The video above originally aired on Feb. 4 NEW JERSEY (PIX11) – The prevalence of flu-like illnesses remains “very high” in New York and New Jersey, according to new CDC

New York senators urged RFK Jr. to reverse CDC cuts citing concerns over the impact to a 9/11 survivor health program.

Demonstrators protest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) layoffs in front of the CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top public health agency is losing most of the scientists in a prestigious,

New York and New Jersey Republicans wrote a Wednesday letter to President Trump citing issues with probationary job cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which have impacted the workforce and a program supporting 9/11 first responder survivors.

New York State's two senators have co-written a letter to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. expressing their opposition to recent

Your Local Epidemiologist New York explains the latest on New York public health, including a measles outbreak in nearby Bergen County, flu levels remaining high, and the reversal of DOGE's attempt to cut funding to an essential 9/11 first responder health program.

Critics say the Trump administrations cuts to CDC staff will negatively affect a health fund for 9/11 first responders.

The workers' duties included city immunization efforts, tuberculosis research and preparation for public health emergencies, a health department spokesperson said.

A lot is unfolding at the national level of public health, 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.

New Jersey health officials say there are two new measles cases linked to a child in Bergen County who recently traveled abroad.The patients, believed to be members of the same family, had "close contact" with the child,

The CDC has restored a $257,000 contract for 9/11-related cancer research after the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, tried to cancel it, officials say.

With fewer agricultural inspectors at ports, the risk of pests infiltrating American crops has risen. Experts warn that foreign markets may refuse US agricultural products if contamination concerns grow.