The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its warning about the risk of contracting measles while traveling, after the agency tallied dozens of cases so far this year in travelers who were infectious while flying on airplanes within the U.

As measles cases surge in the U.S. and around the globe, the CDC is issuing new guidance to travelers, encouraging them to get vaccinated for the disease and postpone travel plans if they have not done so yet.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning people about the risks of contracting measles while traveling.

In a Substack post, Paul Offit, MD, a vaccine expert at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, noted how unusual it was that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would "unilaterally eliminate" COVID shots from the childhood immunization schedule -- "without input from vaccine advisory committees and without allowing for public comment."

Africa CDC has managed the mpox response through an Incident Management Support Team (IMST) jointly led by Africa CDC and the World Health Organization, working with 26 other partners, including UNICEF, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a social media video that the U.S. would no longer recommend Covid-19 vaccines to children and pregnant women. The CDC has yet to make the policy official.

NewsNation has obtained a letter from the CDC sent to hospitals and health care providers after the 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.