Abraham ordered the Louisiana health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations during an uptick in influenza cases last winter.

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage about autism and vaccines has updated its information about the link between autism and vaccinations, no longer stating that there is no connection between the two.

For almost 80 years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been the nation's immune system, detecting threats early, coordinating rapid responses, and safeguarding population health.

Norovirus is the leading cause of vomiting, diarrhea and foodborne illness in the United States, according to the CDC​.

Abraham is the latest anti-vax appointment Kennedy has made to the agency. Notably, Kennedy fired every member of an advisory board in the CDC that was tasked with providing advice on vaccines, replacing those vacancies this past summer with people who harbor anti-vaccine views similar to his own.

Northeast health leaders say CDC's shift on vaccines, autism was "inconsistent with decades of research" and may lead to "unnecessary fear and harm."

More than 25,000 cases of whooping cough have been recorded in the U.S. so far this year, updated federal data shows. This marks the second year in a row with higher than usual cases, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At the same time this year, around 33,000 cases reported.

Families planning Thanksgiving gatherings may need to keep an eye not just on the weather, but on where COVID-19 is starting to climb again. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday,