Oh Goody, a Trump Official Once Called Ebola a “Scam” – Mother Jones

Tim Meisburger, who was then the head of USAID’s Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance, Enrich testified, “specifically noted that Ebola was a ‘scam’ because there had only been ‘one death.’” Enrich attempted to “explain that Ebola was still in an incubation period, and that we should see the response through,” but to no avail. Instead, he continued, his superiors decided to “deprioritize activities related to neglected tropical diseases, MPox, Polio, Ebola, and any monitoring and surveillance activities.”…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/oh-goody-a-trump-official-once-called-ebola-a-scam/

 

CDC announces 30-day travel restrictions in response to Ebola outbreak - POLITICO

The agency is restricting entry into the U.S. for non-U.S. passport holders who have visited areas where they may have been exposed to the virus.

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/18/cdc-travel-restrictions-ebola-outbreak-00926421

Inside the CDC’s leadership vacuum: work at a ‘standstill’ and low morale as 80% of top posts remain vacant

Current and ex-officials at the CDC warn Americans’ health security in danger under RFK Jr’s direction…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/17/cdc-rfk-jr-leadership-positions-empty

 

Trump chooses establishment pick to head CDC - POLITICO

She is considered a more traditional pick for the role, and does not have clear connections to the Make America Healthy Again movement. “It’s gotten applause from both Republicans and Democrats,” Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said about Trump’s CDC pick at a House committee hearing on Thursday. 

“This new team is really going to be able to revolutionize CDC and get it back on track.”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/16/trump-cdc-nomination-00877436

 

WaPo bombshell: RFK's CDC burying report on Covid vaccine success

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19AP8poaaFg

Alarm as acting CDC director delays report showing Covid vaccine benefits

“This is definitely an escalation of this administration’s undermining of CDC science,” said Dr Fiona Havers, a former senior adviser on vaccine policy at the CDC. “The fact that they are now blocking this is extremely concerning.”…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/10/cdc-chief-covid-vaccine

 

CDC temporarily halts testing for several infectious diseases amid staffing shortages

Federal agency, which normally supports state and local public health labs, has been hobbled by staff departures…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/02/cdc-infectious-diseases-testing

 

CDC seeks to block ‘never use alone’ messaging used by overdose prevention groups

Beletsky said that people concerned with ending overdose fatalities have had to learn what works and what doesn't "the very hard way". He's worried that looming changes could roll the clock back "to a time when things were spiraling year after year" and "that we will go back to seeing the trends reverse again in the wrong direction".…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/23/trump-cdc-overdose-prevention-messaging

 

Acting CDC Director explains why the vaccine schedule was changed.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hOHZtxPQknE

 

CDC vaccine advisers delay hepatitis B vote amid confusion - POLITICO

"This is the third version of the questions that most of the ACIP members received in 72 hours," Hibbeln said. "We don't even have a slide explicitly describing what questions we're supposed to answer."… 

Shakeups to the panel's membership and leadership have resulted in chaotic meetings and delayed votes…

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/04/cdc-vaccine-advisers-delay-hepatitis-b-vote-amid-confusion-00677174 

 

CDC promotes false vaccines-autism link in stunning shift under RFK Jr. - The Washington Post

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its website to contradict the long-settled scientific conclusion that vaccines do not cause autism, shocking career scientists, delighting anti-vaccine activists, drawing a rebuke from a key Republican senator and sparking an uproar among medical professionals and autism advocates who questioned whether the agency's credibility is now gone. 

The agency's website on vaccines and autism, updated Wednesday, now makes several false claims about a connection, echoing rhetoric from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has a lengthy history of disparaging vaccines and linking them to autism…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/11/20/cdc-vaccines-autism-website-change/

Threat to US vaccines as CDC staff supporting key advisory panel laid off

Critics say scientists 'held hostage' by RFK Jr as changes mean vaccine development and guidance in peril…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/27/vaccines-rfk-jr-cdc-acip-panel

 

A ‘hostile takeover’: ousted CDC official raises alarm over RFK Jr approach to infectious disease

Debra Houry speaks after testifying on eight months under Kennedy, who critics say shuns science and spreads falsehoods…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/04/cdc-rfk-jr-infectious-disease-testimony

 

Opinion | 5 things we learned from Kennedy’s CDC vaccine advisers - The Washington Post

"Here's what I learned watching Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s appointees discuss vaccines last week…"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/09/25/cdc-vaccines-acip-recommendations-covid/

Bernie Sanders RIPS Jimmy Kimmel suspension: Now we're closer to 'authoritarianism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mXy3F6jXzs

 

Where to Find Reliable Health Advice Without the CDC - The Atlantic

No American institution is equipped to replace the agency. But a few trusted resources can help...

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/09/cdc-alternative-health-advice/684245/

 

Mississippi declares infant deaths emergency as CDC program that could have helped is halted

The Trump administration's shakeup of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has forced Mississippi to stop gathering critical data on women's experiences before, during and after pregnancy – even as the state recently declared a public health emergency over its surging infant mortality rate...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/16/mississippi-infant-deaths-cdc-prams

 

‘Americans should be alarmed’: Experts say loss of expertise at CDC will harm US health | US healthcare | The Guardian

"Next time there's a problem, we will not have qualified leadership for our response," Reiss said. 

The loss of "experienced, world-class" experts at the CDC is "directly related to the failed leadership of extremists" in charge of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), said Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/15/cdc-leadership-loss-experts-alarmed

 

RFK Jr accused of ‘reckless disregard for science and the truth’ in Senate hearing

The Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren, of Massachusetts, was unconvinced – citing Kennedy's prior characterization of the former CDC director as "unimpeachable". 

"You had full confidence in her and you had full confidence in her scientific credentials, and in a month she became a liar?" she asked. Thom Tillis, the outgoing Republican senator of North Carolina, asked about the same contradiction in his questioning... 

"Trump has said the vaccine works, and has saved millions of lives. Your own process, on the other hand, has not been transparent," said the Democratic senator Maggie Hassan, of New Hampshire. "You repeatedly choose to ignore data because it doesn't match your preconceived notions and lies."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/04/rfk-jr-hearing-calls-resign-democrats

 

Senators grill RFK Jr. over chaos at CDC. Takeaways from the hearing. - The Washington Post

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his tenure before the Senate Finance Committee...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/09/04/rfk-jr-vaccines-cdc-senate-hearing/