PROSPECT PARK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Former New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Tom Frieden surrendered to authorities Friday to face charges he groped a woman. The incident involved a 55-year-old ...

Tom Frieden, MD. Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Frieden has served as director of the CDC and administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry ...

Prior to issuing his letter of resignation on Inauguration Day, former CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD — appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009 — was honored by the CDC Foundation with the launch of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “This is a big mistake that would endanger American children. Don’t mess with success,” said Tom Frieden, CDC head under President ...

In July 1946, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — then known as the Communicable Disease Center — was launched to combat the spread of malaria, according to JAMA. Seventy years later, the ...

Sarah Owermohle reported on the administration’s health care initiatives, federal health policy, and its intersection with politics and the courts. She joined STAT in 2022 after covering health policy ...

Dr. Tom Frieden has spent his career as a disease detective, New York City’s health commissioner during a tuberculosis outbreak and CDC director during the Ebola crisis. In his new book, “The Formula ...

President Barack Obama named New York City health commissioner Thomas R. Frieden the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on May 15. The dynamic Frieden has generated ...

Tom Frieden, MD. Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Frieden was named director of the CDC in 2009 by President Barack Obama. In that role, he leads the nation’s efforts to ...