Lena H. Sun

Articles by Lena H. Sun

Hantavirus outbreak tests Trump officials who criticized covid response - The Washington Post

Health May 14, 2026

The hantavirus outbreak on an expedition ship in the Atlantic Ocean that has killed three passengers is emerging as anothertest for an administration now led in part by officials who spent years critοΏ½...

More people are heading to the ER for tick bites this year. Here’s why. - The Washington Post

Health May 2, 2026

When the weather turns warm in Kentucky, longtime emergency department physician Ryan Stanton braces for the same springtime mystery: patients with fatigue, body aches and low-grade fevers who dont yοΏ½...

CDC delay of infant hepatitis B shot likely to raise infections, studies show - The Washington Post

Health April 28, 2026

The Trump administrations decision to drop the long-standing recommendation that newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth will likely lead to hundreds of additional infections οΏ½...

CDC won’t publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits - The Washington Post

Health April 23, 2026

A report showing the efficacy of the covid-19 vaccine that was previously delayed by the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been blocked from being published in the agencys flοΏ½...

CDC delays publishing report showing covid vaccine benefits - The Washington Post

Health April 10, 2026

The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has delayed publication of a CDC report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of emergency department visits and hospitοΏ½...

AMA joins effort to launch vaccine science review amid CDC turmoil - The Washington Post

Health February 11, 2026

The American Medical Association and a leading public health research group focused on vaccines are teaming up to create a system to review vaccine safety and effectiveness, mirroring a role long plaοΏ½...

What South Carolina’s soaring measles outbreak means for the rest of the U.S. - The Washington Post

Health February 1, 2026

South Carolina is battling the countrys largest measles outbreak since the disease was eliminated from the United States more than a quarter century ago, with more than 840 cases overwhelmingly in unοΏ½...

New RFK Jr. pick for vaccine panel: β€˜I was not anti-vaccine. I am now.’ - Yahoo

Health January 15, 2026

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday expanded a key federal vaccine advisory panel to include more critics of vaccines who have contradicted mainstream medical guidance, including one whοΏ½...

CDC staff β€˜blindsided’ as child vaccine schedule unilaterally overhauled - The Washington Post

Health January 8, 2026

Vaccine experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were blindsided by a top deputy toHealth Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s decision to unilaterally overhaul the childhood immunizatioοΏ½...

CDC approves major child vaccine change, rejects controversial one - The Washington Post

Health December 18, 2025

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved a sweeping change to the nations childhood immunization schedule Tuesday, endorsing a recommendation from a federal advisory panel to drop the οΏ½...