Alicia Ault

Alicia Ault August 06, 2026 Almost exactly a year after the US CDC last had a permanent director, the agency will have a new leader, Erica Schwartz, MD, JD, MPH.

An Executive Order implicitly threatened states that do not align with its recommendations, but experts say the administration would be on shaky legal ground.

The HHS is seeking new members who can discuss immunization alternatives like ‘healthy lifestyle’ strategies and dietary supplements.

Alicia Ault August 14, 2026 The federal government's main advisory panel on vaccine policy looks to be getting a makeover, which has some infectious diseases experts and vaccine advocates concerned.

Patients taking immune-suppressing therapies are at higher risk for neuroinvasive illness from ticks and mosquitoes.

Alicia Ault August 17, 2026 The CDC is alerting clinicians that individuals taking anti-CD20 therapies are especially vulnerable to neuroinvasive disease from tick- and mosquito-borne viruses.

The proposed rule also allows parents to claim ‘moral and ethical’ concerns to exempt children from vaccination.

Alicia Ault August 26, 2026 Florida may become the first state in the nation to remove some vaccination requirements for children to attend school, which has alarmed doctors and many parents' groups.

A federal lawsuit challenges the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines, alleging that conflicts of interest and a secretive process violated federal law.

Alicia Ault September 01, 2026 A lawsuit seeking withdrawal of the federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans alleges that the nutrition