Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

EXCLUSIVE: CDC Admits It Gave False Information About COVID-19 Vaccine Surveillance

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is admitting it gave false information about COVID-19 vaccine surveillance, including inaccurately saying it conducted a certain type of analysis over one year before it actually did. The false information was conveyed in responses to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for the results of surveillance,…


EXCLUSIVE: CDC Claims Link Between Heart Inflammation and COVID-19 Vaccines Wasn’t Known for Most of 2021

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has claimed that there was no known association between heart inflammation and COVID-19 vaccines as late as October 2021. CDC officials made the claim, which is false, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request for reports from a CDC team that is focused on analyzing…


CDC Met With Big Tech Officials in Bid to Tackle COVID-19 Misinformation, Emails Show

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) met with executives from Big Tech companies in an effort to cut down on narratives deemed by officials as COVID-19 misinformation, according to newly released emails. The CDC hosted meetings on May 14 and May 28 in 2021, with slides outlining what the government agency described…


Senator Asks CDC to Clear Up Conflicting Statements on Vaccine Safety Research

A U.S. senator is asking the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to clear up conflicting statements on whether a specific method of COVID-19 vaccine safety research is being conducted. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) asked CDC Director Rochelle Walensky for details after The Epoch Times reported that Dr. John Su, a CDC doctor, claimed that…


EXCLUSIVE: CDC Says It Performed Vaccine Safety Data Mining After Saying It Didn’t

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is saying it has performed vaccine safety data mining and analyses since early 2021, a reversal from a recent letter. The CDC said in an operating procedures document dated Jan. 29, 2021, that it “will perform” a type of data mining analysis of vaccine safety data…


EXCLUSIVE: Vast Majority of CDC Workers Working Remotely

Over three-quarters of workers at the nation’s largest public health agency are working remotely, even after COVID-19 metrics have plunged following fresh peaks in January, according to data obtained by The Epoch Times. Of the approximately 12,679 full-time workers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 78 percent are either not working in-person…


EXCLUSIVE: CDC Shielding Names of Employees Working on Vaccine Safety

A top U.S. health agency is refusing to identify which employees are working on vaccine safety teams, drawing criticism from watchdog groups. The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a database to which people file reports of adverse events following vaccination. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) manages the database with the U.S….


COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Effectiveness Quickly Wanes: Study

The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses dropped well under 50 percent after four months against subvariants of the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines provided just 51 percent protection against emergency department visits, urgent care encounters,…


EXCLUSIVE: Anti-Title 42 Messages Popular With CDC Director Before She Terminated Policy, Emails Show

Messages urging the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to end Title 42 were shared by the agency’s director with colleagues in the weeks leading up to her decision to terminate the policy, emails obtained by The Epoch Times show. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director, shared three different messages with other top officials at…


Emails Confirm Why CDC Changed Definitions of Vaccine, Vaccinated

Newly obtained emails confirm that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) changed its definition for both “vaccine” and “vaccinated” because people were pointing out that definitions did not seem to apply to the COVID-19 vaccines. “The definition of vaccine we have posted is problematic and people are using it to claim the COVID-19…