The Trump administration is running out of time to select a nominee to run the CDC if it wants NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, who’s also serving as the CDC’s acting director, to stay in dual roles.

With Dr. Jay Bhattacharya in power, the headlines now read "Americans Trust Fauci Over RFK Jr. and Career Scientists Over Trump Officials." ...

Chris Klomp, a political unknown a year ago, is now steering the $2.6 trillion health department. Several controversial ...

The White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dave Weldon, a former Republican congressman from Florida, to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A source familiar with the ...

The Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, will depart the agency next month, an FDA spokesperson ...

For many people dedicated to global health, their hero died on Jan 24, 2026. The passing of the American epidemiologist William “Bill” H Foege (1936–2026) should not, however, be seen as an ending, ...

Today, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) signed their first Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen ...

A group of experts that advises the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its vaccine recommendations has suspended an anticipated push to stop recommending mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccines ...

The Philippines partners with US CDC and Jhpiego to validate the BeSD Tool for HPV vaccination, identifying practical barriers to cervical cancer prevention.

Fifteen states are suing HHS's Kennedy and CDC's Bhattacharya over recent changes to the CDC's childhood vaccination recommendations ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been without a permanent director since the removal of Susan Monarez in August. Its recently installed acting director, Jay Bhattacharya, is also ...