Disease Spread

2025 January

2025-01-28 Trump ordered the CDC to completely cut communications off with the World Health Organization.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-communication-who-world-health-organization/

https://www.cdc.gov/global-health/resources/us-withdrawal-who.html

https://apnews.com/article/cdc-who-trump-548cf18b1c409c7d22e17311ccdfe1f6

2025 February

2025-02-27 DOGE cut funding to fight Ebola. During the deadly outbreak in May in the Congo, Musk claimed they restored the funding. Yet, the Trump administration also cut funding to the CDC, barred the CDC from contacting the World Health Organization, and cases in the Congo surpassed 3000. Experts warned this strain of Ebola carried more momentum than the 2014 outbreak that claimed over 11,000 lives.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/07/elon-musk-doge-cuts-usaid-ebola

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/02/27/g-s1-50929/elon-musk-ebola-usaid

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-communication-who-world-health-organization/

https://www.cdc.gov/global-health/resources/us-withdrawal-who.html

PAY WALL https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/26/elon-musk-ebola-prevention-usaid-doge/

2026 January

2026-01-29 As the US began to lose its measles elimination status, the CDC under-reported 588 measles cases across 17 states, while other health organizations reported that South Carolina alone had over 800 cases in January.

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/31/nx-s1-5694681/measles-elimination-status-south-carolina-texas-outbreak

https://dph.sc.gov/diseases-conditions/infectious-diseases/measles-rubeola/measles-dashboard

https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html

2026 February

2026-02-09 Several March for Life attendees were exposed to measles according to DC health officials.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5729715-dc-health-alert-measles-exposure/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/02/09/march-for-life-measles-exposure/88587387007/

2026-02-12 The CDC continued to lag on tracking measles cases.

https://www.cnn.com/health/tracking-measles-cases-us-maps-vis

2026 March

2026-03-27 A new COVID variant Cicada – which was discovered originally in November 2024 in South Africa – had now hit 23 countries. According to some sources, this is the virus’ 75th mutation.

https://news.northeastern.edu/2026/03/27/new-covid-19-cicada-variant/

2026 May

2026-05-08 Hantavirus reached 9 countries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueeK3nv23pQ&list=WL&index=6&t=15s

2026 June

2026-06-16 The Ebola outbreak in Africa is the worst in history.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/ebola/africa-cdc-head-warns-ebola-outbreak-could-be-worst-ever

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-06-16/red-cross-says-congo-ebola-epidemic-yet-to-peak-may-last-a-year

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/17/why-are-experts-warning-latest-ebola-outbreak-could-be-worst-ever

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/16/africa/drc-ebola-cdc-intl-latam-afr

2026-06-23 Ebola cases topped 1000 in the Republic of Congo.

https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/06/1167783

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/ebola/ebola-outbreak-dr-congo-tops-1000-cases-least-254-dead

https://www.mercycorps.org/press-room/releases/drc-ebola-cases-tops-1000-cases

2026 July

2026-07-10 The US had a cyclospora outbreak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vadA7bY0ZIQ&list=WL&index=1&t=6s

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cyclospora/us-cyclospora-cases-mount-cdc-lags-tracking

https://www.food-safety.com/articles/10770-cyclospora-cayetanensis-an-emergent-public-health-threat-and-an-enigma-for-traceback-investigation

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/12/nx-s1-5890935/cyclosporiasis-outbreak-diarrhea-nausea-where-states-us

2026-07-17 We were reminded that the slow progression to find the source of cyclosporiasis was largely due to Trump’s cuts to the CDC budget and staff.

https://www.wired.com/story/cdc-cyclospora-lab-doge-downsized-it-last-year/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/20/health/trump-cyclosporiasis-outbreak-cdc-response-invs

https://www.cdc.gov/cyclosporiasis/outbreaks/07-26/index.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/07/20/heres-where-the-cyclosporiasis-outbreak-stands-after-taylor-farms-false-positive/

2026-07-20 The FDA said the parasite cyclospora was linked to Taylor Farms, then said it was a false positive.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/20/fda-taylor-farms-lettuce-cyclospora-false-positive

2026-07-21 RFK claimed the cyclospora outbreak was under control.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/21/cyclospora-rfk-jr-says-outbreak-is-under-control.html

2026-07-22 the cyclospora outbreak bloomed in Michigan topping 7000 cases.

https://www.wjr.com/2026/07/22/michigans-cyclosporiasis-outbreak-tops-7000-cases-rfk-jr-claims-outbreak-is-under-control/

2026-07-27 Eggs were recalled over salmonella

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5991874-dozens-sickened-across-17-states-in-salmonella-outbreak-linked-to-recalled-eggs-what-to-know/