The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is initiating expanded research into understanding autism and its potential links with vaccines, a source familiar with the CDC’s planning said.

“The president is a busy man doing good work for our nation, and the last thing he needs is a controversy about CDC.” A spokesperson for Cassidy denied that Cassidy asked the administration to ...

It is in that vein I call out my friends at the FDA and CDC for closing a romaine lettuce E. coli O157:H7 case without supplying the pubic – who they are supposed to serve – with information ...

The layoffs at the CDC partly involved new hires and probationary employees who were in the first three years of employment with the agency. Similar layoffs hit the Food and Drug Administration ...

Matt Gaetz was Donald Trump’s first personnel fiasco, but not last. Take Dave Weldon's failed CDC nomination, for example. By Steve Benen UPDATE (March 19, 2025, 5:11 p.m. ET): This post has ...

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a rise in severe and even deadly flu cases. Officials are now saying that it is the worst flu season in years. NBC’s Maggie ...

A former Florida congressman, Weldon also has been a prominent critic of vaccines and the CDC, which promotes vaccines and monitors their safety. Sen. Patty Murray said she had serious concerns ...

The programs are designed to cultivate a new generation of public health leaders, many of whom have gone on to work at the CDC. That was far from its only purpose. Local and state officials said ...

NTT Data is the incumbent contractor, responsible for providing general IT support services to CDC's office of the chief information officer. But Digital Management Inc. won the recompete ...

The CDC was created nearly 80 years ago to prevent the spread of malaria in the U.S. Its mission was later expanded, and it gradually became a global leader on infectious and chronic diseases and ...

New CDC data uncovers rising animal/environmental contamination and a hidden 'glove-handoff' in food safety failures. Report: Contributing Factors of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks — National ...

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices advises the CDC director on how FDA-approved vaccines should be used; for example, recommending which groups of people should get shots and when.