Vaccination Surveillance Goes Quiet as CDC Data Gaps Expand
TL;DR
A study in Annals of Internal Medicine finds that by Oct 2025 about half of the CDC’s monthly-updated databases—mostly vaccination-related—had been paused or gone stale, hindering assessment of vaccine coverage and disease trends; researchers and experts question the lapses, while officials describe them as routine data-management decisions rather than politicized moves.
- Dozens of CDC databases are not being updated — most related to vaccines, study finds NBC News
- Nearly half of CDC surveillance databases have stopped updating The Independent
- Unexplained Pauses Hit Nearly Half of Monthly-Updated CDC Databases, Raising Transparency Concerns The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®)
- Nearly Half of Once Frequently Updated CDC Databases Are Now Outdated the-scientist.com
- Dozens of CDC Health Databases Have Gone Dark Under Trump: ‘The Consequences Will Be Dire’ 404 Media
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