Operations at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are in jeopardy after the ousting of the CDC director and the resignation of several high-profile agency leaders

The news that the CDC director was being ousted and four high-profile officials were resigning was the latest in turmoil that has been plaguing the federal health agency.

The death rate in the United States returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2024 as Covid-19 fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death, according to a report published Wednesday by the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

More have died of illnesses linked to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks than were killed that day. WTC Health Program enrollment grows each year.

AUGUSTA, Maine (WMTW) - The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday that a Maine resident locally contracted the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus, marking the first human EEE case in a resident of the state this year.

A Bloomberg editorial published Tuesday criticized Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for ousting the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), saying his leadership would make it difficult for any serious scientist to follow her.

Turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created confusion around who can get vaccines in Minnesota. Coming up at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, MPR News guest host talks with a pediatrician and a public health professor about how public health is changing under U.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a food safety alert for a salmonella outbreak the agency said is linked to ready-to-eat, home delivery meals made by the company Metabolic Meals, the agency said Friday.