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The White House’s budget request proposes a nearly $18 billion cut to NIH spending, and nearly $4 billion slashed at the CDC.

More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago, according to a ...

HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is asking the CDC for an agency-wide “scientific process” on treating measles and other ...

Measles cases in the U.S. have surpassed 900 as outbreaks continue to spread across the county, according to new CDC data ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday proposed massive cuts to the federal government’s health agencies in his 2026 budget ...

The Department of Health and Human Services says it will require new vaccines to be tested against a placebo, which could ...

President Donald Trump has nominated microbiologist Susan Monarez to be the new director of the Centers for Disease Control ...

As cases of whooping cough rise, CNN wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen explains what causes the respiratory illness, how it ...

Thus far in 2025, the CDC has issued notifications on 16 separate cruise outbreaks, outpacing the yearly totals from 2024 and ...