Nation Jul 24 The U.S. fertility rate reached a new low in 2024, CDC data shows New federal data shows the fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman.
Health Jun 26 RFK Jr.'s vaccine committee endorses flu shots, except those with preservative thimerosal The Trump administration’s new vaccine advisers on Thursday endorsed this fall’s flu vaccinations for just about every American but threw in a twist: Only use certain shots free of an ingredient antivaccine groups have falsely tied to autism.
Health Jun 25 WATCH: CDC vaccine panel holds meeting after RFK Jr. ousts and replaces expert former members U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers alarmed pediatricians Wednesday by announcing inquiries into some long-settled questions about children’s shots.
Health Jun 11 RFK Jr. names 8 vaccine panel replacements, including a critic of COVID vaccines Kennedy’s decision to “retire” the previous 17-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices was widely decried by doctors’ groups and public health organizations, who feared the advisers would be replaced by a group aligned with Kennedy’s desire to reassess — and…
Health May 30 CDC removes language that says healthy kids and pregnant women should get COVID shots The nation's top public health agency posted new recommendations that say healthy children and pregnant women may get COVID-19 vaccinations, removing stronger language that those groups should get the shots.
Nation May 27 Kennedy says government no longer recommends COVID vaccines for healthy children and pregnant women U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says COVID-19 vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women.
Health May 19 The U.S. hasn't seen a human bird flu case in 3 months. Experts are wondering why Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of new human cases have stopped.
Nation May 14 U.S. overdose deaths fell by 27% last year — the largest one-year decline ever recorded Annual overdose deaths are still higher than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, says the CDC, which has been collecting comparable data for 45 years.
Health May 02 216 children have died from flu this season, CDC reports More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a federal report released Friday.
Health Apr 10 CDC officials start planning for the splintering of their agency Several parts of CDC — mostly those devoted to health threats that aren't infectious — are being spun off into the soon-to-be-created Administration for a Healthy America, the agency official told senior leaders in calls and meetings.