CDC boosts staff working on containing hantavirus outbreak from 3 to 100 as agency seeks to avoid Covid measures: report - ...

A CDC study indicating Covid-19 vaccines halve hospitalizations was blocked from publication, sparking debate over political interference in scientific processes.

The acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) blocked the publication of a study on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...

Ron Johnson's claim that 3.9 million people died from Covid-19 vaccines is based on flawed arithmetic, misinterpretation of ...

Sen Ron Johnson's new report alleges Biden administration health officials ignored VAERS safety signals and suppressed COVID vaccine side effect data.

Experts voiced support for the nomination of Erica Schwartz, MD, MPH, JD, a deeply credentialed physician with public health ...

U.S. health officials stopped the publication of a study on whether the Covid-19 vaccine was keeping adults from becoming sick enough to have to go to the hospital. Subscribe to read this story ...

Public health experts are questioning the U.S. government's response to the hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship that involves Americans.

The emergence of the BA.3.2 strain, nicknamed "cicada," comes amid broader uneasiness about vaccination rates among seniors — ...

In the midst of a hantavirus outbreak, the CDC has been uncharacteristically missing in action, according to experts.

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