Susan Monarez was confirmed by the Senate and became CDC director, but she was fired in August 2025, less than four weeks after taking office.

In a separate paper also released by the CDC on Thursday, researchers said that just four children in the United States had tetanus in 2024, and that none of those had received a vaccine.

"Five years ago, messaging coming from the governor's office was to never question CDC guidance on vaccination," she said. "Now, the governor’s office is saying not to listen to anything that the CDC says."

Kennedy Jr., whose department oversees the CDC, backed the nomination.

Activity of COVID-19, meanwhile, is low across most of the country, the CDC reported on Friday.

Officials also expanded the panel's mission, in the wake of a federal court ruling.

In the updated charter, signed by Kennedy on March 31 and published on April 9, the panel’s tasks now include advising the CDC on “gaps in vaccine safety research including adverse effects following vaccination.”

Thousands of personnel at the CDC and other federal health agencies have been fired by the Trump administration, in addition to resignations and retirements, resulting in the net loss of about 3,000 CDC workers.

The CDC publishes vaccine schedules, which are widely used by states when they require vaccines for school attendance.

Authors disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, the CDC said.

Poison centers received 203 calls related to kava in 2025, up from about 57 calls in 2011, university researchers say.

before publication," the CDC said in a 2011 report. 

The judge also blocked changes to the CDC vaccine schedule, some of which were prompted by votes from the remade ACIP.

Jay Bhattacharya, named the CDC's acting director in February, "will continue to oversee the CDC by performing the delegable duties of the CDC director," a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) told The Epoch Times via email

Robert Malone speaks during a meeting of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) in Atlanta, Ga., on Dec. 5, 2025. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images) Dr.

The variant, BA.3.2, was found in a sample in November 2024 in South Africa, according to the CDC.

The CDC used to recommend COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy.

Provisional CDC data show that drug overdoses decreased in 2024 from 2023 and continued to decline into early 2025. The number of infant deaths was about the same in 2023 and 2024.

A separate CDC page, last updated in 2024, says that studies show vaccines are not associated with autism.

Before serving as CDC director, Monarez worked in various positions in HHS and the Department of Homeland Security. She was the first CDC director since 1953 to not hold a medical degree. She received a doctorate in microbiology and immunology.

"The CDC must, at least, consider ACIP’s recommendations before adopting an immunization schedule, and following or failing to follow that requirement is reviewable by this Court."

No other precautions were listed by the CDC in its warning. Poliovirus spreads mainly through contact with contaminated feces or respiratory droplets from infected persons.

Those estimates come from a paper published by the CDC in 2013 that analyzed studies performed more than a decade ago, a CDC spokesperson told The Epoch Times previously.

The ACIP provides advice to the CDC on immunization practices and guidance. Kennedy removed all ACIP members in 2025, citing how some had conflicts of interest. He selected new members, including Dr.

Members with vaccine experience were deemed by a judge to be unqualified to serve on the vaccine advisory committee.

The causative agent that triggered the outbreak was not known, the CDC said, while the prevalent symptom was listed only as diarrhea.

The estimates are based on a 2013 paper published by the CDC that cites five earlier studies, including a 1999 study from the CDC, a CDC spokesperson told The Epoch Times previously.

The CDC was the front-facing agency for the new totalitarian state.

The suit was initially brought over the summer, targeting Kennedy's directive to the CDC ordering the agency to stop recommending COVID-19 vaccination to healthy children and pregnant women. The CDC narrowed its COVID-19 recommendations in May.

He said the CDC is prepared to provide vaccines, therapeutics, laboratory support, and CDC staff upon request. South Carolina's outbreak is up to 990 cases as of Tuesday, primarily in Spartanburg County.