The U.S. has confirmed 2,318 measles cases as of July 23, already ahead of the 2,289 cases reported in the full 2025 calendar year, CDC data shows. Ninety-three percent of this year’s cases are tied to an outbreak, and 35…
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As the CDC investigates clusters of cyclosporiasis cases, including one multistate outbreak affecting nine states linked to iceberg lettuce, some hospital laboratories are operating 24/7 to match the outbreak’s pace. Between May 1 and July 27, the CDC has confirmed…
President Donald Trump has repeatedly pushed HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reduce the number of shots on the childhood vaccine schedule, The Wall Street Journal reported July 27. President Trump reportedly steers nearly every conversation with his health…
Federal funding cuts to the CDC’s FoodNet program have weakened the U.S. system for detecting foodborne illness outbreaks, according to food safety experts cited in a July 27 KFF Health News report published by CBS News. The changes come as…
The Democratic Republic of Congo Ebola outbreak is set to become the second-largest on record within days, Bloomberg reported July 26. Here is what to know. 1. In the past week, health officials reported 856 new confirmed infections, and total…
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HHS has rewritten the governing charters for the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines and the National Vaccine Advisory Committee. The ACCV charter, filed July 21, removes the standalone designated federal officer section that appeared in the previous version, which specified…
The FDA has added a new cyclospora outbreak of at least 72 cases to its active investigations table. The July 22 listing marks the agency’s fifth active cyclospora investigation of the season. The new cluster comes amid what’s now the…
The Democratic Republic of Congo has now reported more than 1,033 confirmed Ebola deaths 67 days after it was declared an outbreak. This outbreak is killing more people at a greater rate compared to any outbreak on record, ABC News…
The U.S. has already logged more measles cases in 2026 than it did in all of 2025, CDC data shows. Five things to know:
In the nation’s largest outbreak of cyclosporiasis, the CDC has reported 4,940 lab-confirmed and 341 hospitalizations across 41 states, according to a July 21 update. Between May 1 and July 20, the federal health agency reported 4,173 domestic cases and…