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More than 30 percent of American teenagers were considered prediabetic in 2023, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The U.S. is having the worst measles outbreak in decades. Here’s what experts recommend you do to avoid getting sick.
The Senate HELP Committee voted on Wednesday to advance Susan Monarez's nomination as director of the Centers for Disease ...
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted along party lines Wednesday to advance President Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
A U.S. Senate committee has approved Susan Monarez to be President Donald Trump’s director of the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
The recent replacement of the entire CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) raises serious public health ...
Chronic disease prevention The latest budget request would eliminate the CDC's Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, for which $1.4 billion was appropriated in FY 2024.
HHS plans to fold the CDC's chronic disease center into the new Administration for a Healthy America. Experts fear for coordination with local health departments, among other things.
Experts warn about risks of new COVID-19 vaccine guidelines The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says that kids with no underlying health conditions "may receive" COVID-19 vaccines ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff members are grappling with uncertainty about both their futures and ...
The Department of Health and Human Services has granted an exemption to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to hire a new class of its disease detectives, multiple CDC officials said ...
The CDC has terminated an advisory committee responsible for providing federal guidance on the prevention and control of health care-associated infections and the spread of antimicrobial ...