Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website.

Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

Uninsured Americans want health coverage worth buying

Sally Pipes · April 13, 2026 10:49 am

Newborn baby boy in his small transparent portable hospital bed.

US fertility rate hits record low

Gabrielle M. Etzel · April 9, 2026 10:46 am

President Donald Trump speaks during the swearing in for Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

What to know about the candidates on Trump’s new CDC director short list

Gabrielle M. Etzel · March 26, 2026 7:00 am

Many people holding transgender flags high in the sky.

Senior HHS official pledges to support minors who regret gender transition

Gabrielle M. Etzel · March 12, 2026 1:29 pm

Oxycodone is the generic name for a range of opoid pain killing tablets. Prescription bottle for Oxycodone tablets and pills on glass table with reflections

Overdose deaths fell to pre-pandemic levels in 2025, CDC says

Gabrielle M. Etzel · March 11, 2026 11:16 am

A vial of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.

US requests international health agency to delay measles review meeting

Claire Carter · March 3, 2026 11:56 am

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

RFK Jr.’s vaccine crusade put critical program and public health in danger

Ross Marchand · February 28, 2026 7:00 am

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee

Fifteen blue states sue HHS over childhood vaccine schedule

Molly Parks · February 24, 2026 8:12 pm

National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya attends an event with first lady Melania Trump at The Children's Inn in Bethesda, Md., Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Trump NIH director Jay Bhattacharya to take over at CDC

Gabrielle M. Etzel · February 18, 2026 1:23 pm

In this photo provided by the Department of Health and Human Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., right, conducts the swearing-in ceremony of Jim O'Neill as the Department's Deputy Secretary, June 9, 2025, in Washington. (Amy Rossetti/Department of Health and Human Services via AP)

Acting CDC director, a top deputy to RFK Jr. at HHS, leaves Trump administration

Gabrielle M. Etzel · February 13, 2026 2:33 pm

Measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine vile.

DC warns of measles exposure during March for Life as national cases climb

Claire Carter · February 10, 2026 10:19 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., speaks during the Take Back Your Health Tour event at the state Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

RFK Jr. vaccine changes have hurt trust, with even some Republicans wary, poll finds

Gabrielle M. Etzel · February 6, 2026 5:00 am