CDC deputy director abruptly resigns from role as agency reels from turnover

Ralph Abraham, who started CDC role in January, is second top official to step down from agency this month ...

CDC No. 2 steps down amid HHS shake-up

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Monday that Principal Deputy Director Ralph Abraham, the ...

CDC postpones influential vaccine advisory panel's February meeting

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stepped up efforts to rewrite U.S. vaccination policy, dropping recommendations ...
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Kennedy Ally Departs CDC Amid Leadership Shake-Up

Ralph Abraham, a vocal vaccine skeptic who served at the agency for just three months, has stepped down due to “unforeseen ...

CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting canceled for next week

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent vaccine advisors committee is not going to meet next week as planned, according to a spokesperson for the US Department of Health and ...

Birth doses of hepatitis B vaccine on decline in US before CDC scrapped recommendation

Use of hepatitis B vaccines in U. newborns was declining well before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scrapped ...

CDC: Nearly 1,000 US measles cases confirmed in first two months of 2026

The number of measles cases in 2026 is already nearly half of 2025's total cases, the CDC reports. Official blame falling ...

NIH director Jay Bhattacharya will take over leadership of CDC temporarily

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who directs the National Institute of Health, is taking over as acting director of the Centers for ...