Public health groups and physicians across the country have widely denounced new wording on the Center for Disease Control ...

The CDC, under Robert F. Kennedy's direction, is now promoting claims about autism and vaccines that flunk Logic 101.

It’s not normal for public health to be so partisan.

Dr. Jay K. Varma is a special contributor to Healthbeat. Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. Many health experts became alarmed last week when they ...

Heavy cuts at the CDC threaten to upend Kentucky's public health infrastructure, as local officials describe confusion and uncertainty around the agency's guidance. Without stable support for public ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. public health system is headed to a "very dangerous place" with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his team of anti-vaccine advisers in charge, fired Centers for Disease ...

Our country’s public health system is ailing. With layoffs and leadership changes at the CDC, changing vaccine guidelines, a government shutdown, and declining public trust—where do we go from here?

Editor's Note (10/15/25): On Wednesday a federal judge in California temporarily halted the September 10 layoffs of federal workers. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco granted the ...