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CDC's Outbreak Alert; New Hair-Loss Drug; Why Patients Dump Their Doctors
Amid an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Ethiopia, the CDC alerted U.S. doctors to be on the lookout for travel cases of the Ebola-like virus. Meanwhile, at least 39 infants have been hospitalized in the botulism outbreak linked to ByHeart's recalled infant formula, according to the FDA.
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control Prevention will scrutinize the childhood vaccine schedule and may start to upend it.
An influential CDC panel may recommend significant delays in hepatitis B vaccinations for children. Here's what could happen.
THURSDAY, Dec. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A CDC advisory group is meeting today and preparing to vote on whether newborns should still get a hepatitis B vaccine within the first 24 hours of life, a significant change from guidance that has been in place since the early 1990s.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met on Dec. 4 and 5, as Democratic senators led by Colorado’s John Hickenlooper introduced a bill to “protect scientific
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CDC Museum's Future Is on the Rocks
The David J. Sencer CDC Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate located at agency headquarters in Atlanta, has been around for nearly 30 years. However, it's been closed since a shooter opened fire on the CDC in August, and there's no clear timeline as to when it will reopen.
A CDC advisory panel met Thursday to debate changing the recommended birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, potentially putting the preventative measure out of reach for millions of poor families.