NIH's Jay Bhattacharya will also serve as acting CDC director
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.
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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.
More than a month after a gunman opened fire on the CDC, some employees are heading back to the office.
With metro Atlanta's high demand for skilled trade workers, some women are trying to close the gender gap in the mostly male-dominated field.
The City of Decatur recently launched the Speed Study to determine whether speed limits on city-owned streets should be reduced to 25 miles per hour.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is set to come to metro Atlanta to campaign for Sen. Jon Ossoff in the weeks before the pivotal midterm election.
A Hapeville police sergeant has resigned after she was arrested on child cruelty and assault charges out of another Georgia county.
David Gibson was working at the Atlanta airport's control tower 25 years ago when they got the news that the World Trade Center had been attacked and that all aircraft had to be grounded.