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Trump administration has shut down CDC's infection control committee
The Trump administration has terminated a federal advisory committee that issued guidance about preventing the spread of ...
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Former CDC staff warn of 'a five-alarm fire'
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff ...
CDC disease detectives exempted from Trump hiring freeze
Each year, the CDC usually hires a new class of Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, known as disease detectives.
Democratic senators ask Trump administration to rehire CDC IVF team
A group of more than a dozen Democratic senators is asking the Trump administration to rehire a team of scientists at the ...
Florida whooping cough cases nearly double from this time last year, CDC says
Whooping cough, or pertussis, is on the rise again in the United States, and the number of cases in 2025 are nearly double ...
Kennedy to ask CDC for new look at treatments for measles, other diseases
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, is asking the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for an agencywide “scientific process” on treating ...
Trump nixes CDC infectious disease advisory committee: Report
The Trump administration shuttered the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), ending three ...
More Than 70 People Infected with Parasite and 16 Hospitalized After Visiting Animal Farm
More than 70 people have been infected with a parasite after visiting an animal farm in Wales. Sixteen people have been ...
US Travel Warning for Popular Cruise Ship Destination
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued a Level 1 travel notice for Fiji, advising ...
Less than half of Americans trust FDA, CDC to do their job
Less than half of Americans believe federal health agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers ...