Health Apr 08 A look at the benefits and potential problems of water fluoridation as it's under attack U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he wants communities to stop fluoridating water, and he is setting the gears of government in motion to help make that happen.
Health Apr 08 RFK Jr. will tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water Health Secretary Robert Kennedy cannot order communities to stop fluoridation, but he can direct the CDC to stop recommending it and work with the EPA to change the allowed amount.
Politics Mar 26 Trump to nominate acting CDC director for permanent position, White House official says Trump abruptly withdrew the nomination of his first pick, David Weldon, earlier this month.
Politics Mar 13 Trump administration withdraws nomination of vaccine critic David Weldon for CDC director The Republican-controlled Senate health committee announced Thursday morning that it was canceling a planned hearing on Weldon's nomination — less than an hour before it was scheduled to begin.
Politics Feb 14 CDC set to lose one-tenth of workforce under Trump administration probationary job cuts Nearly 1,300 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being forced out under the Trump administration's move to get rid of all probationary employees. That's roughly one-tenth of the agency's workforce.
Health Feb 13 CDC finds evidence that bird flu spread silently to veterinarians, suggesting undercount of cases A new study published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that bird flu has silently spread from animals to some veterinarians, echoing two smaller studies that detected evidence of infection in previously undiagnosed farmworkers.
Health Feb 10 Nevada dairy worker contracted newer strain of bird flu, CDC says The worker was infected with a type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has been spreading in U.S. herds since last year, federal health officials said Monday.
Health Feb 07 U.S. facing most intense flu season in at least 15 years One indicator of flu activity is the percentage of doctor’s office visits driven by flu-like symptoms. Last week, that number was clearly higher than the peak of any winter flu season since 2009-2010.
Health Feb 05 Racial gap widens in maternal mortality around time of childbirth Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher white women around the time of childbirth in 2023. That's according to federal health data released Wednesday.
Health Jan 27 CDC memo orders public health officials to stop working with WHO immediately A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official, John Nkengasong, sent a memo to senior leaders at the agency on Sunday night telling them that all staff who work with the WHO must immediately stop their collaborations and “await…