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Donald Trump has selected Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), bringing to an end a months-long search for a permanent…

The US federal agency responsible for monitoring diseases has temporarily halted certain diagnostic testing, including those for rabies, human herpesvirus and several other infectious illnesses.The Centers…

The Trump administration’s “Make America healthy again” (Maha) agenda appears to be stalled as two of the government’s most influential public health positions sit empty.Donald Trump…

Abby Tighe thought she had landed her forever job. She joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in December 2023, managing a national youth…

Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was named the acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…

A meeting of the US vaccine advisory panel that had been planned for later this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reportedly…

February 10, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmTop medical groups join forces to review vaccine science as CDC faces criticismThe American Medical Association is…

December 5, 20255 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmCDC Vaccine Panel Scraps Guidance for Universal Hepatitis B Shots at BirthNew guidance from the CDC’s vaccine…

December 5, 20253 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmAluminum is Crucial to Vaccines—and Safe. Why are CDC advisers Debating It?RFK Jr’s vaccine advisory panel will…

December 4, 20252 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmCDC Vaccine Panel in Disarray over Hepatitis B VoteMembers of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…