Once confirmed by the Senate, Kennedy—the most visible, outspoken, and influential anti-vaccination, anti-science quack ...

Dr. Janette Nesheiwat for US surgeon general, Dr. David Weldon for CDC director and Dr. Marty Makary for FDA commissioner, each of whom will face a Senate confirmation hearing. Several health ...

The CDC responds to infectious disease outbreaks ... The next surgeon general - the country's top health educator - of the US will be Janette Nesheiwat, if Mr Trump's pick is approved.

The CDC responds to infectious disease outbreaks ... The next surgeon general - the country's top health educator - of the US will be Janette Nesheiwat, if Mr Trump's pick is approved.

for directorship of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Meanwhile, Jay Bhattacharya, a health policy expert and critic of pandemic management, is selected to lead the National Institutes ...

The CDC, with a core budget of $9.2 billion, is responsible for protecting Americans from health threats, including outbreaks. Prior to the cuts, the agency had 13,000 employees, with more than ...

The situation is far from normal at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, current and former CDC officials tell NPR, even as a clampdown on external communications is starting to ease.

Half of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention's Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — a group known as the CDC's "disease detectives" — were among the cuts made Friday by the Trump ...

Flu has been brutal this season. The CDC estimates at least 24 million illnesses, 310,000 hospitalizations, and 13,000 deaths from the flu since the start of October. At the same time, the bird ...

The CDC alone will lose roughly 1,300 workers as a result of the purge. It’s unclear how many NIH employees will be fired. Affected workers will be placed on paid leave for one month ...

While president-elect, Trump summed it up well: “Americans have lost trust in the CDC and our Federal Health Authorities, because of censorship, data manipulation and misinformation.” ...