Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) accepted an advisory panel’s recommendation Monday that people can get vaccinated for COVID-19 after consulting with a health provider. Last ...

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Dr. Jay K. Varma is a special contributor to Healthbeat. Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. The resignations and public statements of multiple ...

FoodNet, a CDC-led federal collaboration, made tracking the cyclospora parasite optional in 2025.

The dust is still settling at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after a mass layoff on Friday, which former employees at the beleaguered agency are describing as a massacre. In separate ...

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Liz covers cardiovascular and metabolic disease, asking why we’re not doing better or even losing ground against the world’s leading killer. Send tips on Signal at LizC.22. Helen Branswell covers ...

ATLANTA — CDC researchers are being forced to skip a pivotal conference on infectious disease this week due to the government shutdown, missing out on high-level discussions not long after surges in ...