 vaccine study that was blocked from CDC journal is published elsewhere

June 23, 2026 at 6:09 p.m.

A study on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness has finally been published after being blocked from a government health journal.

The MV Hondius cruise ship arrives at the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)

Quarantine comes to an end for the last of the hantavirus ship passengers in Nebraska

June 22, 2026 at 3:33 p.m.

The last eight American passengers who endured 42 days in a specialized hospital quarantine unit after exposure to an unusual hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship that killed three people...

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