All 17 experts recently dismissed from a government vaccine advisory panel published an essay Monday decrying “destabilizing decisions" made by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that could lead to more preventable disease spread.

Note that some links may require registration or subscription. A physician who supplied Matthew Perry with ketamine prior to the Friends actor's overdose last year will plead guilty to drug charges. ( AP)

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official who led the agency's network to study hospitalization trends from infectious diseases like COVID-19 has resigned in protest following Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

The scientist, Dr. Fiona Havers, told colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday that she no longer had confidence that the COVID and RSV data would be used "objectively or evaluated with appropriate scientific rigor to make evidence-based vaccine policy decisions," according to an email seen by Reuters.

The staff of two world-class CDC laboratories that were slated to be closed by the Trump administration have been informed that their terminations have been canceled.

The government hired back more than 450 CDC employees that were fired as part of the widespread restructuring that took place in April.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s actions in recent months have raised concerns that he is taking a heavy-handed and unilateral approach to vaccine policy in the U.S.

A multistate Salmonella outbreak has been linked to Emek-brand pistachio cream, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “CDC and public health officials in two states