The American Academy of Pediatrics released its 2026 immunization schedule Jan. 26, breaking from the CDC for the first time in 30 years and heightening a legal and public health standoff over childhood vaccine policy. The move follows the CDC’s…
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Flu activity has declined nationwide for the third consecutive week, new CDC data shows. While hospitalizations, emergency department visits and test positivity rates are trending downward overall, the virus continues to strain pediatric care. Children are experiencing the highest flu…
The date for the U.S. to exit the World Health Organization has arrived, but the timeline for the completion of the withdrawal remains unclear. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Jan. 20, 2025, to withdraw the U.S. from the…
The American Academy of Pediatrics and several other medical groups have asked a federal judge to declare recent changes to the CDC’s childhood immunization schedule unlawful, arguing HHS bypassed the scientific review and public input processes required by law. The…
About a year after West Texas reported a large measles outbreak, South Carolina has the most measles cases of any U.S. state so far in 2026. The state’s health department is counting 646 cases as of Jan. 20. Most cases…
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The influenza positivity rate in the U.S. fell to 18.6% during the week ending Jan. 10, down from 24.7% the previous week. At the same time, the deaths attributed to influenza rose to 2.1% from 1.9%, according to CDC data…
More than half of U.S. counties have seen a steady increase in vaccine exemptions for religious or personal beliefs among kindergartners in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new analysis led by NBC News and Stanford (Calif.)…
U.S. overdose deaths declined in 2025, though at a slower pace than the previous year, according to CDC data released Jan. 14. The data comes as HHS is reversing more than $2 billion in cuts to federal grants supporting mental…
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has appointed two new members to the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a group he has been reshaping since June. The new ACIP members are Adam Urato, MD, and Kimberly Biss, MD, who are…
As of Jan. 6, the CDC has confirmed 2,147 measles cases in 2025 and 2026, with North Carolina and South Carolina reporting the latest cases amid dozens of outbreaks across the U.S. The U.S. achieved measles elimination status in 2020,…