centers for disease control and prevention

CDC shooter believed COVID vaccine was harmful; union says misinformation put staff at risk

By Susan Haigh, Associated Press

A Georgia man who had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal has been identified as the shooter who opened fire late Friday on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, killing a police officer.

Authorities identify suspect who opened fire at CDC in Atlanta, killing one police officer

By Jeff Amy, Associated Press

The shooter opened fire at the CDC headquarters from across the street, striking windows across the sprawling campus, mortally wounding the officer and littering the sidewalk outside a CVS pharmacy with bullet casings.

Suspect killed after shooting reported at Emory University near entrance to CDC, police say

By Jeff Amy, Associated Press

The incident took place near the entrance to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where the federal agency's employees say bullets struck the windows of several CDC buildings.

Mass layoffs at HHS were likely unlawful and must be halted, federal judge says

By Associated Press

“The executive branch does not have the authority to order, organize, or implement wholesale changes to the structure and function of the agencies created by Congress,” U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose wrote in a 58-page order handed down in U.S.

RFK Jr.’s vaccine committee endorses flu shots, except those with preservative thimerosal

By Mike Stobbe, Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press

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.

WATCH: CDC Director nominee Susan Monarez testifies in Senate confirmation hearing

By JoNel Aleccia, Associated Press

Monarez told senators Wednesday that she values vaccines, public health interventions and rigorous scientific evidence, but largely sidestepped questions about widespread cuts to the agency, elimination of programs and whether she disagreed with any of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy…

WATCH: CDC vaccine panel holds meeting after RFK Jr. ousts and replaces expert former members

By Mike Stobbe, Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press

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.

RFK Jr. names 8 vaccine panel replacements, including a critic of COVID vaccines

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

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…

Who is eligible for a COVID shot? What to know about the latest U.S. changes

By Laura Santhanam

The shift was a marked departure from previous FDA guidance, which recommended an annual COVID vaccine for everyone 6 months and older.

U.S. overdose deaths fell by 27% last year — the largest one-year decline ever recorded

By Mike Stobbe, Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

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.