Kennedy Jr.'s sweeping cuts to the nation's public health agencies. Cuts to the CDC's branch responsible for investigating and preventing lead poisoning has brought multiple efforts to help local ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tennessee was added to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) growing list of states with measles cases. According to the CDC, Tennessee is one of 30 ...

Fluoride, a compound best known for strengthening teeth and reducing cavities, was first endorsed by federal officials for water fluoridation in 1950, according to the CDC. Stricter guidelines ...

About 1 in every 31 children was diagnosed with autism by age 8 in 2022, up from 1 in 36 in 2020, according to the CDC report published Tuesday. Rates varied widely by gender, race and geographic ...

Deep cuts to the CDC institute that approves and assures continued quality of protective gear for firefighters, miners and others risk their safety, experts warned. Mario Anzuoni/Reuters CNN — ...

Kennedy cannot order communities to stop fluoridation, but he can direct the CDC to stop recommending it and work with the EPA to change the allowed amount. Read more: The Science Behind Fluoride ...

If that occurs, it would be the highest number of whooping cough cases recorded since 1950, CDC data shows. Whooping cough cases have been recorded in all 50 states, according to Nielsen ...

Kennedy cannot order communities to stop fluoridation, but he can direct the CDC to stop recommending it and work with the EPA to change the allowed amount. Utah last month became the first state ...

The few domestic companies that still make protective gear for health care workers have clamored for federal intervention. But they worry President Trump’s trade war with China won’t help.

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 ...

Seven federal workers who abruptly lost their jobs in recent weeks say they are worried that thousands of biological samples—from human urine to frozen rodent organs—may be left to rot in a ...

Although the CDC makes recommendations, it is the EPA that sets the limits on what is allowed in water and makes recommendations under the Safe Drinking Water Act. On Monday, Kennedy and Zeldin ...