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The team responsible for updating the CDC’s “contraception bible,” which advises doctors on birth control safety, was disbanded.
A Michigan woman living with sickle cell disease says her life may now be at risk after the CDC disbanded the team responsible for researching safe birth control for people with chronic conditions ...
CDC spokesperson Jason McDonald acknowledged the agency is planning for possible changes but that "none of the items discussed at the meeting have been finalized, and are subject to change.” ...
Which jobs were cut at CDC? Here’s a list. The Trump administration wants the agency to focus on infectious disease. Other areas of public health were hit hardest.
A sign with the CDC logo is displayed at the entrance to the agency's headquarters in Atlanta, on Sunday, March 2, 2025. (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)(AP/MIguel Martinez) ...
The Trump administration has selected Susan Monarez, the CDC’s acting director, as its new nominee to run the agency, two people in the Trump administration told POLITICO on Monday.
The Trump administration is considering killing some panels of outside experts that advise the CDC on key health threats like HIV and avian flu, according to an email seen by POLITICO.
The White House has withdrawn the nomination of former Rep. Dave Weldon, R-Fla., whom President Donald Trump had chosen to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a ...
Administration officials last week informed CDC leaders of plans to cut up to 10% of its workforce as it targeted federal probationary employees. IE 11 is not supported.
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The CDC said a person in Louisiana has become the first to be hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu. The CDC said the patient got bird flu from a backyard flock of birds, but said the risk ...