Politics Aug 27 Susan Monarez ousted as CDC director after less than a month as other agency leaders resign Her departure coincided with the resignations of at least three top CDC officials. The list includes Dr. Debra Houry, the agency's deputy director; Dr. Daniel Jernigan, head of the agency's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases; and Dr.
Nation Aug 25 Person in U.S. diagnosed with flesh-eating screwworm after travel to El Salvador A person in the U.S. who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm. It's the first reported U.S. case tied to travel to a country with a current outbreak.
Nation Aug 11 In CDC attack, man fired 180 shots, breaking 150 windows It may take weeks or even months to replace windows and clean up the damage at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, according to information circulated internally at the agency.
Health Aug 06 Studies reveal hidden deaths and health problems connected to Maui and LA wildfires Three new studies highlight the severe health impacts of recent wildfires on Maui and in Los Angeles.
Health Jul 30 Ousted vaccine panel members say rigorous science is being abandoned under RFK Jr. Seventeen experts ousted from a U.S. vaccine committee are expressing little faith in what the panel has become.
Nation Jul 24 The U.S. fertility rate reached a new low in 2024, CDC data shows New federal data shows the fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman.
Health Jun 26 RFK Jr.'s vaccine committee endorses flu shots, except those with preservative thimerosal The Trump administration’s new vaccine advisers on Thursday endorsed this fall’s flu vaccinations for just about every American but threw in a twist: Only use certain shots free of an ingredient antivaccine groups have falsely tied to autism.
Health Jun 25 WATCH: CDC vaccine panel holds meeting after RFK Jr. ousts and replaces expert former members U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers alarmed pediatricians Wednesday by announcing inquiries into some long-settled questions about children’s shots.
Health Jun 11 RFK Jr. names 8 vaccine panel replacements, including a critic of COVID vaccines Kennedy’s decision to “retire” the previous 17-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices was widely decried by doctors’ groups and public health organizations, who feared the advisers would be replaced by a group aligned with Kennedy’s desire to reassess — and…
Health May 30 CDC removes language that says healthy kids and pregnant women should get COVID shots The nation's top public health agency posted new recommendations that say healthy children and pregnant women may get COVID-19 vaccinations, removing stronger language that those groups should get the shots.