The Latest Breaking News from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The director of the National Institutes of Health is poised to take on one of the most powerful roles in American public health. Dr Jay Bhattacharya, an Indian-origin physician and health economist, is set to become acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to reports…

The director of the National Institutes of Health is also taking over as acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an administration official

The true number of people infected may be even higher, health officials warned

In the ten months since his confirmation as United States Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr has regularly made headlines. Last month, he instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to abandon its official position that vaccines do not cause autism.

The U.S. suicide rate has fallen after years of hovering at some of the highest levels ever reported, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The committee advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy voted on Dec. 5, 2025, to stop recommending that all newborns be routinely vaccinated against the hepatitis B virus – undoing a 34-year prevention strategy that has nearly eliminated early childhood hepatitis B infections in the United…

Two-day meeting under new, RFK Jr-appointed chair could see radical overhaul of US childhood immunizations policy

Listeria found in pasta sold by Trader Joe’s, Kroger and others as CDC urges people to check fridges and seek care if ill

Much has been written about the unprecedented impact that the second Trump administration has had on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from massive job cuts and entire programs being wiped out to leadership shake-ups and the undermining of science. But behind every headline, countless stories have gone untold…