CDC vaccine panel head says agency will only regain trust if it addresses why it ‘was not truthful’ during COVID

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel warned the scientific community must work ...

CDC signs off on fall Covid shots. It may not be easy to get one, depending on where you live.

Many states have already announced their own Covid vaccine recommendations, creating "unprecedented" levels of confusion, one ...
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Shutdown leaves gaps in states’ health data, possibly endangering lives

With CDC disease tracking paused during the shutdown, states face data gaps as flu, RSV, and COVID-19 seasons begin.
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CDC: Living In This U.S. Region Spikes Your Risk of High Blood Pressure and Diabetes

Location may play a bigger role in your health than you think—especially in this region. But experts say there are ways to ...

Obesity statistics reflect a national health crisis and prompt a call to action

BMI is a measure of body weight relative to height. The goal for most people is to have a BMI that’s over 18 and under 25.
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A public health horror story: If the zombies arrive on Halloween, will the CDC be there to respond?

In 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response published a ...
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Some of CDC’s health statistics employees are still in the dark

The National Center for Health Statistics divisions lost about 100 people to RIFs. Here's what estimate about 100 jobs were ...

The disaster at the CDC, explained by its former boss

The consequences of the CDC’s gutting will be diffuse, given the agency’s many different functions, and they could take some time to materialize. Public health trends are measured in decades, not in ...

Why the CDC’s chaos is putting American health at risk

America's top disease control agency, the CDC, is in disarray. Hundreds of staff face repeated firings and rehirings amid ...
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About 600 CDC workers are expected to be permanently fired after latest round of cuts

Public health experts in Georgia are speaking out against furloughs at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention they say have left hundreds of employees at the agency unemployed as ...