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July 15, 2026
Trump’s Latest Nominee for C.D.C. Director Will Face Senate Panel
Dr. Erica Schwartz supports vaccines and is seen as a mainstream choice to lead an agency that has been a target of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to change federal immunization p...
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June 23, 2026
Ebola Symptoms in Current Outbreak May Be Milder Than in Previous Ones
That is good news for patients, but officials fear it will make controlling the spread of the disease harder.
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June 17, 2026
New Plan Scales Back C.D.C.’s Work on Diseases Abroad
The State Department is taking over much of the control of global health initiatives, for which critics say the department does not have the expertise.
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June 15, 2026
Kennedy Seeks to Expedite Appeal of Ruling That Blocked His Vaccine Policies
The health secretary is trying to restart the work of a panel that advises the government on vaccines, after a judge froze its decisions and prevented it from meeting.
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June 3, 2026
An Uncertain Path for Americans Exposed to Ebola
Despite long-established procedures for bringing Americans home for monitoring and treatment, the Trump administration has not said that it will allow those at risk of Ebola back into the country.
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May 29, 2026
Strict Monitoring Could Delay Homecoming of Hantavirus Ship Passengers
Trump administration officials want local health authorities to constantly monitor the 18 passengers for another three weeks, a requirement that far exceeds typical protocols.
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May 28, 2026
Quarantine Unit for Americans Exposed to Ebola to Open in Kenya Friday
But U.S. officials are still working to find centers in Europe to accept Americans who need advanced treatment, seen as critical to improving odds of survival.
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May 26, 2026
Trump Administration to Send Americans Exposed to Ebola to Kenya
In past outbreaks, Americans exposed to the virus were sent home to be treated in state-of-the-art facilities. The Trump administration has already flown some U.S. citizens to Europe for treatment.
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May 22, 2026
U.S. to Block Entry to More Noncitizens Who May Have Been Exposed to Ebola
The Trump administration announced plans to expand a ban on entering the United States to legal permanent residents who had been in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda or South Sudan.
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May 22, 2026
Trump Officials’ Strict Stand on Ebola Leaves Health Experts ‘Stunned’
Public health experts say the administration’s quarantine orders go beyond what is needed to prevent the U.S. spread of Ebola and hantavirus.
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May 20, 2026
Ebola Containment Efforts May Have Been Hindered by USAID Shutdown and CDC Cuts
Aid cuts by the Trump administration have shut down crucial disease surveillance networks and medical supply chains in East Africa.
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May 15, 2026
Large Ebola Outbreak Is Declared in Congo
Dozens of deaths and hundreds of infections are suspected, an African agency said. Health experts were alarmed that the outbreak hadn’t been announced sooner.
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May 14, 2026
16 More People in the U.S. Are Being Monitored for Hantavirus, C.D.C. Says
They were passengers on a plane to Johannesburg with an infected Dutch woman who later died.
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May 14, 2026
Hantavirus Doesn’t Spread Easily but Officials May Be Downplaying Risks
The virus is clearly far less contagious than the coronavirus, scientists agree, but they have found cases where it spread among people without direct contact.
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May 14, 2026
U.S. Cruise Passenger Moved Out of Isolation
The passenger, who had tested positive once in the Canary Islands, was being monitored in a special biocontainment facility in Omaha, until a new test came back negative.
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May 11, 2026
A Single Infusion Could Suppress H.I.V. for Years, Study Suggests
A study of a few patients, to be presented this week, showed promise for a type of therapy that has already cured some blood cancers.
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May 7, 2026
Hantavirus Response Shows How Trump Cuts Have Compromised U.S. Preparedness
The Trump administration has slashed funding for infectious disease research and has far fewer employees, including disease detectives, to respond to outbreaks.
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May 7, 2026
Employees With Medical Conditions Challenge C.D.C. In-Office Requirement
The health agency has been particularly strict in abolishing at-home work, overriding accommodations that were granted years before the pandemic.
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April 30, 2026
The Vaccine Skeptic in Trump’s New C.D.C. Leadership Team
Dr. Sara Brenner is a physician, an F.D.A. official and a “MAHA mom” who has said people should not reflexively believe in the benefits of vaccines.
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April 22, 2026
C.D.C. Cancels Publication of Study Showing Benefits of Covid Vaccines
The report found that the shots cut the likelihood of hospitalizations, but the agency’s acting head said it gave an inaccurate picture of the vaccines’ effectiveness.
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April 18, 2026
With Vaccines Widely Popular, Kennedy Changes Tone, but Maybe Not His Plans
Several moves suggest Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could revive his campaign to question the safety and effectiveness of the shots after the midterm elections.
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April 17, 2026
New PEPFAR Data Show Worrying Declines in Testing and Treatment for H.I.V.
The numbers are the first to quantify the effect of the Trump administration’s shutdown and restarting of a program that has saved millions of lives worldwide.
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