Public health relies on data – whether it is tracking the effectiveness of a given year’s flu vaccine, monitoring blood lead levels around the country or estimating the prevalence of diabetes. This data forms the basis for decisions such as whether a community should expand screening for diabetes and which communities are at greatest risk of severe flu-related illnesses.

Mass layoffs, hiring freezes, and resignations thanks to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda have shut down the crucial testing program. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday that it had suspended diagnostic testing for a slew of ...

The findings suggest that Covid vaccines reduced the likelihood of severe illness last fall and winter.

July 10 (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen working for a humanitarian organization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has tested positive for the Bundibugyo Ebola virus, the U.S. CDC said on Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with the patient's employing organization,

By interfering with how communities collect data, the CDC risks undermining the hard-won trust needed for effective public health.

In a survey of more than 600 CDC workers, 99% said the Trump administration’s cuts to the agency have made it less able to protect the public’s health.