CDC Stopped Updating Key Vaccine, Infectious Disease Databases in 2025

Nearly half of CDC surveillance databases have stopped updating

‘The consequences will be dire,’ former NIAID director Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo warns

CDC Stopped Updating Key Vaccine, Infectious Disease Databases in 2025

(MedPage Today) -- Nearly half of the CDC databases that traditionally had monthly updates experienced unexplained pauses in 2025, with most of the affected being databases that track vaccination information, according to a review of over 1,000...

Dozens of CDC databases are not being updated — most related to vaccines, study finds

Nearly half of the databases that the CDC used to update — tracking health information like Covid vaccination rates and RSV hospitalizations — have been paused, according to new research.

Dozens of CDC databases — most related to vaccines — are not being updated, study finds

Nearly half of the databases that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used to update regularly — surveillance systems that tracked public health information like Covid vaccination rates and hospitalizations for respiratory syncytial virus — have been paused without explanation, according to new research. The findings, published Monday in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, indicate that at the start of 2025, the CDC maintained 82…

Unexplained Pauses Hit Nearly Half of Monthly-Updated CDC Databases, Raising Transparency Concerns

Almost half of the monthly-updated CDC databases had unexplained pauses in 2025, mostly affecting vaccination data, raising transparency and public health concerns.