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CDC reports jump in high blood pressure deaths linked to excessive drinking
Excessive drinking was linked to a jump in high blood pressure deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report ...
Infectious disease expert explains why she resigned from the CDC
Former CDC infectious disease expert Dr. Fiona Havers tells CNN’s Jake Tapper why she resigned her post as a senior vaccine ...
CDC rehires 450 employees cut in HHS restructuring, internal documents show
The government hired back more than 450 CDC employees that were fired as part of the widespread restructuring that took place ...
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CDC has shed one-quarter of staff even as it recalls some laid off workers
Agency tells court that states are not suffering "irreparable harm" from cuts even as agency leaders lament "operational ...
CDC vaccine advisers to vote on thimerosal in flu shots at first meeting of new panel
A newly posted agenda for next week’s meeting of the just-appointed group of outside vaccine advisers to the US Centers for ...
New CDC advisers will skip some expected topics and explore a target of antivaccine activists
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers meet next week, but their agenda suggests they’ll skip ...
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New CDC data: Older adults face rising fall death rates
Unintentional falls among older adults have become increasingly deadly, with new federal data revealing significant increases ...
Former CDC advisers say they are ‘deeply concerned’ RFK Jr.’s actions will critically weaken US vaccine program
Seventeen vaccine experts who were dismissed from a federal advisory panel last week say they are worried that recent moves ...
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CDC interim leaders, in first all-hands meeting, speak of ‘myth-busting’ and ‘resilience’
The interim leadership of the CDC held its first all-hands meeting of the Trump administration, and STAT listened in.