Opinion
CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks
Trump administration has taken actions to dismantle established public health infrastructure as part of its second-term agenda.
Urgent CDC data and analyses on influenza and bird flu go missing as outbreaks escalate
Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick ...
Trump moves hamper bird flu response as egg prices spike
The Trump administration’s efforts to impose its will on the federal workforce through mass firings, funding freezes and ...
Texas measles outbreak up to 58: Which states have reported measles cases in 2025? See map
As Texas continues to battle a growing measles outbreak largely among its unvaccinated children, six other states have ...
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Health commissioner: Communication with CDC ‘halted completely’ in first weeks of Trump term
The city’s line of communication with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was severed in the first weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to Health Commissioner Michelle ...
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Bird Flu Looms as Trump’s Mass Firings Unleash Chaos at Public Health Agencies
Trump and RFK Jr. have moved to fire thousands of highly trained employees at the CDC and other agencies since Friday.
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8,000 pregnant women may die in just 90 days because of US aid cuts
Trump says he wants to make IVF more accessible, but his administration’s other actions are putting reproductive freedom at ...
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Egg prices hit record high in Maryland amid bird flu outbreak
The average cost of a dozen large Grade A eggs was $4.95 for customers last month, beating the last record set in 2023 by 13 ...