California’s top public health officials declared vaccines as “one of the greatest achievements in modern medicine” Friday in the wake of U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s comments and federal-level changes.

In the two weeks since Christmas, flu activity in California has jumped from moderate to high. This as the C-D-C announced it is scaling back on recommended childhood vaccines.

CALIFORNIA, USA — Flu activity is surging across most of the United States, with California among the states now reporting high levels of flu-like illness, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

At least 11 million people have gotten sick, and 5,000 people have died from the flu this season, according to the CDC.

The California Department of Public Health reported that the seasonal influenza activity has increased in all California regions, as officials are seeing an increase in hospital admissions.• Video above: Covid,

A child in San Mateo County died of influenza this week, only days after the CDC announced a new reduced list of recommended vaccinations.