As the Trump administration shakes up recommendations for childhood vaccines, some states are moving to ensure vaccines ...

About 92% of cases are among people who are unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown, CDC data shows.

By Ahmed Aboulenein, Julie Steenhuysen and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - U.S. National Institutes of Health ...

Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of the CDC’s Covid-19 response, will now lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

A sign outside a mobile clinic offering measles and flu vaccinations on February 6, 2026 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images) ...

A 2023 law championed by Republicans requires the CDC have a director confirmed by the Senate. For months, though, it’s had ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn't had a Senate confirmed director since last summer, and that official was in the job for less than a month.

Debra Houry, M.D., a former chief medical officer at the CDC who departed in August, told the NYT that while the CDC and the NIH do have programs they work on together, the agencies "have a ...

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who directs the National Institute of Health, is taking over as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Bhattacharya will be the third leader of the embattled CDC, the nation’s top public health agency, during President Donald ...

NIH chief Jay Bhattacharya to temporarily take the helm of an agency in turmoil ...