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Faye Flam: CDC’s top priority has to be rebuilding public trust

COVID-19 was already spreading widely around the world in February and early March of 2020 — well before many Americans had gotten the message that the disease was something to take seriously. Now, the New York Times has reported that staffers at the disease intelligence service at the Centers for…

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Man who threatened to kill CDC head pleads guilty to charges

A Mississippi man who threatened to kill Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky has pleaded guilty to making threats in interstate commerce

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Post-pandemic, CDC faces ‘uphill battle’ for backing in new Congress

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Post-pandemic, CDC faces ‘uphill battle’ for backing in new Congress

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky wants to overhaul the agency but needs Congress' help. And she is losing key allies.

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Tips to keep you and your family safe from the tripledemic during the holidays

NPR asked a handful of public health experts how to approach a holiday season with not one but three respiratory pathogens helping fill hospitals: COVID, the flu and RSV.

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Authorities are urging indoor masking in major cities as the 'tripledemic' rages

The CDC is advising people to practice indoor masking in nearly a tenth of U.S. counties, as three highly contagious respiratory viruses sweep the country.

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Florida’s surgeon general repeats opposition to COVID vaccines

As federal health officials embark on a campaign this week to get more Americans boosted for COVID, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is digging in on social media on an earlier claim that the mRNA vaccines are unsafe and linked to deaths from myocarditis.

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CDC head asks for COVID-19 funding, data as Hill interest fades

WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is running out of ways to be creative with its limited pandemic funds and needs more flexibility from Congress, Director Rochelle Walensky told CQ Roll Call in an exclusive interview Wednesday.

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CDC head asks for COVID-19 funding, data as Hill interest fades - Roll Call

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky says her agency needs more authority to gather data to fight public health threats such as COVID-19, mpox.

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Much of the CDC is working remotely. That could make changing the agency difficult

ATLANTA — Earlier this year, top leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began a monumental task: turning the sprawling, labyrinthine organization known for its highly specialized, academically focused scientific research into a sleek, flexible public health response agency primed to serve the American public. It’s an attempt…

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Twitter was a pandemic haven for people with disabilities. Elon Musk’s purchase has them worried

PHILADELPHIA — Fear of COVID-19 never ended for Heather Kerstetter.

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Thanksgiving kicked off a COVID surge, and it's slamming U.S. hospitals already battling the tripledemic: ‘It’s the perfect storm for a terrible holiday season’

Residents of nearly 6% of U.S. counties should mask up due to high levels of COVID hospital admissions, CDC head Dr. Rochelle Walensky said, in addition to those who travel by plane, train, or bus.

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COVID hospitalizations are rising in kids under 6 months, CDC Director Walensky says

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CDC director tests positive for COVID again

The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tested positive again for COVID-19

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CDC director Rochelle Walensky tests positive for COVID-19

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing “mild symptoms,” the agency said in a statement Saturday.

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CDC director Dr Rochelle Walensky tests positive for Covid-19 with mild symptoms

The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tested positive for COVID-19

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CDC director tests positive for COVID-19, has mild symptoms

The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tested positive for COVID-19

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US experiencing ‘steep rise’ in flu activity amid low vaccination rates, CDC warns

Texas and Georgia have already seen high levels of influenza

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Monkeypox response relies on trade-offs without federal aid

WASHINGTON — The lack of spending for monkeypox in the temporary government spending bill moving through Congress means that states will have to take a patchwork approach to paying for the ongoing public health crisis in the short term, the Biden administration said Wednesday.

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Vaccine appears to protect against monkeypox, CDC says

U.S. public health officials say at-risk people who have received just one dose of the monkeypox vaccine have appeared to be significantly less likely to get sick from the virus

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Monkeypox response relies on trade-offs without federal aid - Roll Call

For now, states will have to take a patchwork approach to paying for the ongoing public health crisis, Biden administration officials said.

Los Angeles Times

Riverside County reports its first MPX case in a child under 10

Riverside County, California, has reported its first pediatric case of MPX, in a child under 10 years old.

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White House Covid adviser causes a stir by saying ‘God gave us two arms’ for flu shot and Covid booster

‘We are moving to a point where a single annual Covid shot should provide a high degree of protection against serious illness all year’ said White House Covid adviser Dr Ashish Jha

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Meet Mary Wakefield, the nurse administrator tasked with revamping the CDC

It’s been a rough couple of years for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Facing a barrage of criticism for repeatedly mishandling its response to the COVID-19 pandemic and more recently monkeypox, the agency has acknowledged it failed and needs to change.

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Top U.S. health officials say COVID vaccines will likely become annual like flu shots

They said vulnerable groups of people still may have to get more frequent coronavirus shots.

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