While officials pointed to the department’s $1.8 trillion budget as a reason for the cuts, experts said payroll represented less than 1% of that amount.

As federal support for tobacco control vanishes, protecting public health from the harms of tobacco use now falls more heavily on our state and on communities like ours.

Republican House appropriators said the proposed 2026 spending levels reflect efforts “rightsize” many agencies outside of ...

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials who were laid off and subsequently reinstated have “no clue” why, said Paul Schramm, chief of the agency’s climate and health program. “I wish I ...

CDC sources tell NPR that the Trump administration has delayed and might cancel roughly $140 million in grants to fund fentanyl overdose response efforts, known as the Overdose Data To Action program ...

Threats to $140 million in funds for public health departments battling fentanyl overdoses comes as some experts see the ...

Republican lawmakers are considering clawing back $9 billion in federal funds, codifying a slice of cuts proposed by DOGE.

The Department of Health and Human Services finalized the layoffs of thousands of employees after a Supreme Court ruling ...

The House and Senate are taking far different approaches to next year's appropriations, but neither chamber has fully ...

"Instead of investing in these lifesaving programs, the current budget leaves the American people to pay the price tag with both their lives and money," said Brian King, a former health official at ...

She said she plans to bring innovation and clear communication to the CDC, which has a $9.2 billion budget and is responsible for tracking diseases, evaluating vaccines and protecting public health.

She did not comment on recent cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and prevention or RFK Jr's past decisions If confirmed, Monarez would be the first non-doctor to lead the CDC in decades ...