Dr. Peter Hotez joins to discuss the growing measles outbreak and the CDC’s plan to launch a study on the link between vaccines and autism, despite extensive evidence showing no connection.

The layoffs at the CDC partly involved new hires and probationary employees who were in the first three years of employment with the agency. Similar layoffs hit the Food and Drug Administration ...

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A sign with the CDC logo is displayed at the entrance to the agency’s headquarters in Atlanta, on Sunday, March 2, 2025. (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) The Trump ...

The programs are designed to cultivate a new generation of public health leaders, many of whom have gone on to work at the CDC. That was far from its only purpose. Local and state officials said ...

It’s worrisome.” How researchers use the CDC’s health data The SVI catalogs census data on socio-economic status, race, housing, and transportation in communities across the United States. Researchers ...

In addition, the administration has begun a widespread purge of the federal public health workforce. As of Feb. 19, around 5,200 employees at the CDC and the National Institutes of Health had been let ...

The CDC's ad campaign on the flu vaccine is being halted in the middle of peak flu season. The move came during Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s first full week on the job as head of HHS. Drs. Omer Awan ...

“However, contrary to how outbreaks have been publicly announced and posted on line for decades, the CDC has remained silent,” added Marler. Last month, the FDA announced that they were ...

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a rise in severe and even deadly flu cases. Officials are now saying that it is the worst flu season in years. NBC’s Maggie ...

The first meeting of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisory committee since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary has been ...

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices advises the CDC director on how FDA-approved vaccines should be used; for example, recommending which groups of people should get shots and when.