Flu deaths may have surpassed COVID deaths nationwide for first time since start of pandemic, early CDC data suggests
Partial CDC data suggest that influenza deaths may have already reached as high as 2% of deaths for the week ending on Feb. 1 ...
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 ...
Drug overdose deaths fall in 2023 for 1st time since pandemic began: CDC
Rates of drug overdose deaths decreased in the United States for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according ...
Skipping shots? CDC recommends vaccines for kids, adults. See what MS schools require
CDC holds that vaccines are a safe, effective way to protect your health and prevent the spread of flu, COVID, measles. What ...
Nature5d
Learn COVID pandemic lessons — before it’s too late
Five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, public weariness and irresponsible politics are hampering an effective ...
Pew Research Center11d
1. Americans’ views on COVID-19 risk and the country’s response to health emergencies
Five years after the pandemic began, Americans largely see COVID-19 through the rear-view mirror. Overall, they don’t feel ...
Flu surges, highest since COVID-19 pandemic, CDC says
Last year there were 207 pediatric deaths attributed to the flu, NBC News reported. The CDC said the number of cases is ...
The White House is making exactly the wrong moves to prevent the next pandemic
The U.S. will be seen as a pariah in the global community if it does not play a collaborative role in preventing the next ...
USA Today4d
Everyone's sick this winter. What’s up with flu, norovirus, RSV and COVID?
The CDC estimates that there have been at least ... than during the same timeframe in 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, the CDC estimated that the flu caused a total ...
STAT5d
Former CDC director: Two programs reportedly on the chopping block must be saved
Former CDC Director Tom Frieden warns that cutting the Public Health Associate Program and Laboratory Leadership Service ...