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Amid worst U.S. flu season in decades, RFK Jr.–led CDC pulls vaccine campaign
Yes, seasonal flu shots are still available, and no, it’s not too late to get yours. But you’d be forgiven for being confused, because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has halted one of its educational flu vaccine campaigns.
RFK Jr.-led CDC kills flu shot campaign, cancels major vaccination conference
Under Kennedy’s leadership, the CDC pulled the plug on its “Wild to Mild initiative” —  which was aimed at encouraging high-risk folks to get vaxxed — Wednesday as one of worst flu seasons in
CDC: Flu season worst in a decade
The current flu season is shaping up to be the worst in a decade. So far, there have been at least 29 million illnesses and 370,000 hospitalizations related to the flu -- the most since the 2015-2016 season, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly flu report .
CDC Halts Successful Flu Vaccination Campaign, Sparking Health Concerns
The CDC has terminated a successful flu vaccination campaign educating the public on the efficacy and benefits of flu vaccines, according to a report from NPR.
CDC axes its flu vaccination campaign
We're smack dab in the middle of one of the worse flu seasons in the last two decades, where at least 24 million Americans-and counting-have caught the flu. WastewaterSCAN reports that the majority of sites across the country are measuring "high" for Influenza A (as well as for SARS-CoV-2 and RSV,
CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks
Trump administration has taken actions to dismantle established public health infrastructure as part of its second-term ...
Flu activity 'elevated' in US but showing signs of abating, CDC data shows
Flu activity remains "elevated" in the U.S. but is starting to show signs of abating, according to new CDC data published ...
Urgent CDC data and analyses on influenza and bird flu go missing as outbreaks escalate
Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick ...
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Virologist sounds alarm on aggressive flu season, avian influenza and CDC cuts
Dr. Angela Rasmussen, a virologist and professor at the University of Saskatchewan, told "The Gee and Ursula Show" on KIRO ...
Deadly flu season: CDC reports more deaths from flu than COVID in recent weekly data
Weekly numbers show that 2% of U.S. deaths for week 5 were due to the flu. COVID was responsible for 1.5% of deaths in the ...
US bird flu outbreak concerns continue as health agencies face cuts and information delays
An ongoing avian influenza outbreak in the US shows no signs of abating, as thousands of staff at the nation's leading health and science agencies have been cut.Under Trump administration ...
Cases of bird flu may be undetected in South Carolina
One of those workers cared for cattle in South Carolina and Georgia. There have been no reports of cattle infected with bird ...
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Everyone's sick this winter. What’s up with flu, norovirus, RSV and COVID?
The CDC estimates that there have been at least 29 million flu infections so far this season, through Feb. 8, including 370,000 hospitalizations and 16,000 deaths. More:Flu has officially hit a ...