CDC won't publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits

Source: Washington Post

CDC won't publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits

The report, which had cleared the agency's scientific-review process, had been delayed. It now won't be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.

April 22, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. EDT


An unpublished report showed last winter's covid vaccine reduced hospitaliations. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)

By Lena H. Sun

A report showing the efficacy of the covid-19 vaccine that was previously delayed by the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been blocked from being published in the agency's flagship scientific journal, according to three people familiar with the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. The report showed that the vaccine reduced emergency department visits and hospitalizations among healthy adults by about half this past winter.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/04/22/covid-vaccine-report-blocked-cdc-mmwr/

SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2
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— Lena Sun (@lenasun.bsky.social) 2026-04-22T10:50:20.619Z