Fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Susan Monarez will tell senators that Health Secretary Robert F.

A former official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning that the proposed federal budget for fiscal year 2026 would cut funding for domestic HIV surveillance, testing, ...

Congress just passed a sweeping bill that includes changes to Medicaid expected to cut millions of people with low incomes and disabilities from the program. President Donald Trump’s administration is ...

In a recent decision, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) abruptly eliminated $200,000 in annual HIV prevention funding to AVOL Kentucky, a trusted, community-based nonprofit that has ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

Dozens of HIV experts at the CDC received emails on Wednesday revoking notices they received 10 weeks ago that laid them off. Damage to their projects may be permanent, however, and ongoing ...

The Department of Health and Human Services' budget request for the 2026 fiscal year consolidates the department's 28 divisions to 15 to make way for a new "institution of public health." The new ...

Despite comprising about 32% of Georgia's population, Black people accounted for approximately 71% of new HIV diagnoses in 2021. (Getty Images) As infectious diseases like measles, salmonella, and ...

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A researcher said 7,000 Americans learned they had HIV through the program. A local HIV program has allegedly been canceled as a result of funding cuts, firings and layoffs that have recently hit the ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Looking ahead, the newest set of Dietary ...