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CDC Newsroom

U.S. federal government agency (official source)

Owned byOwned and operated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is part of the executive branch.
FundingU.S. taxpayer money, through federal appropriations to CDC and HHS. It takes no advertising or subscription revenue.
On the administrationbroadly supportive

Background

The CDC Newsroom (cdc.gov/media) is where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posts press releases, statements, media advisories and other announcements. The CDC is a federal public-health agency founded in 1946, and its newsroom is a government communications channel, not a newsroom with editorial independence. Much of its output is routine and non-political, such as the September 2026 report on progress against lung cancer and the statement on rising animal rabies activity. Since January 2025, the agency has been led by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and HHS appointees, and its public messaging has followed administration priorities. On January 5, 2026, CDC announced that it was acting on a presidential memorandum to update the childhood immunization schedule. Reports describe that change as cutting the vaccines recommended for all children from 17 to 11, with six moved to risk-based or shared-decision categories. Critics, including congressional Democrats and some public-health experts, say political appointees drove these changes and that they have weakened the agency. Reports also say CDC blocked an MMWR report on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness. Supporters of the administration describe the changes as reforms. Readers should treat the newsroom as an authoritative source for what the agency and administration say and do, but not as independent scrutiny of them.

Sources

  1. CDC Newsroom
  2. CDC Acts on Presidential Memorandum to Update Childhood Immunization Schedule
  3. Changes to CDC Vaccine Recommendations in 2025 and 2026 (Congressional Research Service)
  4. DeLauro Statement on Deterioration of CDC Under President Trump and Secretary Kennedy
  5. The State of US Vaccine Policy — Apr 28, 2026 (CIDRAP)

Profile compiled 2026-10-08; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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