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News Articles: Public Health

Employees at the National Institutes of Health are among those at several health agencies who received termination letters this past weekend as part of the Trump administration's push to cut federal employees.

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  • Health

Health agencies lose staff members in key areas as Trump firings set in

As the dust settles from the first wave of firings at health agencies, here's how many people got cut and the impact of the roles that were lost.

February 18, 2025
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By:
  • Will Stone and
  • Pien Huang
As Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sweeping authority over the country's immunization policies. During confirmation hearings, he clashed with Senate Democrats over his stance on vaccines.

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  • Health

How changes to a CDC vaccine panel under Kennedy could reshape policy

A committee of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is critical in setting national vaccine policy. It's also vulnerable to political interference.

February 16, 2025
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By:
  • Pien Huang
Layoffs started Friday at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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  • Health

Staff at CDC and NIH are reeling as Trump administration cuts workforce

As many as 1,300 probationary employees at CDC and 1,500 at NIH are losing their jobs. Many fear for the future of public health and scientific research.

February 15, 2025
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By:
  • Will Stone,
  • Pien Huang,
  • and 1 more
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is a survivor of childhood polio and was the only Senate Republican who opposed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leading the Department of Health and Human Services.

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  • Health

Why Mitch McConnell voted against RFK Jr. for health secretary

A survivor of childhood polio, Sen. Mitch McConnell was the only Republican in the Senate to vote no. Here's how he explained his vote.

February 13, 2025
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By:
  • Carmel Wroth
In this photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a lactating dairy cow stands in a pen after inoculation against bird flu at the National Animal Disease Center research facility in Ames, Iowa, on Monday, July 29, 2024.

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  • Health

After delay, CDC releases data signaling bird flu spread undetected in cows and people

After going quiet on bird flu, CDC scientists have published a report on its spread among veterinarians. The findings suggest a need for better surveillance.

February 13, 2025
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By:
  • Will Stone
The waiting room at Alamo Women's Reproductive Services emptied the day the Supreme Court overturned <em>Roe v. Wade, </em>making it certain abortion would become illegal in Texas. The state is among nearly a dozen with laws criminalizing abortion that report zero or only a handful of abortions in 2023.

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  • Health

Some red states report zero abortions. Doctors and researchers say it's not true

The reports are from 2023, in states where abortion is banned. They contradict what doctors and researchers say is happening on the ground, raising concerns about data integrity.

February 13, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Varney
A federal judge ordered pages that were deleted from websites of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal health agencies to be restored.

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  • Health

Judge orders restoration of federal health websites

The pages that are set to be revived include information for patients about HIV testing and HIV prevention medication, guidance on contraceptives and data on adolescent and youth mental health.

February 12, 2025
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By:
  • Will Stone
Sen. Ossoff

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  • Health

Sen. Ossoff and health experts warn public of risk to CDC under Trump administration

On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff held a virtual press conference with Georgia public health experts to express the importance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) following President Trump's executive order directing agencies to remove their websites and data with the CDC.

February 11, 2025
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By:
  • Ambria Burton
Measles kills thousands of children across the globe every year.

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  • Health

As measles cases rise, a new book warns parents not to underestimate the disease

As childhood vaccination rates drop in the U.S., outbreaks of measles are rising. In his new book, Booster Shots, Dr. Adam Ratner makes the case that this is a bad sign for public health.

February 11, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
A laboratory studying sickle cell disease at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Laboratory, at the National Institutes of Health on Feb. 8, 2024, in Bethesda, Md.

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  • Health

NIH announces new funding policy that rattles medical researchers

The National Institutes of Health has dramatically changed its grant-making terms by limiting how much it will disburse for costs such as equipment and administration.

February 09, 2025
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By:
  • Rob Stein
Groups that work to prevent sexual assault and support rape victims are facing funding delays.

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  • Health

Rape crisis centers see funding delays amid Trump administration spending upheaval

Groups addressing sexual violence report not getting expected payments from grants that they depend on to keep running.

February 07, 2025
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By:
  • Will Stone
Flu cases are rising again after briefly falling in January.

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  • Health

Flu cases rise again, while COVID takes a back seat

It's an unusual winter for respiratory illnesses. The flu is peaking twice: once in early January and again in February. Meanwhile, it's the mildest COVID winter since the pandemic began.

February 07, 2025
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By:
  • Rob Stein
Parts of the website for the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been altered and pages have been removed. Some data is back but scientists remain concerned about what's still missing.

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  • Health

Some federal health websites restored, others still down, after data purge

While some information has been restored, scientists are still alarmed over the removal of data. It's not clear what has changed, and some pages remain offline.

February 06, 2025
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By:
  • Will Stone and
  • Pien Huang
A worker moves crates of eggs on Jan. 11, 2024 at the Sunrise Farms processing plant in Petaluma, Calif., which has seen outbreaks of avian flu.

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  • Health

On the frontline against bird flu, egg farmers fear they're losing the battle

The tools the US used to contain previous bird flu outbreaks just aren't working this time, according to some agricultural experts. Some egg farmers have called for vaccinations for poultry.

February 02, 2025
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By:
  • Kate Wells
Webpages at the CDC and other health agencies went down on Friday.

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  • Health

Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies

Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.


January 31, 2025
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By:
  • Will Stone and
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
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