The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn't had a Senate confirmed director since last summer, and that official was in the job for less than a month.

The director of the National Institutes of Health is also taking over as acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an administration official.

The Director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya will also take on the temporary role of acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an administration ...

Bhattacharya replaces Jim O’Neill, who served simultaneously as acting CDC director and deputy secretary of the Health and Human Services Department. The New York Times was first to report the news.

National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya will step in as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control ...

Bhattacharya is taking the role after the previous acting director, Health and Human Services Department Deputy Secretary Jim ...

Three patients undergoing laser eye surgery at a New York City ophthalmology clinic developed Purpureocillium lilacinum ...

The co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, which rebuked CDC’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, will oversee the nation’s public health agency.

The National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya will become the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after a year of chaotic leadership changes in the public ...

HHS Deputy Security Jim O'Neill is currently acting CDC director, having taken over in August after HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the former director.

Public trust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention drops in 2025, following new administrative changes to the ...

It signals an elevated health risk that warrants additional precautions for U.S. travelers heading to the affected regions.