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Over his thirty year career, Dan Jernigan has been quoted or featured in various media reports, including CNN, NPR, ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, MSNow, and other broadcast venues including interviews on 60 Minutes, Frontline, Good Morning America, CBS Mornings, The Weeknight on MSNBC, PBS Newshour, ABC World News Tonight and others. He has also spoken at the National Press Club several times and has been featured in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Reuters, Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, and others.

Below are selected media coverage since August 2025

Parents Tried to Shield Their Children From Vaccines. Instead They Got Measles.Spartanburg County in South Carolina is ground zero for the largest measles outbreak since 2000. One school has a vaccination rate of 21 percent.

Why it's a bit surprising that the U.S. is attending a key global flu meetingAfter the U.S. withdrew from the World Health Organization, it wasn't clear they would participate in this WHO-led meeting to determine the recipe for the next flu vaccine.

Exit of CDC’s acting director highlights agency’s lack of leaderThe lack of a Senate-confirmed leader is deepening the turmoil at the CDC.

Doctor groups need to ‘step up to the plate’ as CDC guidance becomes harder to trust, former leaders sayLayoffs, leadership changes, and politics have made CDC information less trustworthy, former CDC officials say at STAT Summit Boston.

Former CDC Leaders Offer Alternative ID Surveillance OptionsWhile most infectious disease surveillance remains reliable at the CDC, it’s unclear if that will continue; officials point to other sources to consider.

Trust, public health reporting and the CDC: Insider perspectivesIn this webinar, hear from former CDC officials on where to go for reliable reporting resources after the dismantling of the agency.

The CDC’s Website Is Anti-Vaccine NowThe agency’s revamped vaccine-safety page enshrines Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s fringe beliefs as government guidance.

CDC’s vaccine advisory panel faces a crisis of its own making“ACIP has drifted toward inflating speculative risks while downplaying well-established vaccine benefits,” write former CDC officials Demetre Daskalakis, Daniel Jernigan, and Debra Houry.

‘Astounding’ vaccine change puts US behind peer countries, experts warnScientists predict increased disease outbreaks after Trump officials no longer recommend third of childhood vaccines

We are former CDC officials. RFK Jr.'s change to vaccine guidance is propaganda.Under Secretary Kennedy, CDC materials can no longer be assumed to reflect scientific authority.

Inside the Chaos at the C.D.C.A former senior official and two current employees describe the turmoil at the agency under R.F.K., Jr.,’s stewardship.

HHS Gave a $1.6 Million Grant to a Controversial Vaccine Study. These Emails Show How That HappenedTwo Danish researchers faced accusations of “questionable research practices” as RFK Jr.’s top appointees made their study a “funding priority.”

WATCH: Hundreds gather in Atlanta to support CDC's top brass after resignationsFour directors at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resigned within 24 hours of the firing of director Susan Monarez by the White House. GPB's Sofi Gratas reports on the response by Atlanta's global health community.

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