Former CDC officials warn that proposed fiscal 2026 budget cuts would slash funding by 54%, threatening critical health programs and local departments across the U.S.

The layoffs followed a March announcement by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who called for a major department overhaul.

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

Distrust of science is fueling such misguided proposals as scaling back critical public-health agencies.

Many women with serious underlying medical conditions like heart disease need birth control that won't make their conditions ...

The Trump administration’s proposed cuts to medical research and health agencies will curtail the development of promising ...

The CDC has lost thousands of workers since January. At a conference celebrating the work of the agency's "disease detectives," current and former staff grappled with uncertainty about the future.

The language in the Senate's version of the fiscal 2026 VA appropriations bill offers a mild, but notable bipartisan rebuke ...

The cuts to the CDC's drowning prevention team, which tracked drowning data and patterns, were part of broader federal ...

More than $50 million in grants for HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and hepatitis programs could disappear under a proposed federal budget.

During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) spoke about proposed cuts to the CDC.

"All these questions come into play when considering if Congress is to accept the president’s budget as it is, what the next ...