House oversight Democrat demands answers on gutting of CDC public records office
U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-VA is pushing for CDC’s FOIA team to be restored, after the jobs were eliminated in the recent HHS layoffs. Kayla…
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With CDC injury prevention team gutted, ‘we will not know what is killing us’
Federal layoffs affected teams at CDC that research injuries — including car crashes — to understand how to prevent them. Car crashes are the second…
RFK Jr. seeks ‘environmental’ cause of autism. Scientists say it’s not that simple
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference autism rates on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide…
First meeting of CDC vaccine advisers under RFK Jr. is mostly ‘business as usual’
A two-day meeting of vaccine advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention went smoothly. Tami Chappell/Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption Tami Chappell/Getty…
DOGE cut a CDC team as it was about to start a project to help N.C. flood victims
Six months after Hurricane Helene, the landscape of western North Carolina is still scarred. A team of CDC workers was about to go door to…
After delays, first vaccine advisory meeting under RFK Jr. is underway
An advisory committee of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention is set to meet Tuesday to discuss vaccines for RSV, COVID and others. Jeff…
Coal miners’ health care hit hard in job cuts to CDC
A NIOSH Black Lung surveillance van at the fire station in Wharton, W.Va. Howard Berkes / NPR hide caption toggle caption Howard Berkes / NPR…
After promising transparency, RFK guts public records teams at HHS
Among the thousands of layoffs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week were many staff who handled public records requests under…
Some acne treatments from brands like Walgreens, La Roche-Posay voluntarily recalled
The Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md., is seen, Oct. 14, 2015. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP Some acne…
White House withdraws controversial pick to run the CDC
Dr. Dave Weldon, who served in the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009, is no longer a candidate to run the Centers for Disease…