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News Articles: Public Health

South Carolina State Rep. Rosalyn Henderson-Myers (D-Spartanburg) stands outside a mobile clinic offering free measles vaccinations on Friday in Spartanburg, S.C. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn't issued a health alert related to the measles outbreak there.

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  • Health

A drop in CDC health alerts leaves doctors 'flying blind'

Doctors and public health officials are concerned about the drop in health alerts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since President Trump returned for a second term.

February 06, 2026
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By:
  • Rob Stein
Georgia Public Health Commissioner Kathleen Toomey speaks August 20 at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. (Rebecca Grapevine / Healthbeat)

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  • Health

Amid funding threats, nearby measles, and vaccine changes, Ga. public health board hasn’t met in months

As the federal government makes major changes to food and vaccine policy, public health funding to states is in question, and a neighbor state battles measles, Georgia's Department of Public Health hasn't met since September.

January 13, 2026
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By:
  • Rebecca Grapevine and
  • Healthbeat
A child receives an immunization at a Florida pediatrician's office in Sept. 2025.

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  • Health

Flu shot recommendation for kids dropped just as the illness rages

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its advice that kids get an annual flu shot at a time when flu cases and hospitalizations are surging.

January 12, 2026
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By:
  • Rob Stein
A bandage is seen on a child's arm after she received a COVID vaccine on November 3, 2021 in Shoreline, Washington.

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  • Health

The CDC just sidelined these childhood vaccines. Here's what they prevent

The childhood vaccines that the CDC is dropping from the recommended scheduled have successfully beat back illness and death in children from rotavirus, hepatitis and other pathogens.

January 09, 2026
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By:
  • Arthur Allen and
  • Jackie Fortiér
Volunteers at Metro RESA assemble opioid overdose kits in white, metal boxes

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  • News

Volunteers assemble thousands of opioid overdose kits for schools across Georgia

Every school in the state and most government buildings will have naloxone readily available in compliance with recent legislation.

January 09, 2026
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
The Medically Vulnerable People (MVP) shelter in Sandy, Utah, is a remodeled two-story brick hotel. It serves people ages 62 and older, as well as people with health conditions that make it hard to live in a typical homeless shelter.

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  • Health

More seniors are becoming homeless. Shelters are trying to adapt

Older adults are the fastest-growing homeless population across the U.S. Now some shelters are trying to make it easier to accommodate older people.

January 06, 2026
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By:
  • Aaron Bolton
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has developed a new vaccine schedule that would reduce the number of routine vaccinations for all kids.

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  • Health

Health officials slash the number of vaccines recommended for all kids

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the number of vaccines recommended for all children. The action follows a presidential memorandum ordering a review of the U.S. schedule.

January 05, 2026
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By:
  • Pien Huang and
  • Rob Stein
Marilyn Vargas, who supports a household of six, gathers food donations at a pop-up food pantry held outside the Easthampton Community Center in Easthampton, Massachusetts.

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  • Health

In the U.S., hunger is often hidden. But it can still leave scars on body and mind

In the U.S., hunger is often hidden away. It looks nothing like the stereotype of a famine happening overseas. But the physical impacts on health and the psychological scars can last a lifetime.

January 05, 2026
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By:
  • Karen Brown
Admiral Rachel L. Levine, pictured at HHS headquarters last year, led the Public Health Corps during the Biden administration. Her official portrait was changed during the government shutdown to her previous name.

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  • Health

HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait

Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.

December 05, 2025
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Members of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) are seen during a meeting at CDC headquarters on December 4, 2025 in Atlanta, Ga.

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  • Health

CDC advisers vote to overturn decades-long policy on hepatitis B vaccine for infants

In a controversial move, the vaccine advisory group reversed a recommendations for universal immunizing of newborns intended to protect them from a virus that attacks the liver.

December 05, 2025
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By:
  • Pien Huang,
  • Rob Stein,
  • and 1 more
Dr. Robert Malone speaks during a meeting of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at CDC Headquarters on December 4, 2025 in Atlanta, Ga.

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  • Health

CDC advisers delay planned vote on hepatitis B vaccine for infants

After a contentious discussion, the vaccine advisory group pushed the vote to Friday to give members time to study the language of proposed changes longstanding policy on the shots.

December 04, 2025
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By:
  • Pien Huang
A child gets immunized at a Florida pediatrician's office in September.

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  • Health

CDC's vaccine advisers are likely to make a controversial change to long-used vaccine

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control Prevention will scrutinize the childhood vaccine schedule and may start to upend it.

December 04, 2025
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By:
  • Rob Stein and
  • Pien Huang
The George Rogers Clark Memorial bridge crosses the Ohio River to Louisville, Kentucky.

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  • Health

More cities are seeing PFAS pollution in drinking water. Here's what Louisville found

Workers at the drinking water plant in Louisville, Ky. saw a sudden spike in the level of a 'forever chemical.' They traced it up the Ohio River to a factory embroiled in a pollution lawsuit. 

November 30, 2025
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By:
  • Morgan Watkins
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  • Health

SNAP was restored, but many indigenous Americans still struggle with food insecurity

During the government shutdown, disruptions in food aid rippled across reservations. Both residents and tribal officials had to make tough choices, and are still feeling the financial impacts.

November 30, 2025
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By:
  • Aaron Bolton
Food and Drug Administration officials say they are going to scrutinize vaccines more stringently.

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  • Health

FDA to raise hurdles for vaccines, faulting COVID shots for 10 kids' deaths

Food and Drug Administration officials say they will ratchet up requirements for vaccine studies, citing concerns about COVID shots for kids. But public health experts question the agency's analysis.

November 29, 2025
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By:
  • Rob Stein and
  • Sydney Lupkin
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