Victoria Gray is the first person in the world to receive CRISPR,  a gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease created by ...

The CDC, a $9.2 billion-a-year agency tasked with reviewing life-saving vaccines, monitoring diseases and watching for ...

Canadian food safety officials have announced a a recall of tehina because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The Bornibus brand ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the new COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1 is causing more infections worldwide.

Infectious-disease detective Victoria Chu had only a few hours notice ... who may have been exposed in an outbreak. Like many other CDC staff, her job was not flashy. “That’s the nature ...

In a statement, HHS said HICPAC was terminated because it was “unnecessary.” The CDC has terminated an advisory committee responsible for providing federal guidance on the prevention and ...

Dr. Patrick Sullivan, the project's lead scientist and professor of epidemiology at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health, said he was told the cancellation is because the CDC does ...

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MONDAY, April 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Key labs at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have shut down amid recent layoffs, raising concerns about tracking and ...

The decision came after some CDC staff involved in this year’s outbreak response were told they might lose their jobs, according to an agency employee. CDC staff had planned to expand their work ...

Several parts of CDC — mostly those devoted to health threats that aren’t infectious — are being spun off into the soon-to-be-created Administration for a Healthy America, the agency ...

The CDC's Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) was eliminated in its entirety during the mass layoffs at HHS this week, sources told MedPage Today. Hundreds of people who worked for the office have ...