Now that children are back in school, we must use the tools we know work to keep this preventable disease out of the classroom, writes Dr. Debra Houry.

Jewel Mullen was in kindergarten in 1961 when she almost died from measles. Now a physician, measles’ return frightens her.

“We’ve come a long way since the fall of 2001, but we find ourselves with recent widening gaps in public health readiness and mitigation,” writes Daniel B. Jernigan.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention refuses to count four measles deaths in the state though doctors are ‘seeing new forms’ of disease

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention refuses to count four measles deaths in the state though doctors are ‘seeing new forms’ of disease

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was repeatedly thwarted during a speech critical of childhood vaccines by a reading lamp that kept falling from the podium and resisting his efforts to operate i...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing intense scrutiny after announcing that his agency is officially investigating “chemtrails”. While scientists emphasize that the line...

One month after taking over an embattled CDC, new Director Dr. Erica Schwartz sat down with our Georgia Capitol reporter, Abby Kousouris.

Dr. Erica Schwartz avoided commenting on measles deaths in Pennsylvania.

Schwartz addressed a measles outbreak in Georgia, working with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr and her plans to combat vaccine hesitancy.

Track the Trump administration’s federal funding disruptions state by state — what was cut or frozen, who it hurts, and how states are fighting back in court.

With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...

For the third week in a row, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention didn’t include two Pennsylvania measles deaths in its 2026 outbreak count.

The former Chief Medical Officer for the CDC talks about how America’s public-health defenses are being weakened just as preventable threats are rising.

“Is CDC now applying different standards to state data depending on who governs the state or what political party won an election?” ask former CDC officials.

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The CDC director reportedly ordered staff to omit two measles deaths from Pennsylvania’s official count, triggering a massive public health feud. HHS Secretary RFK Jr. accused Gov. Josh Shapiro’s staf...

Dr. Debra Houry resigned in protest from her job as chief medical officer. She says politics is keeping people from doing their jobs at the CDC.

The deaths have been at the heart of a bitter political dispute between RFK Jr. and Gov. Josh Shapiro (D).

Questioning a state’s investigation is highly unusual for the public health agency, but reflects tensions between the Trump administration and many states over health issues.

How disease spreads and the risks and benefits of interventions are questions for science, not for ideology.

How disease spreads and the risks and benefits of interventions are questions for science, not for ideology.

How disease spreads and the risks and benefits of interventions are questions for science, not for ideology.

How disease spreads and the risks and benefits of interventions are questions for science, not for ideology.

How disease spreads and the risks and benefits of interventions are questions for science, not for ideology.

How disease spreads and the risks and benefits of interventions are questions for science, not for ideology.

From ER care to CDC leadership, one question drove the career: how to prevent the next case? Research, teaching, and policy turned bedside skills into public health impact.

Richard Chew is joined by Dr. Debra Houry, senior fellow at Yale School of Public Health, adjunct professor at Emory University, former chief medical officer of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre...

Outbreaks are rising. Response capacity is reduced. And HHS Secretary RFK Jr. holds a unique authority – and responsibility – to act.

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