Why the CDC edited a key Covid metric, and what it says about the state of the virus

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month raised its benchmark for levels of the Covid virus in wastewater, adjusting a key metric for assessing the disease’s transmission. As a result ...
Newser

CDC: Deadly Brain Fungus in Healthy Americans Is Rising

The fungus is thought to enter via inhalation or skin wounds, then travels to the brain, where it typically appears as a hard ...

How a Controversial Hepatitis B Study Was Funded by the CDC Amid a Global Swirl of Criticism

As experts questioned the ethics of the study, documents show that expiring funds forced a rushed vote in Denmark, where the ...
The Virgin Islands Consortium

CDC Reveals 263 Dengue Cases, First USVI Death Since 2005 and Testing Delays of Up to Two Months

An October 15 CDC report documents 263 confirmed dengue cases and one death during the 2024–2025 outbreak, revealing that ...

CDC’s foreign offices begin to shutter

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has started closing its offices abroad as President Donald Trump’s “America ...
STAT

Forty percent of high school students report binge eating in new CDC survey

About 40% of high school students reported binge-eating in the past month in a new CDC survey, highlighting how widespread ...
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CDC lags in hiring behind other health agencies after DOGE cuts, union says

There are are dozens of so-called "zombie" programs across the CDC, union says.

Pa. accepts fed help, says CDC is obscuring the seriousness of measles outbreak by not counting its deaths

Pennsylvania will accept help from a “disease detective” sent by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to curb the worst measles outbreak in the country, the state’s top health official said ...