The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Susan Monarez to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), putting a longtime government scientist at the helm of an agency being upended by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F.

The mercury-based preservative thimerosal will be removed from all flu shots distributed in United States, Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said.

The rise in COVID-19 infections comes as providers wrestle with how to navigate shifted federal vaccine recommendations.

New CDC data released this month reveals that while the number of births in the United States increased by 1% from 2023—to 3,628,934 in 2024—the general fertility rate has declined by 1%. It now stands at 53.8 births per 1,000 females ages 15 to 44, an all-time low. The data is based on U.S. birth certificates.

The number of adolescents in the U.S. who have suffered a major depressive episode has decreased -- a reversal from the rise during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data from a CDC look into the mental health and drug use of Americans.

Photo: CNA CDC Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said leptospirosis is a bacterial disease mainly spread through the urine of infected animals, which can contaminate floodwater and enter the human body orally or through open wounds.

Health officials say a case of the Powassan Virus was discovered in Hancock County. In York County, the West Nile Virus was discovered in a crow.