Dozens of similar rallies were held across the country on Friday, including one in Washington, D.C., which drew more than 1,000 people.

Federal health officials are monitoring the outbreak of a deadly and mysterious disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed to UPI.

Maine Senator Susan Collins said she has “areas of disagreement” with President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making the moderate Republican’s position key to the vote’s outcome.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on the ground in Texas to respond to the growing measles outbreak. The agency posted on X that it’s partnering with the Texas Department of State Health Services.

A new government report adds to evidence that the HPV vaccine, once called dangerous by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is preventing cervical cancer in young women. The report comes after Kennedy pledged to give a family member any fees he might earn from HPV vaccine litigation.

A CDC report has revealed that nine of 68 of children who died of flu this year had brain damage, but it's unclear whether this influenza-associated encephalopathy is on the rise.

An unknown number of fired CDC workers got their jobs back this week. Among them was Bri McNulty, who had shared her story with NPR.

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization postponed a vaccine meeting after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed.

Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service has redefined “fraud” to defend its federal cuts. Trump canceled $400 million in grants to Columbia University. The CDC is planning to study connections between vaccines and autism.

New CDC data on falling rates of precancerous cervical lesions in the U.S. underscore the benefits of HPV vaccination.

Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday a mysterious illness in northwest Congo that has surpassed 1,000 cases and killed at least 60 people might be malaria. Hundreds of people have tested positive for malaria in Congo's Equateur province.