A Coralville-based CDC worker who worked to raise awareness on Iowa's alarming cancer incident rates was laid off last week as part of massive purge.

Workers recently fired from federal public health jobs warn the Trump administration's cuts could be wiping out future treatments and cures, researchers zero in on an inexpensive generic drug to treat autism,

Hannah Reidel described the 'chaos and confusion' at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prior to the layoffs.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reported that measles cases so far this year had jumped to 93 from 14 a week ago, mainly driven by an outbreak in Texas.

The measles outbreak in Texas has escalated sharply to 90 cases as health officials worry about the spread to more communities.

Measles is an airborne, "extremely infectious, and potentially severe rash illness," according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Up to 9 out of 1