7 big challenges for the next CDC director Whoever takes over the CDC next will face immediate and enormous challenges. Here are a few.

Finding someone to run #CDC who can both earn Sec. Kennedy's support AND get confirmed by the Senate seems to be proving to be a challenge. If/when that happens, the new director will have plenty of challenges of her/his own, including an angry staff. www.statnews.com/2026/03/30/c...

7 big challenges for the next CDC director Public health experts watching the leadership void at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been predicting for a while that finding someone to head the agency would be a Herculean task. In the first 15 months of the second Trump administration, the agency has had a Senate-confirmed director for a mere four weeks — Susan Monarez, who was fired last August in a clash over vaccination policy with health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Advertisement The administration had signaled it hoped to put forward a new nominee last week, but that didn’t happen. The director of the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya, is now running his own nearly $49 billion operation and serving as part-time head of the CDC, hundreds of miles away. If and when a new CDC director nominee is named, and if that individual manages to win confirmation from a Senate that is showing itself increasingly willing to dig in its heels on presidential appointments, the hard work will just be starting. Whoever takes over the Atlanta-based CDC will face immediate and enormous challenges. Here are a few: Advertisement Winning over an angry, distrusting staff There was a key moment in an all-hands meeting...

7 big challenges for the next CDC director
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Pensions Mutual is looking for trustees for its CDC scheme (by 2nd April) We Are Looking for Trustees As we move forward with the establishment of the Pensions Mutual Unconnected Multi-Employer CDC scheme we are looking for trustees to sit on the scheme Board.  We are pa…

Pensions Mutual is looking for trustees for its CDC scheme (by 2nd April) henrytapper.com/2026/03/30/p... Apply to be a trustee of the Pensions Mutual #CDC scheme.looking-for-trustees-for-its-cdc-scheme-by-2nd-april/

The board game Pandemic, set up for family game night.

A missed call from "CDC", marked as likely Spam.

Sat down to play Pandemic for family game night (kiddo's idea) and my phone rang with a call from the #CDC. I didn't answer, in part because it was marked as likely Spam. Odd timing to say the least.

(Also looked it up, probably a real survey from the CDC -- not spam)

CDC in Sierra Leone - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov) CDC’s global health security (GHS) work in Sierra Leone increases the country’s ability to detect, notify, and respond to disease outbreaks before they become global epidemics. CDC focuses on strengthening the country’s public health systems across surveillance, laboratory, workforce development, and emergency response. CDC provides expertise and support to MOH, NPHA, and other government institutions to strengthen GHS in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone launched NPHA in December 2023, enabled by CDC’s technical and financial support. NPHA serves as a central coordinating structure for public health functions. Disease surveillance CDC supported Sierra Leone’s development and implementation of a national electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response system. This includes a reporting system for priority diseases. CDC also supported the establishment of an electronic case-based disease surveillance information system (eCBDS) that reports case-level data. The eCBDS tracks epidemic-prone disease outbreaks and covers both COVID-19 and all epidemic-prone priority disease reporting. The electronic reporting system and eCBDS are key assets to Sierra Leone’s COVID-19 response. All districts now have established disease reporting structures for timely communication of potential disease outbreaks. Laboratory systems strengthening CDC has supported laboratory strengthening in Sierra Leone by training laboratory technicians and investing in the Central Public Health Reference Laboratory...

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🚨 JUST IN: Highly Mutated COVID-19 Variant BA.3.2 Detected in New York Reported 70–75 Spike Mutations, Potential Immune Escape

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#covid #cdc #nyc

The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish — ProPublica
#USA #HHS #CDC #PublicHealth #Vaccines #Polio #Measles #Rubella #Diphtheria
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CDC in Pakistan | Global Health - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov) Pakistan’s National Public Health Institute (NPHI) strengthens the country’s capabilities to detect and respond to health threats. NPHI partners with other institutes to focus on research, environmental and occupational health, nutrition, non-communicable diseases, and vaccines. CDC helped Pakistan complete the Joint External Evaluation (JEE) in 2016 and 2023. The JEE evaluates public health capacities to help countries understand gaps in their national health security and focus on closing them. CDC’s efforts help Pakistan increase capacities for disease surveillance, laboratory systems, workforce development, and emergency management and response. Disease surveillance CDC strengthens influenza surveillance in Pakistan through a cooperative agreement with the Pakistan NIH. Since 2004, five surveillance sites were established to conduct surveillance for influenza-like illness in outpatient settings. These sites also conduct surveillance for severe acute respiratory illness among hospitalized patients. Pakistan is the only country where extensively drug-resistant typhoid fever is regularly occurring. CDC works with local government, Field Epidemiology Training Program, and health security partners to expand surveillance for typhoid and waterborne diseases. The agency also enhances typhoid prevention and response efforts. CDC engages in several projects related to many bacterial diseases in Pakistan. Laboratory strengthening The Global Laboratory Leadership Program (GLLP) began its first phase in...

CDC in Pakistan | Global Health - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov)
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The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish — ProPublica projects.propublica.org/childhood-va...

#publichealth #vaccines #HHS #CDC #FDA

There's a massive measles vaccine campaign in Mexico. Is the public on board? With tens of thousands of suspected cases, the government is aiming for 2.5 million jabs a week. The response has been encouraging — but also worrisome.

There's a massive measles vaccine campaign in Mexico. Is the public on board?
#Infections #Britain #CDC #WHO #RFKjr #COVID19 #VirusCrisis #USA #Pandemic #DrAnthonyFauci #Testing #Mandates #Masks #Deaths #Vaccine #Variants #Measles
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What Really Happened to Dr. Timothy Cunningham? When a Promising Life Ends and the Answers Do Not Follow.

A brilliant CDC scientist vanished without a trace, then turned up in a river with answers that never matched the timeline. My new deep dive unpacks the contradictions around Dr Timothy Cunningham’s death.

#TimothyCunningham #UnsolvedCases #TrueCrime #CDC #Mystery

Utah measles outbreak grows to 486 cases as U.S. total approaches 1,600  | AHA News A measles outbreak in Utah is now at 486 cases, with 107 reported in the last three weeks, according to data from the state’s Department of Health and Human Services.

Utah measles outbreak grows to 486 cases as U.S. total approaches 1,600
#Infections #Britain #CDC #WHO #RFKjr #COVID19 #VirusCrisis #USA #Pandemic #DrAnthonyFauci #Testing #Mandates #Masks #Deaths #Vaccine #Variants #Measles
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CDC in Tanzania - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov) Tanzania has 54 official borders with eight different countries, including the African Great Lakes region. This geographic scope increases the country’s vulnerability to cross-border disease outbreaks and epidemic spread. CDC works closely with the Government of Tanzania and partners within the One CDC model, where expertise, programs, and platforms are leveraged to provide the most impactful health outcomes in the country. This collaboration ensures that the country is better prepared to prevent, detect, and respond to public health threats to improve the health and well-being of Tanzanians and prevent disease from reaching American shores. Health security systems Supports Tanzania to strengthen International Health Regulations core capacities to: Comprehensively prevent public health threats Rapidly detect public health threats Effectively respond to public health threats Successfully apply “All Hazards” contingency plans Disease surveillance CDC also supports strengthened disease surveillance activities including: Expansion of the electronic community and facility-based surveillance for detection of early warning alerts. Training the public health workforce, including district-level epidemiologists Strengthening of border health capabilities Enhanced laboratory testing for pathogens like Ebola and COVID-19 Establishment of national and subnational EOCs Workforce development CDC established FELTP in 2008. In 2016, Tanzania’s FELTP expanded to include three training programs for frontline,...

CDC in Tanzania - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov)
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Measles Outbreak: What the CDC Isn’t Telling You The CDC warns of a measles outbreak, but the public isn't buying the hype. Is it a real threat or a carefully crafted narrative?

Measles Outbreak: What the CDC Isn’t Telling You #MeaslesOutbreak #VaccinationAwareness #PublicHealth #CDC #HealthNews

🧪 #resistrfk #defendresearch #standupforscience #RFKJr #Vaccines #HHS #CDC #antivax

CDC in Georgia - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov) In 2023, Georgia was designated as a U.S. Intensive Support Partner Country for Health Security by the U.S. National Security Council. CDC's global health security work in Georgia focuses on providing support to strengthen the country's public health systems. CDC's focus areas in Georgia include: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) Pandemic respiratory threats Viral hepatitis Zoonotic diseases (including Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, poxviruses, and rabies), enteric diseases, and mycotic diseases Workforce development In 2022, the Georgia Ministry of Labor, Health, and Social Affairs requested CDC’s assistance to develop a public health workforce strategy and improve recruitment and retention over the next five years. CDC supports the training of public health professionals through three tiers of FETP (Advanced, Intermediate, and Frontline) to strengthen country workforce capacity, through a One Health approach, to identify and stop outbreaks before they spread. In 2021, CDC launched the Eastern Europe and South Caucasus Intermediate FETP with participants from Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, and Moldova. This effort has been built on the long history of regional FETP programming and use of the One Health approach, bringing together public, veterinary, and environmental health specialists. Emergency response Since 2020, CDC has trained responders in the Public Health Emergency...

CDC in Georgia - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov)
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ZOHRAN’S NEW YORK, Part 7: Mayor Mamdani’s pro-vaccination public health campaign.

ZOHRAN’S NEW YORK, Part 7: Mayor Mamdani’s pro-vaccination #publichealth campaign. CLICK here: open.substack.com/pub/publiche...
#ZohranMamdani #Zohran #Mamdani #NewYork #vaccines #vaccine #vaccination #RFKJr #HHS #Trumpadministration #DonaldTrump #CDC #PresidentTrump #conspiracy #public #health

Global Health Watch: Pandemic Treaty Tensions, Public Health Emergency, CDC Instability & Global Fund’s Role in Bilateral Health Deals Pandemic treaty negotiations ahead of the World Health Assembly in May show rising tensions, as countries push for equity in pathogen sharing, alongside the expansion of US bilateral health deals and ...

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Pandemic treaty tensions ahead of #WHA, calls to declare US policy shifts a PHEIC, expanding US bilateral health deals & the #GlobalFund’s evolving role, and deepening instability at the US #CDC.

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Severe infections may accelerate the development of dementia

Severe infections may accelerate the development of dementia www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...

#Alzheimers #dementia #health #publichealth #CDC #NIH

3. Conditions vary across the country, but most parts are out of the worst of the #flu season now. Last week's map (left) shows few states still engrossed. Compare that to a month ago. (right)
#CDC estimates about 23,000 people died from flu this season.
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1. A #flu update:
#CDC has learned of 8 more pediatric flu deaths, bringing this season's total to 123. That number will continue to rise; deaths are often reported on a delay.
Case in point: 2024-25's peds death total rose by 1 last week with a death from Feb '25 just reported.
~85% were not vaxed.

Measles Resurgence 2026: Navigating Strategies for Restoring MMR Vaccine Confidence The 2026 measles resurgence underscores the fragility of herd immunity and the need for empathetic, evidence-based vaccine counseling in clinics.

Measles Resurgence 2026: Navigating Strategies for Restoring MMR Vaccine Confidence
#Infections #Britain #CDC #WHO #RFKjr #COVID19 #VirusCrisis #USA #Pandemic #DrAnthonyFauci #Testing #Mandates #Masks #Deaths #Vaccine #Variants #Measles
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Kennedy’s Vaccine Agenda Hits Roadblocks, Diminishing His Clout

#RFKjr is a disaster as health secretary. The lunatics are running the asylum at #HHS. The rate good idea he comes up with is drowned in prejudices.
No wonder no respectable medical practitioneror scientist want to accept an appointment.
#Health #CDC #Vaccines
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At least your country didn't have ~25% of the world's #COVID deaths of 1.13 million Americans reportedly died according to the #CDC (Trump obviously tried to suppress many deaths by mortality certification reclassification & under reporting), of which the US only represents 4.3% of the world pop.

#Measles update: #CDC reports the confirmed case total this year to date is 1,575 — or 69% of the number of cases in the entirety of 2025. That's up 88 from last week. 94% of the cases are parts of outbreaks. There've been 16 new outbreaks in the US in 2026. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...

‘A Mass Disaster Nonstop’: Inside the Turmoil at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s C.D.C. Forty-three current and former C.D.C. employees on the changes they say are replacing science with ideology — and making Americans more vulnerable.

#Current and #former employees at the #CDC say Robert F. #Kennedy Jr. is replacing #science with #ideology and leaving Americans more vulnerable.

As RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine ways turn toxic to GOP, CDC director is hard to find https://arstechni.ca #robertfkennedyjr #Director #Health #CDC

Trump misses deadline for new CDC director nominee - Replaye The Trump administration has hit its legal limit for leaving the position of director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vacant after firing the sitting director last year. Former...

Trump misses deadline for new CDC director nominee
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CDC data suggest small decline in US TB cases After two years with spikes in activity, the Americas region is reporting a slight decline in confirmed cases of pertussis, or whopping cough, in 2025, according to the newest epidemiological update from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). In 2025, the countries of the region reported 46,870 cases, down from 66,184 cases in 2024. There was a sharp, COVID-19 pandemic-related decline in 2021-2022, with just 3,284 cases reported, followed by 11,202 cases in 2023. US has the most cases The United States led the region in pertussis cases last year, with 28,783 confirmed and probable cases of pertussis reported, including 16 deaths. So far this year the country has reported 2,355 confirmed cases of pertussis, including one death. Washington state had the most cases in 2025. “Cases peaked nationally in November 2024 and remained elevated throughout 2025 compared with data from before the COVID-19 pandemic,” PAHO said. The most affected age groups were those aged 11 to 19 years, accounting for 27% of cases, and those aged one to 6 years, accounting for 26% of cases. Deaths in the United States primarily occurred in infants under one year. By comparison, the country with the second-most pertussis cases reported in 2025...

CDC data suggest small decline in US TB cases
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New COVID variant spreads across US as CDC raises concerns: 'Viral evolution' - Replaye A new COVID-19 variant, BA.3.2, has been detected in 25 U.S. states, the CDC reports, with immune escape traits that may evade vaccine protection.

New COVID variant spreads across US as CDC raises concerns: 'Viral evolution'
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#News #Covid #CovidVariant #CDC #Health