The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a report that showed that drug-resistant Shigella is ...

The Trump administration has hit its legal limit for leaving the position of director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vacant after firing the sitting director last year. Former ...

President Trump will soon nominate a permanent director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, its acting chief, National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, told agency ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is once again searching for a new leader. During the current Trump administration, the embattled agency tasked with protecting the nation's health has ...

The White House has delayed nominating a new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is continuing a search, according to officials, as the Trump administration navigates ...

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The White House won’t meet an expected Wednesday deadline to nominate a new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

The CDC, which went through a gamut of leaders in 2025, could soon be led by either a Johns Hopkins Medicine cardiologist or a former Kentucky governor, according to reports from Bloomberg and The ...

The White House may pick a former governor, a state health director or a cardiologist who has been critical of repeated coronavirus boosters to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

HHS chief counselor Klomp optimistic about selecting a new CDC head CDC has been racked by turmoil surrounding HHS vaccine policy Vaccines advisory committee may be disbanded and reconstituted after ...

ROSWELL, Ga. — A metro Atlanta high school student is in the ICU fighting a severe bacterial infection. Mustafa Elhaj is a junior at Centennial High School and loves to play soccer. But he hasn’t been ...

On the coffee table at her home in Atlanta, Sarah Boim has a pile of documents from her old job at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Georgia. They are printouts of her own employment ...