Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is launching a targeted midterm campaign tour. He is highlighting popular "Make America Healthy Again" initiatives, including food dye removal, improvements in childhood nutrition and reductions in healthcare costs, while deliberately...

A new study has warned that declining childhood vaccination rates in the United States could trigger a dramatic resurgence of diseases that were eradicated years ago. What Happened: On Sunday, former U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb shared a study on X...

Editor's Note: This article has been updated to reflect that GSK acquired full rights to CureVac’s bird flu vaccine candidate. A Nevada dairy worker has screened positive for the D1.1 strain of bird flu associated with a Louisiana man's death in January, according to a CNN report. The Centers...

Global health concerns escalated Monday as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reportedly halted collaboration with the World Health Organization, coinciding with the discovery of a rare H5N9 bird flu strain in California and upcoming Senate confirmation hearings for vaccine skeptic...

Former President Donald Trump has pledged to give Robert F. Kennedy Jr. full authority over health, food, and medicine issues if he secures a second term. What Happened: Trump revealed his plans on Sunday, expressing his intent to allow Kennedy to have free reign over health, food, and medicine-...

Antivaccine advocate and former independent presidential candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., stated that he might be appointed by former President Donald Trump to select leaders for key public health agencies, should the former president win a second term. What Happened: Kennedy Jr. disclosed this...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may approve updated COVID-19 vaccines this week to combat recent strains as the country endures its most significant summer outbreak in two years. The FDA is expected to give the nod to updated mRNA vaccines from Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA) and Pfizer Inc...

In a recent revelation, the marriage rate in the United States has bounced back to the levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic. This comes after a year of delayed engagements due to the pandemic. What Happened: The National Center for Health Statistics, a division of the Centers for Disease...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned against a very uncommon and fatal fungal infection called Candida auris, or C. auris. What Happened: The national public health agency said the fungal infection is spreading rapidly throughout the country. See Also: Large Vaccine...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adopted the recommendation of a federal advisory committee that said the Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) - BioNTech SE’s (NASDAQ: BNTX) COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective for adolescents ages 12-15, opening the...

The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. As the summer of 2020 unfolds on an America taking its first emergent steps out of a global pandemic, business owners are looking at...

Here's the message from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to truck drivers servicing New York City: stay in your cab but no need to self-quarantine after leaving Gotham. The CDC and the White House earlier this week said anybody leaving New York City should self-quarantine for...

Americans are having the lowest number of babies in decades. The 3.7 million babies born in 2018 put the country’s birth rate at its lowest level since the 1980s, after the number of births dropped 2 percent in 2018 from the year before, according to a new report from the Centers...

Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRTK) shares reacted positively following the announcement of a Food and Drug Administration's approved treatment. What To Know The company announced FDA approval of Nuzyra, for the treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP), as well as...

The Food and Drug Administration is eyeing the creation of a regulatory framework for e-cigarettes, a product that government data shows is increasingly popular with teenagers — and tobacco stocks are reacting to the downside.  The FDA started the largest-ever tobacco compliance...