Up to half a million children in the United States suffer from dangerous levels of lead contamination, according to the CDC.

The Trump administration wants the agency to focus on infectious disease. Other areas of public health were hit hardest.

The epidemiology community is hoping a federal program to thwart infections among patients and health-care staff will emerge ...

Mass layoffs began Tuesday at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and at the Food and Drug Administration, the first steps in a plan to cut 10,000 jobs at the Department of Health and Human ...

Five more top leaders have stepped down at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC staff fear major changes and job cuts under ... a similar number of contract workers.

Thousands of layoffs are beginning at U.S. Health agencies, including the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

(Rod Lamkey / AP) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will eliminate 10,000 jobs as part ... while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which tracks ...

The CDC has not only lost nearly a fifth of its workforce, it has also been directed to slash $2.9 billion in contract spending.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was rocked by five ... “The challenges for these individuals to do their jobs on a daily basis must be enormous,” said Jason ...