And then there's a current budget proposal in Congress that would cut the agency's funding by 22%. It would also eliminate the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, which works on topics like drownings, drug overdoses, suicides, and shooting deaths.

The outgoing head of the nation’s top public health agency is urging the next administration to maintain its focus and funding to keep Americans safe from emerging health threats.

The outgoing head of the nation’s top public health agency urged the next administration to maintain its focus and funding to keep Americans safe from emerging health threats. “We need to continue to do our global work at CDC to make sure we are stopping outbreaks at their source,

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the first child in the United States contracted avian influenza H5 virus infection.

A child in California caught bird flu amid a recall of raw milk in the state, but investigations have found no evidence that the case was caused by raw milk.