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Employees of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hug each other as they queue outside the Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building, after it was reported that the Trump administration fired staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and at the Food and Drug Administration, as it embarked on its plan to cut 10,000 jobs at HHS, in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 1, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Trump begins mass layoffs of 10,000 staffers at FDA, CDC, other US health agencies

The cuts, which affect several high-profile agencies under the Department of Health and Human Services, including the FDA, CDC and the National Institutes of Health, are part of a broad plan by...

A person touches a test tube labelled "Bird Flu", in this picture illustration, January 14, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Health

CDC issues health alert for bird flu infection in US

A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell
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What is 'Eris', the new Covid variant?

An Anopheles stephensi mosquito obtains a blood meal from a human host through its pointed proboscis in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters November 23, 2015. A known malarial vector, the species can found from Egypt all the way to China. REUTERS/Jim Gathany/CDC/Handout via Reuters
USA

Malaria cases in Texas and Florida are the first US spread since 2003: CDC

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USA

100,000 Americans die from drug overdoses in 2022: CDC

A cameraman takes visuals outside the office of Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd. company, in New Delhi, India, October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
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US CDC concludes cough syrups likely to blame for children's deaths in Gambia, report shows

A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub variants is pictured at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier
Coronavirus chronicle

US CDC still looking at potential stroke risk from Pfizer bivalent Covid shot

Sean Bagley, 14, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub variants at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier
Coronavirus chronicle

Updated Covid vaccines prevented illness from latest variants -CDC

A vial of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine is pictured at the International Community Health Services clinic in Seattle, Washington, U.S., March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo
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Measles now an imminent global threat due to pandemic, say WHO and CDC

FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell/File Photo
Coronavirus chronicle

US CDC backs use of redesigned omicron Covid boosters

Monkeypox virus can stay on computer mouse, coffee machine for days: CDC study
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Monkeypox virus can stay on computer mouse, coffee machine for days: CDC study

A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell
Coronavirus chronicle

US CDC no longer recommends students quarantine for Covid-19 exposure

Covid: CDC flags Bangladesh and 5 other countries as ‘high risk’ for travel
Coronavirus chronicle

Covid: CDC flags Bangladesh and 5 other countries as ‘high risk’ for travel