Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meet at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta in June. Ben Hendren/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption

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Former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Susan Monarez, testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Wednesday in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
RFK Jr. ‘wanted blanket approval’ for changes at CDC, fired director testifies
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Education Secretary Linda McMahon generally sit next to each other during President Trump's cabinet meetings, as at this one on Aug. 26. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
RFK Jr. wants mental health screening out of schools. Here's what experts say
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice will have five additional members when it convenes Thursday in Atlanta. Ben Hendren/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Jill Holm-Denoma holds her son, Tyler, after he received a COVID shot in 2021 from nurse Emily Cole at National Jewish Health in Denver. After President Trump appointed anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, Colorado updated state laws to ensure continued access to the COVID shot and other vaccines. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
Activists gather during a vigil in Lafayette Park for nurses who died during the COVID-19 pandemic on January 13, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presented a strategy report of the Make America Healthy Again Commission intended to tackle childhood chronic disease. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
The MAHA plan for healthier kids includes 128 ideas, but few details
COVID vaccines used to be available for drop-in patients at many pharmacies. Now with federal policy changes, availability is more limited and may depend on state-by-state guidance. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives to testify before the Senate Finance Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of Health and Human Services, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Kayla Bartkowski/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Evelyn Thompson of Lice Is Simple, a treatment company in Nashville, Tenn., checks the head of a student at a preschool that experienced a lice outbreak over the summer that included at least 13 children. Blake Farmer/WPLN hide caption
The Food and Drug Administration's approvals for the latest round of COVID-19 shots restrict the shots to people at higher risk of complications from COVID. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Bullet holes are seen in windows at the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Global Headquarters following an August 8 shooting that killed a DeKalb County Police Department officer. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images hide caption
After the CDC shooting, federal workers demand more protections from RFK Jr.
Carroll College professor of biology Grant Hokit drags a white cloth through brush outside of Condon, Mont., looking for ticks. Hokit surveys for ticks statewide for the Montana health department. Aaron Bolton hide caption
Ticks are migrating, but scant surveillance may leave doctors in the dark on patient treatment
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As ticks spread to new areas of the U.S., health officials aren't keeping up
Tajdryn Forbes died at 19. He was the glue of his family, mother Naketra Guy said. She called him "humble" and "respectful," a leader in the community and on the football field, where he shined. Kevin Magee hide caption
A researcher works at the Moderna headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In May, the Trump administration pulled over $700 million committed to Moderna for developing future flu vaccines, and this week it canceled another $500 million in grants to various institutions researching mRNA vaccines. Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption
Public health experts dismayed by RFK Jr.'s defunding of mRNA vaccine research
Much of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's $9 billion budget has been in limbo. Ben Hendren/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
CDC to disburse delayed funds for fighting fentanyl and more, staffers say
New federal statistics suggest a decline in rates of suicidal thoughts and behavior among teens. Mary Long/Getty Images hide caption
Doctors are criticizing a recent expert panel organized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that questioned the safety of taking antidepressants during pregnancy. Mykola Sosiukin/Getty Images hide caption
An FDA panel spread misinformation about SSRI use in pregnancy. Doctors are concerned
U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
The Senate confirmed Susan Monarez as the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., speaks in favor of reauthorizing the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act in 2024. The legislation, which will benefit people sickened by radiation exposure in uranium mining and nuclear weapons testing, was included in the budget bill President Trump signed on July 4, 2025. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images hide caption