Public trust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is declining and has fallen to its lowest point since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new poll released Thursday from KFF.

The findings reflect the toll taken by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s significant changes in federal vaccine policy, such as revising the childhood vaccine schedule, narrowing recommendations for the COVID-19 vaccine, replacing every member of a vaccine advisory panel and firing the CDC director.

Half of the public now say they have either “a great deal” or “a fair amount” of trust in the CDC to provide reliable vaccine information, down from 57 percent in July and 63 percent in September 2023.

However, doctors remain the most trusted source of information. More than........

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