The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched a strategy and guidance for use of artificial intelligence on Thursday, setting a direction for the agency’s own work and providing resources ...

On the coffee table at her home in Atlanta, Sarah Boim has a pile of documents from her old job at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Georgia. They are printouts of her own employment ...

The CDC has issued a level 2 alert cautioning travelers to “practice enhanced precautions” if they plan to visit one of 32 countries, due to the spread of polio The alert says people should be up to ...

South Carolina outbreak nears 1,000 cases, vaccination response up 70% in February CDC disease detectives to analyze outbreak data CDC deployment follows Bhattacharya's call for measles vaccination ...

March 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new acting director, Jay Bhattacharya, on Monday urged Americans to get vaccinated against measles, saying it was the best ...

As the Trump administration shakes up recommendations for childhood vaccines, a growing number of states are moving quickly to ensure vaccines remain free and health care workers are protected from ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Monday that Principal Deputy Director Ralph Abraham, the former Louisiana surgeon general, has resigned from his position after less than ...

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Dr. Ralph Abraham is leaving the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where has been serving as principal deputy director, the agency said Monday. It’s the latest in a string of leadership ...

Public health experts and former federal staffers are uneasy over National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya’s rising influence over U.S. health policy as he temporarily takes on ...

A 2023 law championed by Republicans requires the CDC have a director confirmed by the Senate. For months, though, it’s had only acting directors—and the White House won’t say when that will change.

Jay Bhattacharya, a top Trump administration health official and an outspoken critic of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, will lead the CDC on an ...