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A newly published charter for the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel adds an explicit focus on vaccine safety after a judge suspended most Trump administration appointments to the committee.

A new study highlighted by Medical Xpress says HIV infections could rise 10% if U.S. CDC funding for local testing programs ends, underscoring how closely diagnosis, treatment, and prevention remain linked.

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.