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CDC news: Upheaval at the Centers for Disease Control as Director Susan Monarez is fired and top officials resign. HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. is extending his control over vaccines and health policy.

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First Opinion Charles J. Lockwood, Robert C. Gallo, and Sten H. Vermund

How the next CDC director can win back America’s trust

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7 big challenges for the next CDC director

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STAT Plus: CDC leadership in limbo as Trump administration set to miss deadline to nominate director

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STAT Plus: Bhattacharya addresses CDC director role, works to bolster staff morale in first all-hands meeting

D.C. Diagnosis John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: How will Trump handle the CDC and ACIP?

Politics Rick Berke and Daniel Payne

STAT Plus: Inside the delicate, high-stakes search for a new CDC director

Politics Chelsea Cirruzzo

STAT Plus: ACIP conflict is test of Trump’s support for RFK Jr.’s vaccine policy overhaul

D.C. Diagnosis John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: Judge deals blow to RFK Jr.’s vaccine reforms

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D.C. Diagnosis John Wilkerson

STAT Plus: TrumpRx’s slow start

Politics Chelsea Cirruzzo

Kennedy announces new vaccine advisory committee members after meeting rescheduled

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Politics Helen Branswell

Ralph Abraham, No. 2 official at CDC, abruptly steps down

Politics Chelsea Cirruzzo

STAT Plus: 5 key people to watch at HHS after Trump’s shake-up

Politics Chelsea Cirruzzo and Anil Oza

STAT Plus: NIH Director Bhattacharya to lead CDC after O’Neill’s exit

Health Chelsea Cirruzzo

Upcoming meeting of federal vaccine panel postponed after HHS missed deadlines

First Opinion Sharon Gilmartin

How public health saved the CDC Injury Center

Health Chelsea Cirruzzo

Major shakeup underway at HHS as White House braces for midterms

First Opinion Robert B. Shpiner

America’s disease surveillance system is going dark. Here’s what we can build to replace it

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: As U.S. officials move to reduce animal testing in research, focus may shift to restrictions on imports

Health Helen Branswell

Public health giant William Foege, who helped eradicate smallpox, has died at 89

Politics Chelsea Cirruzzo

CDC pauses, then unpauses billions in public health infrastructure grants to states

Health Chelsea Cirruzzo, Helen Branswell, and Daniel Payne

Top CDC vaccine adviser questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations

Health Helen Branswell

Senior CDC official: Loss of measles elimination status in U.S. would be ‘cost of doing business’

Politics John Wilkerson and Daniel Payne

STAT Plus: What’s in Congress’ sweeping health care deal: PBM reform, telehealth, science funding

Health Daniel Payne

Hospitals and doctors are ignoring RFK Jr.’s new vaccine schedule and relying on pediatricians’ guidance instead

Health Associated Press

U.S. overdose deaths fell through most of 2025, federal data reveals

Health Daniel Payne and Lizzy Lawrence

Kennedy adds two OB-GYNs to vaccine advisory panel amid review of shots for pregnant women

Health Isabella Cueto

New vaccine schedule adds near- and long-term risks for children, experts warn

Politics Chelsea Cirruzzo and Helen Branswell

Federal health officials slash recommended childhood vaccinations under Trump’s directive

Health Helen Branswell

3 issues to watch in public health in 2026