Births in the United States dropped in 2025, according to newly published data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Approximately 3.6 million births were recorded in 2025, according to the CDC.

The CDC recently created a searchable database listing the conflicts that have been disclosed.

The CDC urged people to avoid consuming shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell locations in those states. It did not name the supplier.

Leprosy appears to be not only spreading in central Florida, but according to the CDC, it might now be endemic to the region. Let’s explore why that is, as well as what it means for the safety of Americans.

"You can be CDC director and just take orders. We need a CDC director that will actually stand up to crazy, stupid things that are being said, that undermine faith in immunization," Sen.

"The CDC child and adolescent immunization schedule’s new recommendation of standalone chickenpox vaccination for toddlers through age three follows evidence presented to ACIP by the CDC Immunization Safety Office’s that healthy 12–23 months old toddlers

“Normally when we have these Ebola outbreaks, and I had three of them when I was CDC director, all of which were in [Congo], normally we recognize them when we have five, 10 cases, you know, at most,” Redfield said.

Monarez is now the first Senate-confirmed CDC director, under a funding bill signed in 2023 that took effect this year.

The variant, BA.3.2, was found in a sample in November 2024 in South Africa, according to the CDC.

Some symptoms could be neurological, according to the CDC.

The CDC approved the recommendations on May 13.

Cruise ships are required to report cases of gastrointestinal illness to the CDC.

“The U.S. government's top priority is the safe repatriation of American passengers,” the CDC said in a statement.

“The updated CDC childhood schedule continues to protect children against serious diseases while aligning U.S. guidance with international norms," the spokesperson said.

Health Secretary Robert Kennedy, who oversees the CDC, had supported moving the birth dose, Dr. Debra Houry, a former top CDC official, testified earlier in the week.

Kulldorff extended the same invitation to Susan Monarez, who was recently fired as director of the CDC, and the top CDC officials who then resigned. Dr.

CDC about its procedures.

Dave Weldon (R-Fla.), a doctor, to the post of CDC director.

The CDC, with approval from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on Jan. 5 stopped recommending that all children receive an annual influenza vaccine.

The CDC advises businesses that received the product not to sell or serve the recalled jalapeños while the investigation remains ongoing.

Susan Monarez was confirmed by the Senate and became CDC director, but she was fired in August 2025, less than four weeks after taking office.

Infants who do not receive the birth dose should not be administered a hepatitis B vaccine before 2 months of age, the CDC suggests.

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Jim O'Neill, who had been serving as the acting CDC director in addition to his Senate-confirmed role of deputy health secretary, departed the CDC and HHS on Feb. 13.

Jim O'Neill is no longer the deputy health secretary or acting CDC director, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and CDC websites.

The CDC on Jan. 5, with backing from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., narrowed the number of vaccines routinely recommended by the childhood schedule.

The CDC has travel notices going up to Level 4, or "avoid all travel," with Level 2 being the second-least significant notice.

Adam Langer, a CDC official, told them that closing the gap is already a CDC priority. The panel later advised the CDC to end the universal birth dose. That advice was accepted on Dec. 16.

The new ship, according to the CDC, had an outbreak of the norovirus, with 115 people falling ill already. Let’s go through the details.

Poison centers received 203 calls related to kava in 2025, up from about 57 calls in 2011, university researchers say.