The CDC, which went through a gamut of leaders in 2025, could soon be led by either a Johns Hopkins Medicine cardiologist or a former Kentucky governor, according to reports from Bloomberg and The Washington Post. National Institutes of Health…
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In the last 55 years, the burden of cancer mortality has shifted from urban populations to rural communities, according to a study published March 19 in JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Researchers from the American Cancer Society analyzed…
A federal judge’s March 16 ruling blocking much of HHS’ recent vaccine policy overhaul is raising new questions about access to respiratory syncytial virus preventive shots for infants. In the decision, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts…
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ COVID-19 Immunization Workgroup has proposed three federal actions to address post-acute COVID-19 vaccination syndrome, or PACVS, a condition characterized by multisystem symptoms that persist for 12 or more weeks after vaccination, The New York…
A federal judge on March 16 blocked efforts by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to restructure U.S. childhood immunization policy and overhaul the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee. The court concluded the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices was unlawfully constituted…
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The rate of new measles cases is slowing in South Carolina, the hardest-hit state this year, but the U.S. is still on its way to surpass the 2025 case count by mid-2026. The CDC confirmed 2,284 measles cases in 2025,…
The White House has taken steps to assert tighter control over HHS amid leadership and messaging changes tied to concerns that department Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.’s focus on vaccine policy could pose political risks heading into the 2026 midterm elections,…
The FDA’s vaccine advisory committee has unanimously recommended updating the strains included in this fall’s flu vaccines, endorsing a new variant that emerged late in 2025 and quickly became dominant. On March 12, members of the Vaccine and Related Biological…
As measles continues spreading across the U.S. at a pace not seen in decades, physicians are warning about a rare but often fatal neurological complication that can emerge years after initial infection, KFF Health News reported March 13. Subacute sclerosing…
One in 3 Americans have made trade-offs —such as prolonging a prescription or skipping a meal —to afford healthcare, according to a March 12 article from Gallup. The insights come from surveys of 19,535 U.S. adults conducted by the West…