Getting accurate information to doctors and the public so they can make healthy decisions is critical. CDC workers and public health experts say that mission is now in danger.

It is unclear what will happen to hundreds of pending requests for public information as the health agencies slash staff.

The layoffs are the latest indication of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s drastic effort to ...

I want to take a moment to talk about something that’s really important to me — and to our city as a whole — transparency. You deserve to know what’s happening in your local government ...

Susan Monarez, who held the job on an interim basis, would be the first nonphysician to lead the agency in more than 50 years Some experts support her, while others question her recent actions ...

She has served as acting director since January. If approved by the Senate, Monarez would become the first person without a medical degree to head the CDC in more than 50 years. She is an infectious ...

Trump abruptly withdrew the nomination of his first pick, David Weldon, earlier this month. Monarez has been serving as the CDC’s acting director since January and came from another federal agency, ...

A sign with the CDC logo is displayed at the entrance to the agency's headquarters in Atlanta, on Sunday, March 2, 2025. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will nominate Susan Monarez ...

President Donald Trump will nominate Susan Monarez, the acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a longtime federal staffer, to the permanent position, a White ...