Researchers from Boston University Report Findings in Managed Care (Unexplained Pauses In Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Surveillance: Erosion of the Public Evidence Base for Health Policy): Managed Care

2026 FEB 25 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Fresh data on Managed Care are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating in Boston, Massachusetts, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Real-time federal surveillance of diseases and health care delivery informs clinical guidance and public health policy. However, in 2025, some U.S.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Boston University, “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) databases seemed to have ‘unexplained pauses’ and ceased or delayed updates. The CDC public data catalog was audited to identify paused databases that had previously been updated at least monthly and evaluated their characteristics. Of 1359 catalog records examined on 28 October 2025, eighty-two were previously updated at least monthly. On the basis of each database’s stated periodicity, allowing for an additional 30-day grace period, their status was classified as either current or paused as of 28 October 2025. Forty-four databases (54%) were current, and 38 (46%) were paused. Thirty-four of the 38 databases (89%) had no data entries dated within 6 months of the date of analysis, whereas 4 (11%) paused more recently. Of the 38 paused databases, 33 (87%) were vaccination-related topics compared with none of the 44 current databases. Of the 5 paused databases on other topics, 4 addressed respiratory diseases, including disease burden and nonvaccine prevention measures, whereas 1 addressed public health (drug overdose deaths). The persistence of pauses as of 2 December 2025 was examined. Only 1 of the 38 paused databases had been updated. Such long pauses may have compromised evidence for decision making and policies by clinicians, administrators, professional organizations, and policymakers. Federal databases should adopt minimum transparency standards, including displaying the current update status, with a rationale if paused, and next expected update with criteria for resumption.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Without such standards, unexplained pauses in surveillance risk undermining evidence-based medicine and public trust.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Unexplained Pauses In Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Surveillance: Erosion of the Public Evidence Base for Health Policy. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2026. Annals of Internal Medicine can be contacted at: Amer Coll Physicians, Independence Mall West 6TH And Race St, Philadelphia, Pa 19106-1572, United States.

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Janet Freilich, Boston University, School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, United States. Additional authors for this research include Jeremy W. Jacobs, Garrett S. Booth and Noel T. Brewer.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.7326/ANNALS-25-04022. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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