Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday reshaped the CDC’s powerful vaccine panel, naming two obstetrician-gynecologists (OB-GYNs) as part of his push to overhaul the ...

RICHMOND, Va. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced updated recommendations for childhood vaccines on Monday, reducing the number of required immunizations from 17 to 11 diseases ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended a long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine, leaving it instead to parents, in consultation with a healthcare ...

The CDC's stance on vaccination has drastically changed, which may be behind people's dipping trust in vaccines, according to ...

Chelsea Cirruzzo is a Washington correspondent at STAT, where she covers HHS. You can reach Chelsea on Signal at chelseacirruzzo.42. WASHINGTON — Federal officials have ended a brief pause of more ...

President Trump has nominated Dr. Erica Schwartz, who served as deputy surgeon general in his first administration, to serve as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Monday he is hiring two former top officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who were pushed out by Health and Human Services ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former CDC official Demetre Daskalakis about the absence of a CDC director and the government's ability to respond to public health threats. The Centers for Disease ...

Jake Tapper puts a medical A.I. app to the test using his daughter's misdiagnosis ...

President Donald Trump believes he has found a prescription to fix the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: a four-person team to lead an agency charged with advising Americans on navigating ...

Health officials say emergency room visits for tick bites are rising earlier than usual, prompting warnings about Lyme ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Norovirus cases are on the rise in the United States, with health experts warning about the increased spread of the virus through contaminated food and water. Baystate Health ...