The White House has directed the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to cease all collaboration with the World Health Organization.
Ga., asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about past statements he had made that compared the work of the Centers for Disease Control to "Nazi death camps" and sexual abuse by the Catholic Church.
Trump's actions could allow harmful viruses like the Marburg virus, which is similar to Ebola, warned former White House Director.
President Donald Trump’s administration is offering buyouts to federal employees to quickly reduce the government workforce. They don’t have a long time to decide.
White House temporarily pauses federal grants, loans and other financial assistance programs to align with policy priorities, potentially impacting healthcare.
President Donald Trump has ordered a freeze domestic and foreign federal aid starting on Tuesday in a sweeping attempt to stop government funding for "woke" causes that don't fit with his agenda.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is going dark, along with other federal agencies within the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This week, the returning Trump administration told these agencies to stop talking to the public—for how long, no one knows.
The full extent of the order was not immediately clear, but the directive sent to government agencies on Monday threatened to paralyze a vast swath of federal programs.
President Trump has picked former Congressman David Weldon to serve as his CDC director. Previous directors have been able to start soon after they were picked. But under a law passed by Congress in 2022, Weldon will need to be confirmed by the Senate before starting in the position.
“While CDC reports that the risk to the general public is low, keeping communities healthy, safe, and informed remains a top and urgent priority,” Friedrichs said. The White House’s pandemic office has also laid the groundwork for a vaccine response ...
In a surprise decision focused on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, public health officials have been told to stop working with the