Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FILE - U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf testifies during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing.

FDA commissioner claims misinformation is contributing to lower US life expectancy

Misty Severi · April 11, 2023 9:22 pm

This photo taken with a drone on Feb. 4, 2023, shows portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train still on fire that derailed on Feb. 3, in East Palestine, Ohio.

Energy and Environment

Ohio train derailment: CDC workers became sick from working at toxic site

Heather Hamilton · April 4, 2023 1:16 pm

Beltway Confidential

Five lessons the public health bureaucracy should learn from its COVID fumble — but won’t

Carl Schramm · March 28, 2023 6:00 am

Deadly fungal infection is spreading in US hospitals, CDC says

Abigail Adcox · March 21, 2023 5:33 pm

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing.

The doctor is in: Fauci remains in spotlight months after leaving post as Biden top doc

Jerry Dunleavy · March 11, 2023 12:00 pm

Red Star chickens feed in their coop, Jan. 10, 2023, at Historic Wagner Farm in Glenview, Ill. The ongoing bird flu outbreak has cost the U.S. government roughly $661 million and added to consumers' pain at the grocery store after more than 58 million birds were slaughtered to limit the spread of the virus. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

Mass vaccination of chickens against bird flu could hurt US sellers

Abigail Adcox · March 10, 2023 7:55 pm

Ranking member Rep. James Comer Jr., R-Ky., speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 8, 2022.

WATCH LIVE: House Oversight and Reform Committee holds hearing on origins of COVID-19

Rachel Schilke · March 8, 2023 1:00 pm

Equality, Not Elitism

Most people who lack trust in public health officials cite political influence as top concern: Poll

Jack Birle · March 7, 2023 4:08 pm

President Trump signed into law the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 on Friday. It reauthorizes a program in which drug and device makers pay the FDA a fee for every new product application, and the agency uses that money to hire more people and speed up approvals. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

FDA vaccine advisers back safety of RSV vaccines for older adults

Abigail Adcox · March 1, 2023 8:35 pm

What to know about the drug-resistant stomach bug posing a ‘serious’ health threat

Abigail Adcox · February 27, 2023 7:34 pm

Beltway Confidential

Children know best — except when it comes to masks, apparently

Kimberly Ross · February 16, 2023 7:20 am

Deadly Arizona highway acid spill prompts evacuations and fears over effects

Conrad Hoyt · February 15, 2023 5:41 am