The CDC is reportedly laying off more than 1,000 employees over the weekend — a significant number of them working to forecast and combat outbreaks of measles, Ebola and other deadly diseases ...

After the public disclosure of the firings, a federal health official, on Saturday, stated, as quoted by New York Times, that ...

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

Hundreds of scientists rehired after erroneous layoffs, yet key offices still eliminated as public health experts describe a “devastating” blow to U.S. preparedness. Less than twenty-four hours after ...

Marburg virus disease is spreading in Rwanda and has claimed 6 lives so far. Rwanda's Minister of Health, Sabin Nsanzimana, revealed that the victims and most of the infected are healthcare workers.

Tsion Firew had just finished running a first aid training when she glanced down at her phone — and then looked up confused. The message she saw was about a colleague Firew had worked with a few days ...