Under a risk-based recommendation, the CDC would continue to recommend two doses of Covid-19 vaccines each year for older adults — those over 65 — and to anyone with weakened immune function.

The CDC report, which includes data from 16 study sites across the U.S. including Maryland, found an overall prevalence of autism of 1 in 31 (3.2%) among 8-year-olds in 2022. The Maryland study ...

Africa CDC and WHO have updated their joint Continental Response Plan for the mpox emergency as the disease continues to affect new areas. The revised strategy focuses on controlling outbreaks ...

“This reallocation, or what Dr. Sugerman called scraping, is not unique to this outbreak or a direct result of current initiatives to restructure CDC. When outbreaks occur, the agency must ...

The decision will fall to the CDC's chief of staff, Matthew Buzzelli, said Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson Andrew Nixon. Buzzelli is not a physician. His CDC bio touts his ...

While the CDC and CPSC are separate agencies, back in 2000, the CDC agreed to help expand the CPSC's data-collection abilities and create what was known as the All Injury Program. Now that ...

President Donald Trump has nominated another candidate to lead the CDC – acting director Susan Monarez – after withdrawing support for his first choice a couple of weeks ago. Monarez replaces ...

Emmarie Huetteman KFF Health News Emmarie Huetteman, senior editor, oversees a team of Washington reporters, as well as "Bill of the Month" and KFF Health News' "What the Health?" She previously ...

On its face, the April 17 report issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was nothing short of alarming. According to a nationwide survey conducted in 2022 across 16 ...

That stance – which is not far away from comments made by Trump's Health and Human Services Secretary pick Robert F Kennedy Jr – could end up having major implications, given that the CDC has ...