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

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

Hundreds of employees who worked in these programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were laid off Tuesday, part of widespread job cuts across the Department of Health and Human ...

Kennedy Jr. told ABC News some programs would soon be reinstated because they were mistakenly cut. Kennedy's comments were in response to a question about a branch at the Centers for Disease Control ...

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.

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.

FILE - People gather for a candlelight vigil in support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in front ... health agencies. If those jobs are moved to the Washington, D.C., area ...