Nearly half of CDC databases aren't being updated as experts sound alarm over gaps in health data
Source: The Independent
Monday 26 January 2026 20:09 EST
Nearly half of federal health surveillance databases either stopped or delayed routine updates last year, with potentially dire consequences to public health, according to researchers.
A newly-released audit of nearly 1,400 public records from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that 38 of the agency’s 82 databases that were normally updated monthly had unexplained pauses starting last spring.
More than a third of the 38 paused databases had stops lasting for more than half a year, and only one was updated by the second of December, researchers at Vanderbilt University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Boston University School of Law said.
Nearly 90 percent of the paused databases reported vaccination topics, while others covered respiratory diseases and drug overdose deaths. The pause on these topics could stymie critical information about respiratory illnesses and other health-related threats, potentially leading to eroded public trust, the researchers said.
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