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Una nueva carta publicada para el panel asesor de vacunas del CDC añade un foco explícito en la seguridad de las vacunas después de que un juez suspendiera la mayoría de los nombramientos de la administración Trump para el comité.

Un nuevo estudio destacado por Medical Xpress señala que las infecciones por VIH podrían aumentar un 10% si termina la financiación del CDC de Estados Unidos para programas locales de pruebas, subrayando lo estrechamente vinculados que siguen diagnóstico, tratamiento y prevención.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has renewed and revised the charter for the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee in a way that appears to broaden his authority over who can serve on the panel.

With nearly 1,000 confirmed measles cases in 2026 spread across close to half of U.S. states, public health officials are sounding the alarm about a broader crisis. Declining vaccination rates could open the door to resurgences of mumps, hepatitis B, and other diseases once thought conquered.

The CDC has had a Senate-confirmed director for just 28 days during the current administration, even as Congress passes its first bipartisan health care legislation in over three years. A look at the leadership vacuum, policy progress, and regulatory flashpoints shaping Washington health policy.

The World Health Organization has called a CDC-funded $1.6 million trial in Guinea-Bissau unethical, saying it would withhold a proven life-saving vaccine from newborns in a country where 1 in 5 people carry hepatitis B.