Instead of the agency's longstanding "universal" recommendation, most of the CDC's advisers and health officials favor shifting to guidance based on people's individual risk of more severe disease.

However, the CDC is continuing the inspections under the Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP), according to a statement by an agency spokesperson to Food Safety News. “This work has not stopped ...

Measles cases are most likely being underreported in the United States, according to a senior scientist at the CDC. So far in 2025, 747 cases have been recorded in the U.S. with about three ...

The CDC report, which includes data from 16 study sites across the U.S. including Maryland, found an overall prevalence of autism of 1 in 31 (3.2%) among 8-year-olds in 2022. The Maryland study ...

Africa CDC and WHO have updated their joint Continental Response Plan for the mpox emergency as the disease continues to affect new areas. The revised strategy focuses on controlling outbreaks ...

The city's request for help, submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month, was denied on April 3 "due to the complete loss" of the CDC's lead poisoning prevention branch ...

Most Americans drink fluoridated water. The CDC for years has recommended that small amounts of fluoride be added to community water systems to prevent cavities. But Kennedy has assailed the ...

Previous CDC reports showed that 1 in 54 8-year-olds had been diagnosed with autism in 2016. In 2000, it was 1 in 150. “The most striking piece of this is how unbelievably common presentations ...

The CDC is blaming the loss of its lead experts because of mass firings from last week across federal health agencies. IRS $1,400 stimulus check deadline is soon — here’s who is eligible and ...

Notices went out on Feb. 15, when the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced plans to cut 2,400 jobs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), headquartered in Atlanta.

The team is meeting with officials again today," CDC spokesperson Jason McDonald said in an email. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. first said Sunday that the CDC would be ...