As outbreaks for several diseases are being monitored across the U.S., state DPH Commissioner Robbie Goldstein has an update on the ongoing public health initiatives in Massachusetts.

Former Florida congressmen Dr. Dave Weldon was nominated to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The White House’s bid to install a vaccine-skeptic ally of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. atop the CDC fell apart this ...

Kennedy Jr., an ardent vaccine critic who would have been Weldon’s boss as health secretary. Perhaps Weldon’s biggest problem ...

Whether the withdrawal of Weldon’s nomination is a win for vaccines depends on who Trump nominates next and how much ...

Hours before his scheduled Senate confirmation, the White House has withdrawn the nomination of Dr. Dave Weldon to lead the U ...

Former CDC nominee goes scorched earth, blaming two Republicans and ‘big Pharma’ for failed bid - Weldon’s nomination to head ...

Dr. Dave Weldon, Trump's pick for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was withdrawn from consideration shortly before a scheduled Senate confirmation hearing.

If you still harbored any doubt that President Trump’s ongoing attack on Columbia University – a private institution – is ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s failure to install a fellow vaccine critic to a key government post is testing the limits of how far the US health secretary can go to promote his public-health agenda.

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Senate Finance Committee Democratic staff allege the CMS nominee relied on a chancy tax exemption that allowed him to avoid paying $440,000 in taxes for the programs. That issue and his ties to the ...