CDC director: Misinformation ‘lead to deadly consequence” in Atlanta
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta was attacked by a gunman on Friday. File Photo by Erike S. Lesser/EPA Aug.…
RFK Jr. tours CDC headquarters following deadly shooting
Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has visited the CDC headquarters in Atlanta where a police officer was…
CDC union calls on Trump officials to condemn vaccine misinformation
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. Union representing thousands of CDC workers is calling on the Trump administration to…
CDC shooter blamed COVID vaccine for depression. Union demands statement against misinformation
As authorities identified the shooter in the deadly attack on CDC headquarters as a Georgia man who blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed…
Shooter in deadly CDC headquarters attack identified
ATLANTA — Investigators identified a 30-year-old man from suburban Atlanta on Saturday as the person who opened fire on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,…
Georgia officials identify gunman in shooting near CDC, Emory University
Aug. 9 (UPI) -- The suspected gunman in the attack that killed a police officer near the Emory University campus and the Centers for Disease…
Shooter, officer dead at Emory University, near CDC offices in Atlanta
Emory University is a private school in Atlanta. Photo by Emory News Center Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The suspected shooter on Emory University's campus and…
CDC reports ultraprocessed foods comprise more than half of the US diet | Health News
The findings come as Robert F Kennedy Jr advances plans to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ under President Donald Trump.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Trump administration restores funds for HIV prevention following outcry
The Trump administration has lifted a freeze on federal funds for HIV prevention and surveillance programs, officials said, following an outcry from HIV prevention organizations,…
CDC vaccine committee meets despite bipartisan criticism
June 25 (UPI) -- A key vaccine-focused committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met Wednesday despite bipartisan protestations and controversy that surrounds…
Dismissed members of CDC vaccine committee call Kennedy’s actions ‘destabilizing’
NEW YORK — All 17 experts recently dismissed from a government vaccine advisory panel published an essay Monday decrying “destabilizing decisions” made by U.S. Health Secretary Robert…
RFK’s CDC panel includes members who’ve spread vaccine misinformation
NEW YORK — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday named eight new vaccine policy advisers to replace the panel that he abruptly dismissed earlier…
Robert Kennedy Jr expels all 17 members of CDC vaccine panel | Health News
US President Trump-appointed Health Secretary and vaccine sceptic will replace panel with his own selections.United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr…
Cuts eliminate many U.S. government health-tracking programs
NEW YORK — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s motto is “Make America Healthy Again,” but government cuts could make it harder to know if that’s…
Kennedy says he wants to target chronic disease in U.S. tribes. A key program to do it was gutted
CHANDLER, Ariz. — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent time in tribal communities in Arizona and New Mexico this week highlighting ways they are trying to…
California sues over cuts to CDC infectious disease funding
California and a coalition of other states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its plans to cut billions of dollars in federal public health grants…
Possible cuts to HIV prevention could be deadly, healthcare providers say
Statements from the Trump administration that officials are considering cuts to key programs for the prevention of HIV and AIDS are generating outrage among two…
RFK Jr. makes sweeping cuts in federal health staffing
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans Thursday to slash the Department of Health and Human Services, cutting nearly a quarter of its workforce in a…
Dave Weldon says his nomination to be CDC director is withdrawn
Dave Weldon said Thursday that Trump administration dropped his nomination to take over as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. File Photo…
Trump administration withdraws nomination of David Weldon for CDC director
WASHINGTON — The White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dr. David Weldon, a former Florida congressman, to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The…