After President Trump’s first nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) failed to gain traction ...

Africa CDC is now looking at new ways to finance health in countries. COURTESY PHOTO/AFRICA CDC. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With external health aid to Africa projected to drop by 70% between ...

Right now, the CDC reports that there are more than 700 cases across the U.S., although it only updates its tally once a week. In Texas, the state’s health authorities said Tuesday that there ...

has launched a first-of-its-kind nationwide initiative designed to enhance health insurance literacy and empower the public to make more informed choices about their healthcare coverage. Launched ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has denied a request from Milwaukee’s public health department for assistance in managing unsafe lead levels in the city’s public schools ...

follow CDC recommendations.” If top health officials change their recommendations, he said, states may feel emboldened to throw out sound policies without fear of repercussion.

WASHINGTON- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert ... proceeded on Thursday to compliment the CDC, which he oversees, for its handling of the measles outbreak, which killed two unvaccinated ...

Related to all this: A massive round of staffing cuts last week across federal agencies included elimination of the CDC's 20-person Division of Oral Health. That office managed grants to local ...

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 ...