Trump’s CDC pick faces Senate scrutiny amid public health challenges
Dr. Dave Weldon, President Donald Trump’s nominee for CDC director, will face Senate questioning today as the agency deals ...
Trump’s FDA and NIH picks clear committee, teeing up final Senate confirmation
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee approved Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya’s nomination to be NIH director ...
US aid cuts are hurting Africa's ability to respond to disease outbreaks, health chief says
Aid cuts by the United States are hurting Africa’s capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, the head of the continent's ...
The cost of a meal that sticks in the throat
The school lunch debacle has deteriorated so much that there is an increasing clamour to rip it up and start again.
Facing bipartisan opposition, White House abandons outlandish CDC nominee
In Donald Trump’s second term, the president has really only confronted one humiliating personnel fiasco: He nominated former ...
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Brown’s Hassenfeld Institute leader to chair U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Dr. Michael Silverstein, director of the Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute, will lead a national task force ...
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Europe grapples with highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years
Measles cases in Europe have doubled in just a year, with the highest number reported since 1997, UN agencies announced on ...
White House pulls Weldon nomination for CDC director before Senate hearing
Weldon, a longtime vaccine skeptic, had been scheduled to appear before the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee ...
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Trump withdraws nominee for CDC director
The Trump administration is withdrawing the nomination of physician and former Florida congressman David Weldon, MD, to lead ...
Public invited to Toledo event discussing youth mental health crisis
The University of Toledo and The Blade are holding a panel discussion on Monday, March 24 to discuss rates of anxiety and ...
White House withdraws controversial pick to run the CDC
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 Dave Weldon, Trump's pick for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was withdrawn from consideration shortly before a scheduled Senate confirmation hearing.