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FILE - A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sign stands at the entrance of their offices in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. On Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, the head of nation's top public health agency announced a shake-up of the organization, in a bid to respond to ongoing criticism and try to make it more nimble. (AP Photo/Ron Harris, File)

CDC to slash infectious-disease funding for states; California impact uncertain

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has notified the California Department of Public Health it is suspending grants it had provided to support the state’s infectious-disease response during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2, shown in purple, infects a cell, colored in green.

COVID-19 Pandemic: News, Links & Resources

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COVID-19 and the Coronavirus

In this image from video provided by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Dr. Martin Makary speaks during a select subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic roundtable in Washington on Feb. 28, 2023. (Committee on Oversight and Government Reform via AP)

Trump’s FDA pick made his name by bashing the medical establishment. Soon he may be leading it

3D print of a spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19 in front of a 3D print of a SARS-CoV-2 virus particle. The spike protein (foreground) enables the virus to enter and infect human cells. On the virus model, the virus surface (blue) is covered with spike proteins (red) that enable the virus to enter and infect human cells. For more information, visit the NIH 3D Print Exchange at 3dprint.nih.gov. Credit: NIH. . (Photo by: IMAGE POINT FR/NIH/NIAID/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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Long COVID is solvable, but we need more clinical trials

President Donald Trump congratulates Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after he was sworn in as Health and Human Services Secretary in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed and sworn in as the nation’s health secretary

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

RFK Jr. kept asking to see the science that vaccines were safe. After he saw it, he dismissed it

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's choice to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Senators challenge Robert Kennedy Jr. on vaccines in confirmation hearing as health secretary

FILE - A view of the P4 lab inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology is seen after a visit by the World Health Organization team in Wuhan in China's Hubei province, Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

The CIA believes COVID likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding

HUNTINGTON PARK-CA-AUGUST 28, 2024: Brandon Guerrero, 34, of Compton, receives both a flu and COVID-19 vaccine at CVS in Huntington Park on August 28, 2024. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

Trump’s first term brought world-changing vaccine. His second could bring retreat

FILE - President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the House GOP conference, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (Allison Robbert/Pool via AP, File)

Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, critic of COVID mandates, to lead National Institutes of Health

A pharmacist holds a COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)
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Don’t be stupid: Skipping your COVID booster could reduce your IQ

Amelia, 16, sits for a portrait in a park near her home in Illinois on Friday, March 24, 2023.

Depression was rising among young people in Southern California. COVID made it worse

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