Naming a former Imperial Brands executive for a CDC job is the latest example, advocates say, of tobacco industry influence in Trump administration.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told senators that CDC director nominee Erica Schwartz would have authority to decide on vaccines independently if confirmed, a departure from his remarks to House lawmakers the previous day. This change comes as the ...

Emergency room visits for tick bites have reached their highest levels in nearly a decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As of mid-April, 71 out of every 100,000 ER visits in the US were related to tick bites,

President Trump has nominated Dr. Erica Schwartz, who served as deputy surgeon general in his first administration, to serve as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

PHOENIX — The CDC is reporting that ER visits for tick bites are higher than usual. The CDC says that, according to its Bite Tracker, bites are reported at higher-than-normal levels in many parts of the country. Arizona is located in the CDC's WEST region for reporting purposes.