Federal health officials have identified a single supplier of the produce from Mexico that was served in Taco Bell restaurants in five states.

Trump's nominee faces the Senate health committee for her confirmation hearing on July 15. If confirmed, she will lead an agency dealing with workforce and leadership shortages and new layers of political review.

On the July 14 edition: With cyclosporiasis spreading across the U.S, the Georgia Department of Public Health is urging Georgians to take precautions; a Burke County sheriff has been indicted on extortion and gun charges; and new research from UGA shows the effects that childhood trauma can have on adulthood.

On the July 7th edition: The CDC tracks a foodborne parasite in Georgia and other states; A shark bites a teen off the Georgia coast; And Atlanta pushes for a new hospital in an underserved part of the city that works with existing hospitals. 

Two passengers from the cruise ship that had a hantavirus outbreak were blocked by the federal government from leaving the quarantine unit. One says she is being detained against her will.

The nomination comes after months of interim leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The federal government has not yet replaced the bullet-pocked windows that serve as a grim reminder of an attack at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention more than seven months ago.

Low morale, staff turnover and budget issues have sapped the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The administration is expected to soon name a new director, who will have their hands full.

Georgia physicians say navigating the overhaul of vaccine recommendations has been confusing for them and their patients. 

In a rebuke, a federal district court judge blocked the administration's reduction in the number of immunizations recommended for kids and also changes to an influential vaccine committee.

Anti-vaccine activists rally supporters to try to keep the momentum going on changing federal vaccine policies. This comes even as the White House tries to tamp down attention to the unpopular issue ahead of the midterm elections, and a powerful federal advisory committee plans to meet to consider even more moves.

It's been a year since mass firings began at the CDC, the federal public health agency. Then came a shooting, and the government shutdown. Atlanta is still feeling the economic and emotional effects.

A controversial federal vaccine advisory committee, which is scheduled to meet next week to discuss COVID-19 vaccine injuries and Long COVID has set a Thursday deadline for the public to submit comments.

A federal judge in Illinois quickly issued a restraining order after the Trump administration slashed more than $600 million in CDC grants to four blue states.

By the end of 2025, between a quarter to a third of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had been terminated.