Trump directs CDC to align with assessment calling for fewer childhood vaccines
Earlier this year, the CDC announced updated recommendations that would reduce the number of recommended immunizations for children from 17 to 11.
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Earlier this year, the CDC announced updated recommendations that would reduce the number of recommended immunizations for children from 17 to 11.
Federal officials say some international travelers arriving from parts of Central and East Africa will now be routed through Atlanta as the U.S. expands enhanced Ebola-related screening measures at designated airports.
A former CDC supervisor admitted in court to stealing more than $190,000 in taxpayer money by creating fake invoices and directing her own employees to approve the payments.
Authorities say former CDC supervisor Gwendolyn Brandon used dozens of fake invoices to steal over $190,000 from the federal government in less than two years.
The Trump administration announced it's restricting people who don't have U.S. passports from entering the country if they have been in Congo, South Sudan or Uganda amid the Ebola outbreak.
The number of people being monitored for hantavirus in the United States has grown to 41, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has activated its 24/7 emergency center in Atlanta to monitor the recent deadly hantavirus outbreak onboard the MV Hondius.
CBS News reported Wednesday that Dr. Erica Schwartz was emerging as the president's top pick for the role.
Dr. Erica Schwartz has emerged as the White House's top pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to current and former officials.
The federal government's disease-tracking agency has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and a number of other infectious diseases.
The federal government has not yet replaced the bullet-pocked windows that serve as a grim reminder of an attack at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention more than seven months ago.
Federal health officials say an infant botulism outbreak linked to recalled ByHeart baby formula is over.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn't had a Senate confirmed director since last summer, and that official was in the job for less than a month.
Dr. William Foege, a leader in the global eradication of smallpox, has died.
At least four Georgia residents are among 64 people across 22 U.S. states who got sick with Salmonella from raw oysters, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, with members appointed by RFK Jr., voted to change longstanding recommendations on the hepatitis B vaccine.
Georgia Representatives Nikema Williams and Hank Johnson are among a group of more than 30 Democratic lawmakers urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to keep its long-standing recommendation that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth.
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel meets Thursday and Friday to discuss recommendations for the hepatitis B vaccine and the schedule of childhood shots.
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, a critic of government vaccine mandates, has been quietly appointed to one of the CDC's top positions.
Multiple CDC officials familiar with the situation said the change was made by political appointees without input from relevant agency staffers.
"They went in and fired entire programs, even statutorily mandated by law programs they cut entirely," she told CBS News. "So there is no staff to do this work anymore."
Over the weekend, hundreds of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees were laid off, a move that former CDC officials are criticizing as damaging public health preparedness.
Of more than 1,300 CDC employees who received RIFs on Friday, about 700 got emails reversing their terminations a short time later.
Thousands of workers at the CDC have been furloughed, and some are worried what that could mean for public health.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, with members appointed by RFK Jr., voted on changes to COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.
Signed into law by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, Black Music Month recognizes the cultural and historical significance of Black musicians.
After nearly a month of searching, investigators and volunteers found human remains Sunday in the woods near where a missing East Point man was last seen.
After decades of pouring into generations of talent, Freddie Hendricks is receiving a special Tony Award for excellence in theatre education.
The regulation, described in internal documents obtained by CBS News, would be the latest effort by President Trump's White House to tighten access to the U.S. asylum system.
Eugenio Suárez homered for the first time since April 15 and Nick Lodolo allowed three earned runs in 6 2/3 innings to lead the Cincinnati Reds over the first-place Atlanta Braves 6-4.