While officials pointed to the department’s $1.8 trillion budget as a reason for the cuts, experts said payroll represented less than 1% of that amount.

The St. Joseph County Department of Health has faced a new wave of staff cuts because of state budget cuts passed into law in ...

An Overland Park high schooler traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for cancer research funding after the Trump ...

As federal support for tobacco control vanishes, protecting public health from the harms of tobacco use now falls more heavily on our state and on communities like ours.

A Johnson County nonprofit could face grant funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s proposed 2026 federal budget.

She said she plans to bring innovation and clear communication to the CDC, which has a $9.2 billion budget and is responsible for tracking diseases, evaluating vaccines and protecting public health.

She did not comment on recent cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and prevention or RFK Jr's past decisions If confirmed, Monarez would be the first non-doctor to lead the CDC in decades ...

U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Tuesday that he has rehired 942 employees who were laid off from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting five West African leaders at a “multilateral lunch” as their region reels from the ...

In 2023, nearly 1 in 3 U.S. youngsters ages 12 to 17 had prediabetes, according to recently released data from the U.S.

Three Pennsylvania nonprofits share a uniquely focused mission on public health. Looming federal cuts to scientific research, they warn, could unravel decades of their work.

The Trump administration revoked unspent pandemic-era grants and is slashing the CDC’s budget – upending funding to local ...