Kennedy’s influence is already being felt. In addition to the Utah law and Louisiana’s proposal, the CDC’s 20-person oral ...

CDC staffers and medical experts sound the alarm on how gutting the federal health agencies will put women’s lives at risk ...

In Louisiana, two infants have died of pertussis in the past six months, according to the state health department, the first ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ...

The consequences of the Trump administration’s purge of thousands of federal workers from the Department of Health and Human Services on April 1 are so enormous, they can be difficult to grasp.

Kennedy’s influence is already being felt. In addition to the Utah law and Louisiana’s proposal, the CDC’s 20-person oral health division—which helped administer grants related to ...

Pertussis cases are happening more frequently as DTaP vaccination rates decrease, with Louisiana reporting 110 cases in 2025 so far.

The bacterial infection pertussis has sparked an uptick in cases nationwide and has caused two deaths in Louisiana ...

There are new signs that a dangerous fungus is once again on the move. Candida auris is a type of yeast that can cause ...

CDC employees — including the ... Senator Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican who chairs the Senate's health committee, said earlier this week that he looks forward to meeting with the ...

Health Freedom Louisiana, a group that opposes vaccine mandates for school entry, called the nomination “a betrayal.” Monarez would be the first CDC director since 1953 not to have a medical ...