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U.S. health experts provide support and information after Trump’s withdrawal from the global agency and cuts to the CDC.
Level 3 is the lowest level of emergency activation, according to the CDC.
Emergency room visits for tick bites were up more than 25% in April compared to the same month last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cases of Lyme disease are also on the rise in the U.S., mainly in the Northeast, Upper Midwest and parts of the West.
An outbreak of salmonella infections linked to backyard chicken flocks has sickened 34 people across 13 states, including Maryland, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cases span more than a dozen states, with people getting sick from a strain of the bacterium that is showing resistance to a number of antibiotics.
The CDC's stance on vaccination has drastically changed, which may be behind people's dipping trust in vaccines, according to new research.
Between 1993 and 2023, some 890 cases of hantavirus have been reported in the U.S., CDC data shows. Many have died.
Cruise ship passengers face rising infection risks as CDC staffing cuts leave inspection and outbreak response capacity severely reduced amid a growing norovirus surge in the United States.