The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just fired a ton of its employees—in the most chaotic way possible.

Donald Trump has pulled the nomination of David Weldon for CDC director.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vax views have officially taken hold at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

As the administration pursues mass layoffs at agencies like the CDC, experts warn that the country may end up vastly underprepared for looming threats to public health.

The CDC director is an accomplished scientist and doctor, but her job is necessarily political—and she’s bad at politics.

A highly contagious variant, quarantines, closures, and fast-changing rules: It was supposed to be a calm fall, but we’re looking at a new year that could look a lot like the last.

The race for a cure has put a spotlight on corporate control over medical research. Under a Democratic administration, it doesn’t have to be that way.