New York state officials slammed a federal vaccine advisory committee’s vote Friday to drop the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine.

Northeast health leaders say CDC's shift on vaccines, autism was "inconsistent with decades of research" and may lead to "unnecessary fear and harm."

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who publicly resigned from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in August due to shifting vaccine policy under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is starting the next chapter of his public health career in New York.

The data released by the CDC is on a delay, so it doesn't yet include the week of Thanksgiving, when many people were expected to travel and gather in large groups.

Recent wastewater testing has detected the norovirus, also known as the stomach flu or stomach bug, around New York.

Former CDC official Demetre Daskalakis is taking his skills back to New York, where they were honed in HIV clinics and the city health department