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- Case Stokes Debate About Autism, Vaccines (2008)
News Report · 2008
National Public Radio (Julie Rovner)
CDC Director Julie Gerberding's March 2008 statement: the Poling concession concerned vaccines possibly exacerbating an underlying mitochondrial disorder and was not an admission that vaccines cause…
- CDC Acts on Presidential Memorandum to Update Childhood Immunization Schedule (press release) (2026)
Government Record · 2026
CDC Office of Communications
Confirms: Dec 5, 2025 Presidential Memorandum ordered comparison with peer nations; Acting CDC Director Jim O'Neill signed the decision memo Jan 5, 2026; the U.S. was…
- CDC statement regarding 2004 Pediatrics article, ‘Age at first MMR vaccination in children with autism and school-matched control subjects’ (2014)
Government Record · 2014
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC's contemporaneous response to the Thompson disclosure: it stands by the 2004 study design, explains the two analysis populations and why race-stratified results were limited to…
- CDC taps discredited vaccine skeptic to lead study on vaccines and autism (opinion on NBC News reporting) (2025)
Document · 2025
MSNBC opinion (reporting on NBC News)
Documents the March 2025 reports that HHS engaged David Geier for a new vaccine-autism data study. Discipline noted as the record states it: Mark Geier's Maryland…
- CDC Updates Blood Lead Reference Value (2021)
Government Record · 2021
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC’s current blood lead reference value is 3.5 µg/dL, based on the 97.5th percentile for U.S. children ages 1–5 in NHANES 2015–2018. CDC states that no…
- CDC vaccine safety webpage changed, raising alarm among public health experts (2025)
Document · 2025
PBS NewsHour / Associated Press
News coverage of the November 2025 CDC page change, documenting the date, the scientific community's response, and reporting that career CDC scientists were not consulted.
- CDC website now echoes RFK Jr.’s views on autism and vaccines (2025)
News Report · 2025
NPR (Shots health news)
NPR's report on the page change, quoting AAP president Kressly's rebuttal, HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon's defense, and Sen. Bill Cassidy's X post: 'vaccines for measles, polio,…
- CDC’s Ethics Program for Special Government Employees on Federal Advisory Committees (OEI-04-07-00260) (2009)
Government Record · 2009
HHS Office of Inspector General
The HHS Inspector General's December 2009 evaluation of CDC ethics oversight of advisory-committee special government employees, finding a 97% omission rate on financial disclosures and 64%…
- CDC/FDA statement lifting the recommended pause on Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine use (2021)
Government Record · 2021
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; U.S. Food and Drug Administration
The April 23, 2021 statement lifting the pause after ACIP review, with updated fact-sheet warnings about thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome, especially in women under 50.
- CFSR Round 4 Statewide Data Indicators Workbook
Government Record · 2024
Children's Bureau
The federal review measure for abuse of children while in foster care: 9.07 victimizations per 100,000 days in care nationally.
- Changes in American Children’s Time, 1997–2003
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2009
Sandra L. Hofferth
For 1997–2003, Hofferth reports declines in outdoor participation and time, but playing participation for ages 6–8 was 93% in 1997 and 94% in 2003.
- Chicago Man Charged with Promoting Prostitution While on Probation
Government Record · 2023
Cook County Sheriff's Office
The Cook County Sheriff's Office charged Erick Johnson with promoting prostitution while on probation. He is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
- Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule by Age — Recommendations for Ages 18 Years or Younger, United States, 2025
Government Record · 2025
CDC / ACIP
2025 Table 1: HepB at birth + 2 more; rotavirus 2-3; DTaP 5; Hib 4; PCV 4; IPV 4; MMR 2; varicella 2; HepA 2; Tdap…
- Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule by Age — Recommendations for Ages 18 Years or Younger, United States, 2025 (MMWR)
Government Record · 2025
Wallace TC, et al. / CDC
Official MMWR publication of the 2025 childhood schedule adopted at the October 2024 ACIP meeting; the last full conventional schedule before the January 5, 2026 revision.
- Child Maltreatment 2020
Government Record · 2022
Children's Bureau
The federal government's national abuse and neglect report for 2020: about 3.9 million referrals, 2.12 million reports investigated or assessed, and 618,000 victims.
- Child Maltreatment 2024
Government Record · 2026
Children's Bureau
The federal government's latest national report on child abuse and neglect: an estimated 532,228 victims, 63.3% of them neglect only. Foster parents were 1,988 of the…
- Child Welfare Agencies Draw on a Range of Federal Funding Sources, Such as Title IV-E
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2024
Child Trends
Child Trends' survey found state child welfare agencies spent $16.8 billion in federal money in state fiscal 2022.
- Child Welfare Outcomes Report Data Site
Government Record · 2026
Administration for Children and Families
The federal Child Welfare Outcomes data site. Its national measure reports that 58.4% of children reunified with their families in 2024 went home within 12 months…
- Child Welfare: HHS Should Clarify Guidance on Funding for Youth in Congregate Care, GAO-26-107592
Government Record · 2026
Government Accountability Office
GAO's 2026 report on federal funding for youth in group care. It says federal Title IV-E spending was about $9.5 billion in fiscal 2023.
- Childhood Immunization Status (CIS) — HEDIS measure (2025)
Document · 2025
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
NCQA's HEDIS definition of Childhood Immunization Status Combination 10, the quality metric to which insurer incentive programs such as BCBSM's PGIP tie payment benchmarks.
- Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Ends Transgender Care (2025)
News Report · 2025
KQED / KCRW
KQED reports that CHLA ended the program on July 22, 2025, affecting nearly 3,000 patients, and quotes CHLA’s statement about federal funding pressure.
- Children’s National Hospital Statement on Executive Order (2025)
Document · 2025
Children’s National Hospital
Children’s National said it was pausing puberty-blocker and hormone prescriptions and already did not perform gender-affirming surgery for minors. It promised continued mental-health counseling, social support,…
- Chloe Cole v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals—Case Resource (2026)
Document · 2026
Center for American Liberty
Cole’s counsel reports that the complaint was filed February 22, 2023, pretrial proceedings were underway as of April 2026, and trial was anticipated for April 5,…
- CIS Combination 10 fact sheet (2023)
Government Record · 2023
North Carolina Medicaid (NCDHHS)
North Carolina Medicaid's fact sheet for the same HEDIS Combo 10 measure states explicitly that NC Medicaid does not withhold funds directly from providers — a…