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The U.S. uninsured rate held steady at 8.3% in 2025, with about 28 million Americans lacking health coverage, according to data published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The rate was largely unchanged from 8.2% in 2024. The CDC's National Health Interview Survey...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday expanded enhanced Ebola entry screening to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, adding a second checkpoint for travelers returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan. Atlanta joins Washington...

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield warned on Wednesday that the Ebola outbreak spreading in central and eastern Africa could expand into three more countries and become a "very significant pandemic." Redfield Warns Outbreak Could Spread Further "I suspect...

Acting CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya defended the federal response to the hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship, saying U.S. health agencies have been coordinating closely with international partners and warning against public panic. In an interview with CNN's "State of the Union...

South Carolina health officials have declared an end to a measles outbreak that infected 997 people over six months, making it the largest single-location outbreak in the U.S. since the disease was declared eliminated, Reuters reported Sunday. The outbreak began in October 2025 and spread primarily...

The Trump administration is expected to select Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general and retired rear admiral, as the next permanent director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to a report published Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar...

The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reportedly delayed publication of a report showing COVID-19 vaccines reduced hospital visits among healthy adults. What The Report Found The suppressed study, scheduled for March 19 publication in the CDC’s...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has paused diagnostic testing for 27 infectious diseases, including rabies, COVID-19, and chickenpox, as part of agency downsizing under the Department of Health and Human Services. CDC Suspends Key Infectious Disease Tests Nationwide On Monday,...

On Saturday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) informed around 1,300 employees that they were being laid off. However, Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the matter, that the agency reversed hundreds of those notices within hours. About 400 CDC staff still received...

California, Oregon and Washington have joined forces to create a regional vaccine alliance, moving away from federal guidance under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Florida pushes in the opposite direction by eliminating all state vaccine mandates. West Coast States Form Health Alliance To...

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention immunizations chief Demetre Daskalakis said Sunday he resigned because politics has overrun science at the nation's top public-health agency, warning he "only see[s] harm coming" under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Top...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ordered all staff to return to offices by Sept. 15, marking the end of remote work protocols implemented after a deadly shooting at its Atlanta headquarters five weeks ago. Return-to-Office Directive Issued Chief Operating Officer Lynda Chapman...

Fired vaccine experts warn that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s overhaul of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s key vaccine advisory panel threatens public health and undermines decades of immunization progress. What Happened: Seventeen ousted members of the CDC...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded approval of Moderna Inc.’s (NASDAQ:MRNA) respiratory syncytial virus vaccine to adults aged 18-59 at increased risk for disease. What Happened: The FDA on Thursday approved broader use of Moderna’s mRESVIA vaccine for younger at-risk...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named eight new members to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Wednesday, including several anti-vaccine proponents, after dismissing all 17 existing advisers. What Happened: The reconstituted panel includes Robert Malone, a...