Changes to the federal government’s guidance on fluoride in drinking water nationwide could have impacts on the D.C. region.

Cuts to the CDC's branch responsible for investigating and preventing lead poisoning has brought multiple efforts to help ...

The U.S. health secretary plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending communities put ...

CDC claims that Alpha Gal Syndrome is not cause only by lone star ticks, and can also be facilitated by deer ticks ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ...

The American Society of Hematology (ASH) and nearly 100 other organizations blasted the dismantling of CDC's Division of ...

Kennedy, a former environmental lawyer, has called fluoride a “dangerous neurotoxin” and said also it’s been associated with ...

The nation’s public health agency has long asserted that a little of the mineral in water helps prevent tooth decay. The top health official wants new guidance.

RFK Jr. plans to urge the CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water, citing health concerns. Read more on this controversial move and Utah’s new ban.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun redeploying staff to respond to the deadly outbreak of measles in ...

In addition to reductions in agency personnel, federal regulators are demanding $2.9 billion in contract cancellations.