The fatal brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri claimed the life of a Texas woman who used contaminated water in her nasal rinse, as the CDC highlights potential risks.
The CDC, a $9.2 billion-a-year agency tasked with reviewing life-saving vaccines, monitoring diseases and watching for budding threats to Americans' health, is without a clear leader.
Uncertainty grows at the CDC under temporary leadership, raising concerns over public health readiness amid ongoing delays in appointing a permanent director. Read more here.
Travelers visiting some popular cruise destinations are at an increased risk of contracting a concerning illness that's spreading in the Caribbean, Mexico, and other areas.
As summer travel begins, debates about mask usage on board flights are intensifying on social media. The CDC advises mask wearing to curb airborne diseases in close quarters like airplanes.
The Trump administration wants to shutter the CDC's National Asthma Control Program, which provides millions in funding to state-administered initiatives aimed at fighting the disease.
It's time for yet another reminder that HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is an incapable leader at odds with the scientists who actually know what they're talking about. At the CDC specifically, w ...