President Trump has nominated Dr. Erica Schwartz, who served as deputy surgeon general in his first administration, to serve ...

Current and ex-officials at the CDC warn Americans’ health security in danger under RFK Jr’s direction ...

As one CDC employee, who asked not to be named, put it on Friday, among staff “the general vibe is guarded but hopeful.” ...

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President Trump will soon nominate a permanent director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, its acting chief, National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, told agency ...

March 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ‌staff will arrive in South Carolina to ‌help the state contain the largest measles outbreak in the country in more than 30 years, a ...

On Friday, NIH Director and CDC Acting Director Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, sent an introductory email to CDC staff, which was shared with MedPage Today. In his message, Bhattacharya acknowledged the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is once again searching for a new leader. During the current Trump administration, the embattled agency tasked with protecting the nation's health has ...

The CDC was expected last month to publish a study showing that Covid vaccines reduced the likelihood of severe illness, but ...

Vaccine experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were blindsided by a top deputy to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to unilaterally overhaul the childhood ...