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'HIV is too woke': Why this gay doctor resigned from Trump's CDC

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis opens up about what it was like to work for Trump and RFK Jr.

One year after shooting, CDC workers say they still feel like targets

A year after a shooting at the CDC, a half-dozen current and former staff who were on campus during the shooting or who dealt ...
STAT

7 big challenges for the next CDC director

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...
Ars Technica

CDC spiraled into chaos this week. Here’s where things stand.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention descended into turmoil this week after Health Secretary and zealous anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ousted the agency’s director, Susan ...

Dr. Erica Schwartz confirmed as CDC’s first official director in a year

The US Senate voted 51-44 on Wednesday to confirm Dr. Erica Schwartz as director of the US Centers for Disease Control and ...
STAT

How the next CDC director can win back America’s trust

Lockwood is executive vice president of USF Health and dean of the University of South Florida’s Morsani College of Medicine. Gallo is founding director of the USF Institute for Translational Virology ...
The Washington Post

CDC leaders who resigned said RFK Jr. undermined vaccine science, risking lives

As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reeled from the ousting of its director, three senior leaders who resigned in protest told The Washington Post they were asked to participate in an ...
CNBC

The vaccine and public health debate at the center of CDC upheaval, explained

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is facing a leadership upheaval – and at the center is concerns about the agency's approach to vaccines and U.S. public health. The White House on ...
Government Executive

CDC nominee faces questions over whether she can lead the agency independently

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention didn’t appear to secure the support needed to take over the public health agency during a lengthy and often tense ...
New York Magazine

Working at the CDC Is a Living Hell

After sheltering under desks and behind barricaded doors while an anti-vaxx gunman sprayed more than 150 bullets into CDC headquarters, and then watching the agency’s newly appointed director get ...
Forbes

CDC Delays Reporting Of COVID-19 Vaccine Benefits—Here’s What To Know

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. MIAMI, FLORIDA - MAY 29: In this photo illustration, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 (L) and ...
Wired

The CDC Has a Leadership Crisis

A 2023 law championed by Republicans requires the CDC have a director confirmed by the Senate. For months, though, it’s had only acting directors—and the White House won’t say when that will change.

Stroke deaths are nearly 60% higher in the South than in the Northeast, CDC data shows

CDC data reveals stroke deaths in the South are nearly 60% higher than in the Northeast, with Black Americans facing the highest rates of any demographic group nationwide.