The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its global travel alert for polio, warning Americans against the spread of the disease.

The government called the groups, which include the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Infectious Diseases Society of America, "special interest groups." ...

AMA and other medical associations are kicked out of CDC vaccine workgroups Experts are being disinvited from the workgroups that have been the backbone of the Advisory Committee on Immunization ...

Monarez is the first CDC director who required US Senate confirmation. HealthDay News — After months with an appointed caretaker, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finally ...

Dr. Monarez, who has been the acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since President Trump took office, was the president’s second pick for the job.

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Susan Monarez to be President Donald Trump's director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Monarez, 50, was named acting director ...

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Susan Monarez to be President Donald Trump's director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Monarez, 50, was named acting director ...

From vaccines to fluoride, here's what the newly confirmed CDC director Susan Monarez has said about some key health topics.

(CNN) — Dr. Susan Monarez was confirmed to lead the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday in a 52-47 Senate vote. Monarez, a microbiologist and infectious disease expert who ...

Susan Monarez is the first director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to require Senate confirmation. She's also the first director without a medical degree in more than 70 years.

The CDC has not had a leader since March, when Monarez stepped down as acting director because she was nominated to be director. She is the first nominee for CDC director to require Senate ...