The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters stands in Atlanta, Ga. in 2020. Elijah Nouvelage / Bloomberg via Getty Images file Nearly half of the databases that the CDC used to update regularly -- surveillance systems that tracked public health information like Covid vaccination rates and hospitalizations for respiratory syncytial virus -- have been paused without explanation, according to new research.

Flu activity is starting to decline nationwide, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Today, Atlanta is a city full of public servants who no longer serve. Thousands of them had held jobs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.