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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 ...
NBC News, citing two sources familiar with the plan, reports that the CDC is expected to hand over multiple sets of vaccine safety data to a “senior data analyst” at HHS named David Geier.
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)(AP/MIguel Martinez ...
An infectious disease researcher, she has a long, more traditional background in federal policy, which could assuage some concerns as the first CDC director that will require Senate confirmation.
A woman in Maine developed a dangerous meat allergy after a black-legged tick bite—prompting the CDC to rethink which ticks can trigger alpha-gal syndrome. A decade of cases suggests the threat ...
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 employees whose jobs were cut were responsible for monitoring, tracking and assisting with gastrointestinal outbreaks on cruise ships. The epidemiologist tasked with leading the federal ...
The effect was felt across the CDC, as workers in the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice (DEHSP), the Division of Population Health, the Division of HIV Prevention, the Division ...
At the CDC, his days were spent updating far-flung local TV, radio, and newspaper journalists about threats such as seasonal flu, measles, and food safety in their communities. A judge has ordered ...
“Americans have lost confidence in the CDC due to political bias and disastrous mismanagement.” Earlier this month, the White House withdrew the nomination of Weldon, a former Florida ...
Using advanced diagnostics and improved modeling, the CDC reveals which foodborne bugs are making Americans sick—and how many end up in hospital beds or worse. Study: Foodborne Illness Acquired ...
EpiAid is a CDC program providing a short-term loan of an officer from the public health agency’s Epidemic Intelligence Service, or EIS. These “disease detectives” are sent to state and ...