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President Trump has nominated Dr. Erica Schwartz, who served as deputy surgeon general in his first administration, to serve as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ...

Chow is an alumnus of the Epidemic Intelligence Service program (2018-2020) and serves as the president-elect for the ...

The CDC offers testing for several pathogens to assist state and local public health laboratories that are not equipped to conduct them. The New York Times reported that widespread layoffs, hiring ...

Visits to emergency rooms for tick bites are rising, according to the CDC’s Tick Bite Tracker. Ticks can cause serious ...

Here's what to know about the treatment-resistant strain of Shigella that the CDC is warning the public about.

Of the 34 people affected by salmonella tied to backyard poultry, 13 people were hospitalized, according to the CDC. Here's ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has temporarily paused testing state and local health department samples for dozens of infectious diseases and parasites. The agency has paused ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The pause impacts testing for more than two dozen diseases. An expert called the pause “a real disaster from a ...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows tick bite-related ER visits are rising across the U.S. as peak tick ...

The CDC has paused testing for rabies and pox viruses, according to a March 30 update on its website; the agency did not cite a specific reason. The move comes as national lab capacity faces mounting ...

The CDC has issued a national health advisory warning that medetomidine — a veterinary sedative not approved for human use — is increasingly being detected in the illicit fentanyl supply, raising the ...