WASHINGTON (AP) — To earn the vote he needed to become the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a special promise to a U.S. senator: He would not change the nation’s current ...

In an era where fast food and sugary beverages dominate dietary choices, Jennifer Mazarredo, a Registered Dietitian at Health First, is raising awareness.

The Texas Agriculture Commissioner, Sid Miller, called on the Governor and the State Legislature to institute a statewide ban ...

While there have been human cases of bird flu reported, the CDC has not reported any known person-to-person spread of the virus in the United States.

Last week, nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — roughly one-tenth of the ...

The nation’s top public health agency is losing most of the scientists in a prestigious, but lesser-known, laboratory program ...

Many of those terminated worked on issues critical to consumers, from improving health care to regulating food packaging to ...

While the EIS program has likely been spared this time, the fact that its existence was in jeopardy at all highlights the ...

Former CDC Director Tom Frieden warns that cutting the Public Health Associate Program and Laboratory Leadership Service ...

Flu is still surging across the US, straining hospitals. Experts discuss 2024-25 flu season trends, symptoms to watch for, ...

A core group of so-called disease detectives, who track outbreaks, was apparently spared. But other young researchers are out ...

More than 1 in 10 of the health agency's workers are being let go, including an entire new class of CDC Epidemic Intelligence ...