The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun redeploying staff to respond to the deadly outbreak of measles in Texas, a spokesperson said Monday, a week after steep layoffs at the agency impacted its response to the spread of the virus.

The Office on Smoking and Health, the Environmental Health Laboratory, CDC Communications offices — the gutting of these teams will make America sicker, writes former CDC Director Tom Frieden.

Anyone in the US who’s depended on a respirator to provide protection against dust, smoke, mold or airborne viruses has likely relied on a small but mighty agency within the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assure that they’re shielded from things that could damage their health.

Cuts to the CDC's branch responsible for investigating and preventing lead poisoning has brought multiple efforts to help local health authorities to a virtual standstill, current and laid-off agency officials say, including for lead poisoning responses that could have helped children in Milwaukee and on an American Indian reservation.

After being sidelined by federal cuts, two CDC workers are organizing others to push back and demand accountability.

Workers across the CDC were summarily fired on Tuesday, triggering what will be an unprecedented and chaotic withdrawal of the agency from many areas of disease prevention.

Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.

Plus, University of Mississippi student Mary Kate Cornett, 19, speaks out after a viral rumor perpetuated by people like ESPN's Pat McAfee triggers online harassment.

The reorganization of the Department of Health and Human Services shrinks the CDC by 2,400 employees, or roughly 18% of its workforce, and strips away some of its core functions. Some Democrats in Congress described the reorganization throughout HHS as ...

Work likely to be halted by the cuts includes the collection of data for studying Americans with sickle cell, a painful blood disorder that predominantly affects Black families, a