Listen: Healthbeat staff talk vaccinations, bird flu and other public health stories on ‘What the Health’

Dozens of CDC workers and supporters gathered at the Georgia Capitol to tell their stories, many holding signs with slogans like ‘CDC saves lives’ and ‘Science not silence.’

Health officials expect the outbreak to worsen because of low vaccine rates and undetected infections. Vaccine misinformation and new laws may make such situations more common and harder to contain.

Dr. Roy Benaroch explains how measles can spread, what short-term and long-term effects measles can have on children, and what steps parents can take to keep their kids and communities healthy.

A lot is unfolding at the national level, including the recent firing of about 1,300 federal health agency employees. We’re still learning about the impacts of the layoffs, but the direct impacts on New Yorkers are minimal.

Seven CDC employees assigned to the local agency have been fired, Dr. Michelle Morse told the City Council.

USAID’s work is important to Atlanta on ‘many levels,’ said Mark Rosenberg, former president and CEO of the task force, which is headquartered in Decatur.