Maine Senator Susan Collins said she has “areas of disagreement” with President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making the moderate Republican’s position key to the vote’s outcome.

A new government report adds to evidence that the HPV vaccine, once called dangerous by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is preventing cervical cancer in young women. The report comes after Kennedy pledged to give a family member any fees he might earn from HPV vaccine litigation.

An unknown number of fired CDC workers got their jobs back this week. Among them was Bri McNulty, who had shared her story with NPR.

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization postponed a vaccine meeting after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed.

The federal health agency said it will be offering onsite support to local officials during the growing outbreak, which has already killed one child.

Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service has redefined “fraud” to defend its federal cuts. Trump canceled $400 million in grants to Columbia University. The CDC is planning to study connections between vaccines and autism.

New CDC data on falling rates of precancerous cervical lesions in the U.S. underscore the benefits of HPV vaccination.

HKU5-CoV-2 has sparked concerns because it can spread to humans in a similar way to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic.