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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reinstating some 450 employees laid off under the Trump administration ...

Kennedy's picks circumvented the usual CDC process for selecting members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently removed all 17 sitting members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee. Who could be on the ...

Scientists are developing a new device that fits inside a menstrual pad and checks for "biomarkers" of disease in period ...

The proposed budget for the Department of Health and Human Services slashes CDC and NIH funding in favor of the new ...

Eating a diet high in phytosterols, found in many plant foods, can reduce the risk of heart disease by 9% and type 2 diabetes ...

U.S. and state officials say the consolidation of the public health agency’s vast trove of information could expose patients ...

Layoffs and funding freezes have gutted the CDC’s response to the opioid crisis—just as harm reduction was beginning to work ...

The demonstration came a day after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gutted a federal vaccine safety panel and vowed to ...