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CDC urges summer camps to check for measles immunity, as U.S. nears record
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now urging summer camp operators to check for documentation of ...
HHS reinstates more than 450 CDC employees fired in April reorganization, including childhood lead poisoning team
The US Department of Health and Human Services is reinstating more than 450 employees at the US Centers for Disease Control ...
Hundreds of laid-off CDC employees are being reinstated
More than 460 laid-off employees at the nation’s top public health agency are being reinstated. That’s according to a union ...
More Than 460 CDC Workers Reinstated After Layoffs
FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More than 460 laid-off employees at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
The CDC’s new vaccine advisers
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named eight new members to the CDC’s panel of outside vaccine experts Wednesday, two days ...
US women waiting longer to have children, CDC data shows
New CDC data shows the average age of US mothers reached 29.6 in 2023, with significant differences across geographic and ...
RFK Jr. Hires Autism Skeptic To Look Into CDC Autism Data
Kennedy has said his agency will explore possible causes of autism and plans to release findings by September. The CDC ...
CDC backtracks, will rehire more than 450 people it laid off
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is rehiring about 460 employees who had previously been laid off, ...
Kennedy's new CDC panel includes members who have criticized vaccines and spread misinformation
NEW YORK — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday named eight new vaccine policy advisers to replace the ...
New COVID variant NB.1.8.1 could be more than 1 in 3 cases, CDC says
The NB.1.8.1 COVID-19 variant was linked to a large surge of hospitalizations in parts of Asia earlier this year.