"pretty much to a grinding halt,"
"When those viruses are not coming in, we don't know what to put in the vaccine, and you're going to have less effective vaccines,"
"We are committed to ensure that our ability to monitor and assess [flu] is not dependent on one member s"
Several thousand influenza samples normally arrive annually at the U.S. CDC from patients worldwide, but shipments have fallen sharply this year. From February through July, CDC received 427 samples, a 60% decrease from the same period the previous year, and only 12 countries had sent samples, down 65% compared with 2024. Shipments to the WHO collaborating centers network are also reduced, impairing global analysis of viral evolution. The U.S. withdrawal from WHO on January 20 created a roughly billion-dollar budget shortfall and reduced funds for sample shipments. WHO is seeking alternative funding. Reduced sample flow hinders vaccine strain selection and risks less effective vaccines.
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