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Anti-vaccine activists seized on a deadly outbreak in Seminole, setting off a battle between fringe doctors and mainstream medicine.
Measles is back Nearly 35 US states have shared news about outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and ...
A current CDC official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity without authorization to speak to the media, said the absence of a director leaves the agency without an important check and balance.
Havers had led the CDC's Respiratory Virus Hospitalization Surveillance Network, or RESP-NET, that collects and studies trends in hospitalizations from COVID-19, RSV and influenza.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is rehiring about 460 employees who had previously been laid off, according to an email notice reviewed by The Hill. The Department of Health ...
The cuts slash the CDC's budget from nearly $9.2 billion in FY 2024 to $4.2 billion. At least 20%, or $1 billion, of the funding cut is moving to AHA. The cuts will have a trickle-down effect on ...
A multistate Salmonella outbreak linked to eggs has sickened at least 79 people across seven states, according to a warning issued Saturday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed 17 members of a CDC vaccine advisory committee. Kennedy Jr. cited restoring public trust as the reason for the dismissals, despite his history of ...
She said she’s grateful hundreds of laid-off employees can go back to their jobs at the CDC. “I’m so happy for them, but I’m also a little confused because the government decided these ...
A Michigan woman living with sickle cell disease says her life may now be at risk after the CDC disbanded the team responsible for researching safe birth control for people with chronic conditions ...
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers meet next week. Their agenda suggests they’ll skip some expected topics, including a vote on COVID-19 shots.