There were 26.4 deaths per 100,000 people from diabetes, according to early death certificate data for the third quarter of 2024 published this month by the CDC's National Center for Health ...

Lab scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had been analyzing blood samples for weeks to determine how dozens of patients across six states had become infected with viral ...

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 ...

“This is unprecedented, both in the scale and scope of destruction of CDC, and unprecedented in the secret manner in which it’s been being carried out,” said Fleming, a public health ...

At the CDC, she worked with community organizations across the country who won grants to fight substance abuse. ExploreEARLIER IN THE AJC: Mass layoffs at Atlanta-based CDC spread shock “Public ...

Kennedy Jr. said Monday he plans to direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to stop recommending the addition of fluoride in water, while also putting together a task force to ...

The Trump administration on Tuesday temporarily reinstated dozens of fired federal workers who help screen coal miners for black lung, a deadly and incurable disease caused by inhaling toxic coal ...

The CDC represents 91% of all HIV prevention funding. Eliminating these programs would have a significant impact on the prevention and treatment of this virus in the US. Amidst ongoing job and ...

PROTECTION WANES OVER TIME. OBVIOUSLY, LAST YEAR, THE CDC RECOMMENDED A SPRING BOOSTER FOR OLDER ADULTS. WHAT ABOUT THIS YEAR? THE RECOMMENDATION HAS STAYED. SO BASICALLY, IF YOU’RE ELDERLY ...

Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) struggled to find records belonging to Dr. Tom Shimabukuro, the director of the CDC’s Immunization Safety Office, while trying to ...

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 ...

Notes from a recent meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ COVID-19 Work Group show health officials are considering narrowing the recommended age range for ...