NEW YORK — Military personnel stationed at Camp Lejeune from 1975 to 1985 had at least a 20% higher risk for a number of cancers than those stationed elsewhere, federal health officials said Wednesday in […]
RALEIGH — President Joe Biden issued a press release June 16 officially announcing “his intent” to choose Dr. Mandy Cohen as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Cohen served as the […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina Republican Sen. Ted Budd led a letter opposing President Joe Biden’s apparent pick for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, calling his choice “unfit.” “Dr. Mandy Cohen is unfit for […]
RALEIGH — Former N.C. Department Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen and Aledade, the company she now leads as CEO, had no comment on a report by The Washington Post that President Joe […]
RALEIGH — Former N.C. Dept. of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen has been tapped by President Joe Biden to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), numerous media reports indicate. […]
RALEIGH — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officially added COVID-19 shots to the recommended childhood immunization schedule on Feb. 9. Last fall, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to […]
RALEIGH — On Oct. 20, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention committee voted unanimously, 15-0, to add a COVID vaccination series to the 2023 immunization schedules for adults and children. The schedule changes approved […]
On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) posted guidelines for how people can reduce their chances of catching monkeypox, a viral disease that President Joe Biden has now declared a “public health […]
RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services quietly issued a memo sunsetting its COVID-19 guidance toolkit for K-12 schools. “As of June 23, 2022, NCDHHS has sunset the StrongSchools NC Public Health […]
A new U.S. government center aims to become the National Weather Service for infectious diseases — an early warning system to help guide the response to COVID-19 and future pandemics. The new Center for Forecasting […]
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