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As depression becomes more common in the US, treatment rates vary, CDC reports show
Depression is becoming more common among adults and adolescents in the United States, but most are not getting therapy to ...
Autism rate rose, CDC says in report that contradicts RFK Jr. on the reason
One in 31 8-year-olds had autism in U.S. communities examined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a small ...
RFK Jr.'s mixed message about the measles outbreaks draws criticism from health officials
As measles outbreaks popped up across the U.S. this winter, pediatricians waited for the nation's public health agency to ...
US CDC advisers discuss narrowing use of COVID-19 booster shots
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's outside panel of vaccine experts on Tuesday discussed narrowing ...
How the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service protects public health at home and abroad
The Epidemic Intelligence Service has been a crucial tool in fighting diseases at home and abroad. Its impact would be ...
CDC officials plan for the agency's splintering, but questions remain
A top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official told staff this week to start planning for the agency's splintering ...
Why Cuts to USAID and the CDC Mean More Sickness in the U.S. | Opinion
There are cuts to pandemic preparedness, even though we are barely emerging from the Covid pandemic, and it was less than 10 ...
Large number of measles cases being missed, CDC says
Measles would normally be expected to have a fatality rate of about one to three deaths out of every 1,000 children infected, the CDC says, so the number of deaths this year suggests there may be far ...
A city responding to a lead crisis in schools reached out to the CDC for help. The agency’s lead experts were just fired
A CDC team helping respond to a lead crisis in Milwaukee schools was cut as part of a widespread layoffs at federal health ...
Trump Admin Slashes CDC Division Studying IVF, Maternal Health: ‘Won’t See The Effects Until It’s Too Late’
The Trump administration this week gutted a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention division that monitors infertility and ...
CDC weighing end to universal COVID vaccine recommendations
Less than a quarter of adults and around 13% of children have gotten a COVID-19 vaccination this past season, CDC data shows, ...