Dave Weldon, former lawmaker and vaccine critic, faces Senate grilling for CDC director nomination
Dr. Dave Weldon, a former Florida congressman and physician, is set to appear at a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday for ...
Trump's CDC pick says he would recommend measles vaccine for children, Bloomberg News reports
President Donald Trump's nominee to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, David Weldon, will tell lawmakers on ...
The measles vaccine is safe and incredibly effective. Take it.
As an outbreak brews, readers admonish attempts to discredit the measles vaccine.
Federal Agency Dedicated to Mental Illness and Addiction Faces Huge Cuts
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has already closed offices and could see staff numbers reduced ...
Tariffs won't decrease fentanyl deaths. Treatment and prevention efforts will | Opinion
Don’t fall for the distraction of tariffs. To reduce fentanyl deaths, we need to get opioid users into treatment and reduce ...
Wisconsin appeals court overturns ruling allowing for emailing ballots to disabled voters
A Wisconsin appeals court ruled Wednesday that disabled people are not allowed to receive absentee ballots by email, ...
A failing response to bird flu is hurting farmers and consumers
At a time when public health efforts should be strengthened, the Trump administration’s federal workforce cuts are ...
Why record-high egg prices won’t go down anytime soon — and it’s not just due to bird flu
A lot goes into the production of eggs — and with the Trump administration’s tariff policies potentially affecting costs for ...
5 years ago, the WHO declared COVID a pandemic. Here's a look at the disease by the numbers
Another recent federal study, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics in February, showed approximately 1.01 million ...
RFK Jr. touts vitamin A and cod liver oil for measles. Here’s what the science says.
In response, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has praised the benefits of the measles, mumps, and ...
5 years of COVID-19 shows need for coordination as CDC, NIH, WHO face threats
While public opinions of the CDC and the WHO shifted throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, recent survey results indicate that ...
Pregnant federal employees who were fired grapple with stress of losing insurance and looking for work
NBC News spoke with a half-dozen pregnant women who recently lost their jobs as part of the Trump administration's layoffs ...