Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

The CDC was expected last month to publish a study showing that Covid vaccines reduced the likelihood of severe illness, but the agency’s acting director, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, delayed its release due ...

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 ...

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 ...

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The federal government’s disease-tracking agency has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and a number of other infectious diseases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this ...

The CDC has delayed publication of a report on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness that had been scheduled for March 19, according to an April 9 report from The Washington Post. The report found that ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's top public health agency was left reeling Thursday as the White House worked to expel the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director and replace her with a top ...

Vaccine coverage by age 2 was similar between kids born in 2021-2022 and 2019-2020, a CDC report showed. However, decreases were observed for five vaccines and in certain demographic groups for kids ...

The BA.3.2 COVID-19 variant was first detected in South Africa in November 2024 but has since spread to at least 23 different countries including the U.S. (Photo: Getty) There’s now some buzz about a ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former CDC official Demetre Daskalakis about the absence of a CDC director and the government's ability to respond to public health threats. The Centers for Disease ...