The CDC formally approved a major change to the childhood immunization schedule by dropping the long-standing recommendation for all newborns to get a hepatitis B vaccine.

Global chikungunya outbreak prompts health warnings as cases surge across tropical regions. WHO reports 155 deaths from mosquito-transmitted virus.

Nurses, patients, and professional groups are pushing for more rigorous infection control standards from the CDC following a preview of proposed changes to its isolation precaution guidelines and an advisory group meeting this week during which a vote on ...

While seemingly esoteric and of little impact to health workers and the public, a little known group is creating a firestorm in the public health community. The Healthcare Infection Control Advisory Committee advises the CDC on guidelines for infection ...

Former Louisiana Surgeon General Dr. Ralph Abraham was sworn-in Monday by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in Washington, D.C. as Principal Deputy Director of the Center for

Multiple CDC supervisors are raising concerns that a new HHS reasonable accommodation policy conflicts with federal disability law.

A new exploratory analysis suggests that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dramatically scaled back its social media posts during the first seven months of 2025, creating what researchers call a “health communication void.” That empty space was quickly filled by news media and, in some cases, less-credible voices.

After receiving a kidney from an Idaho donor, a Michigan man died from rabies a month later. The CDC determined the infection came from the donated kidney.