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Meanwhile, NPR reports that many of the ways the CDC previously distributed health and outbreak alerts, like newsletters, have gone silent. The agency's main social media channels are now run by the Department of Health and Human Services. Cases of measles, salmonella, listeria, and hepatitis A and C have continued to rise.

All this comes as the World Health Organization celebrated a new pandemic treaty, the first global agreement for how to respond to future pandemics. It included a series of measures aimed at improving collaboration, preparedness and research. The U.S. did not participate as President Trump has begun the process of withdrawing from the WHO.

All this comes as the World Health Organization celebrated a new pandemic treaty, the first global agreement for how to respond to future pandemics. It included a series of measures aimed at improving collaboration, preparedness and research. The U.S. did not participate as President Trump has begun the process of withdrawing from the WHO.

All this comes as the World Health Organization celebrated a new pandemic treaty, the first global agreement for how to respond to future pandemics. It included a series of measures aimed at improving collaboration, preparedness and research. The U.S. did not participate as President Trump has begun the process of withdrawing from the WHO.

And Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has urged nations to reject, as he put it, the moribund WHO. The U.S. was once the WHO's biggest donor, the title that China now holds. President Biden's health is back in focus this week after we learned just a few days ago that he's been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.

And Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has urged nations to reject, as he put it, the moribund WHO. The U.S. was once the WHO's biggest donor, the title that China now holds. President Biden's health is back in focus this week after we learned just a few days ago that he's been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.

And Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has urged nations to reject, as he put it, the moribund WHO. The U.S. was once the WHO's biggest donor, the title that China now holds. President Biden's health is back in focus this week after we learned just a few days ago that he's been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.

But even before this news, his health, specifically his cognitive health, was a topic of debate and speculation. A turning point in this conversation came nearly a year ago when he and now President Trump met for their first and only debate of the 2024 campaign. Many Americans tuning in were shocked by what they saw.

But even before this news, his health, specifically his cognitive health, was a topic of debate and speculation. A turning point in this conversation came nearly a year ago when he and now President Trump met for their first and only debate of the 2024 campaign. Many Americans tuning in were shocked by what they saw.

But even before this news, his health, specifically his cognitive health, was a topic of debate and speculation. A turning point in this conversation came nearly a year ago when he and now President Trump met for their first and only debate of the 2024 campaign. Many Americans tuning in were shocked by what they saw.

At that point, the questions about Biden's ability to serve another term were impossible to ignore. But new reporting from CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson reveals that people in Biden's inner circle knew about his cognitive decline for years and that they actively concealed it from others in the administration, from elected officials and from the American people. Here's Thompson.

At that point, the questions about Biden's ability to serve another term were impossible to ignore. But new reporting from CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson reveals that people in Biden's inner circle knew about his cognitive decline for years and that they actively concealed it from others in the administration, from elected officials and from the American people. Here's Thompson.

At that point, the questions about Biden's ability to serve another term were impossible to ignore. But new reporting from CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson reveals that people in Biden's inner circle knew about his cognitive decline for years and that they actively concealed it from others in the administration, from elected officials and from the American people. Here's Thompson.

Thompson and Tapper lay out their reporting in a new book called Original Sin, President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again. They're my guests this week on Apple News in Conversation. And just to say, we spoke a few days before Biden's cancer diagnosis was announced, so you won't hear us discuss that in this interview.

Thompson and Tapper lay out their reporting in a new book called Original Sin, President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again. They're my guests this week on Apple News in Conversation. And just to say, we spoke a few days before Biden's cancer diagnosis was announced, so you won't hear us discuss that in this interview.

Thompson and Tapper lay out their reporting in a new book called Original Sin, President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again. They're my guests this week on Apple News in Conversation. And just to say, we spoke a few days before Biden's cancer diagnosis was announced, so you won't hear us discuss that in this interview.

They told me Biden and his closest confidants didn't seem to be concerned by his disastrous debate performance or the fallout. In fact, they kept him largely isolated from outside opinions about the state of his campaign. Here's Tapper.

They told me Biden and his closest confidants didn't seem to be concerned by his disastrous debate performance or the fallout. In fact, they kept him largely isolated from outside opinions about the state of his campaign. Here's Tapper.

They told me Biden and his closest confidants didn't seem to be concerned by his disastrous debate performance or the fallout. In fact, they kept him largely isolated from outside opinions about the state of his campaign. Here's Tapper.

Eight days after that conversation, Biden announced he would step down. In response to the reporting in this book and elsewhere about his health, the former president has said that claims about his cognitive health declining during his presidency are wrong and that there is nothing to sustain them. To hear the rest of my conversation with Tapper and Thompson, stick around after today's show.