Mar 27 Health and Human Services to lay off 10,000 workers, close agencies in major restructuring By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press Public health experts warn a major overhaul and layoffs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services could have untold consequences for millions of people across the country. Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch 6:10 CDC the latest federal agency to face leadership shakeup and cuts By Geoff Bennett, Azhar Merchant President Trump has put into place a very different team than his predecessors when it comes to public health and research. The CDC is very much in the thick of it. Five senior leaders at the CDC have announced their… Continue watching
Mar 26 Trump to nominate acting CDC director for permanent position, White House official says By Seung Min Kim, Amanda Seitz, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press Trump abruptly withdrew the nomination of his first pick, David Weldon, earlier this month. Continue reading
Mar 13 Trump administration withdraws nomination of vaccine critic David Weldon for CDC director By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Feb 14 CDC set to lose one-tenth of workforce under Trump administration probationary job cuts By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Feb 05 Racial gap widens in maternal mortality around time of childbirth By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jan 02 5 years after it appeared, things we know and still don't know about COVID By Lauran Neergaard, Laura Ungar, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press Five years after the virus that causes COVID emerged in China it still holds some mysteries. Continue reading
Dec 18 First severe bird flu case in U.S. reported in Louisiana, according to health officials By Mike Stobbe, JoNel Aleccia, Associated Press A person in Louisiana has the first severe illness caused by bird flu in the U.S., health officials said Wednesday. Continue reading
Nov 23 Watch 3:13 News Wrap: Israel continues deadly airstrikes in Gaza and Lebanon In our news wrap Saturday, a flurry of new nominees is rounding out Trump’s next administration, Israeli airstrikes killed dozens of people in southern Gaza and central Beirut, and the CDC is investigating the country’s first case of bird flu… Continue watching
Nov 13 Overdose deaths down in U.S., providing experts hope for ongoing decline By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press New government data shows that U.S. drug overdose deaths appear to be showing a sustained decline. Continue reading