HHS Deputy Security Jim O'Neill is currently acting CDC director, having taken over in August after HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the former director.

The global spread of measles shows no signs of slowing down in 2026, including explosive outbreaks in travel hot spots like the southern U.S. and Mexico, prompting warnings from public health ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services one year ...

Measles outbreaks in close to half of U.S. states are responsible for over 900 confirmed cases in 2026, according to the ...

She added, “There are lots of childhood rashes and fevers, and as parents, we all know that our kids get these here and there. This is not that. This is a much more serious illness that has much ...

Kansas lawmakers are advancing a budget proviso to mandate KDHE follows the CDC's changes to the childhood vaccine schedule.

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.

An impending lawsuit led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) will challenge the Trump administration’s changes to ...

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who directs the National Institute of Health, is taking over as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, which rebuked CDC’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, will oversee the nation’s leading public health agency.

National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya will also serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after a week of shake-ups in the Trump administration’s ...