CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu
FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists are calling on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to disclose data about the risks of bird flu to people and pets that was posted briefly online Wednesday and quickly deleted.
Flu levels now highest since 2009 pandemic, CDC reports
Levels of influenza nationwide are now at the highest they have been since the peak of the 2009 swine flu pandemic, according to figures published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, amid this winter's second wave of the virus.
CDC MMWR Back After 2 Week Halt But Without H5N1 Bird Flu Studies
For the first time since 1952, publication of the CDC's MMWR was halted for two week. On February 6, there were two new MMWR studies but nothing on the H5N1 bird flu.
CDC Abruptly Yanks Report Linking Cats to Bird Flu Spread
Under the new reign of the Trump administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is holding back important information on H5N1 bird flu. This week, the CDC appears to have published, and then quickly deleted,
Weekly CDC report returns, omits bird flu
The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention published its weekly research report Thursday, the first time since President Donald Trump took office.
CDC posts, then deletes, data on bird flu spread between cats, people
Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished.
‘Equivalent to book burning.’ CDC gag order eases, but crucial data remain unavailable
The Massachusetts health commissioner accused Trump of 'putting the health and wellbeing of Americans at risk.' ...
CDC data purge threatens pharmacists’ Rx powers
The disappearance of certain CDC data and guidelines from its website last week could hinder the ability or willingness of ...
CDC reports gastrointestinal illness outbreak on Radiance of the Seas cruise ship
A gastrointestinal illness has broken out this week on the Radiance of the Seas cruise ship, according to the US Centers for ...
'Voice of the CDC' Resumes Publication, but Experts Worry About What They're Not Hearing
A federal scientific publication has returned from a forced two-week hiatus with two papers examining the health effects of ...
US CDC sends health alert on Uganda's Ebola outbreak
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday warned doctors and other healthcare workers about an outbreak ...
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Travelers and health-care providers should be on alert due to Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda, CDC warns
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert about an outbreak in Uganda of deadly Sudan virus ...
CDC purges STD and vaccine recommendations after Trump gender order
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took offline recommendations on how doctors should treat sexually transmitted ...
CDC Report Finds Traces Of PFAs In Maui Firefighters’ Blood
The report was delayed by a temporary Trump administration shutdown of a weekly federal report that public health leaders ...
Trump Recall of CDC Research Puts Scientific Papers in Limbo
The mpox paper had undergone months of peer review at a scientific journal as well as extensive internal review at the CDC.