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On April 1, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services issued broad Reduction in Force (RIF) notifications that wiped out entire divisions at federal health agencies, like the CDC.

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Forty-three current and former C.D.C. employees on the changes they say are replacing science with ideology — and making Americans more vulnerable.

The Bradford-Hill Criteria give you a scientific checklist that can help you evaluate whether wild health claims are actually true.

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For almost 80 years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been the nation's immune system, detecting threats early, coordinating rapid responses, and safeguarding population hea...

The CDC website language change on autism is not the agency’s death knell. Instead, it’s the starting gun of a new race that must be run differently.

Dr. Debra Houry, who resigned from her position as chief medical officer of the CDC in 2025, called the change on the CDC’s website "disturbing."

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Under Secretary Kennedy, CDC materials can no longer be assumed to reflect scientific authority.

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Rachel Levine became the highest-ranking openly transgender government official in U.S. history when she was confirmed by the Senate as the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health in March 2021.