CDC replaces website on vaccines and autism
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The U.S. flu season is starting slowly, and it’s not clear if it will be as bad as last winter’s. But some health experts are worried about a new type of flu virus and flagging vaccination efforts.
Cuts to funding and personnel at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are endangering the public’s health and threatening to disrupt the development of lifesaving vaccines, said former CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky at the Boston Globe Summit on Wednesday.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proposed new initiatives for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including a program to increase hepatitis B screening for pregnant women,