The Senate’s health committee pushed back a vote to advance two top health care nominations but indicated that one, the pick to lead the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, would win the necessary votes.

The CDC says cyclospora season season starts May 1. Here's when it ends, the outbreak timeline so far, symptoms to know and how to stay safe.

But Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) dramatically changed course Thursday saying he now trusted Erica Schwartz to defend science after further talks with her, and after federal health officials made what he called a “good faith” change to the CDC’s controversial webpage on vaccines and autism.

As measles, hantavirus and cyclospora spread, experts say lost staff and expertise are slowing the response

Public health officials acknowledge they need to shed paternalistic messaging if they want to reach more people. The nominee to run the CDC says she will strike a new tone.

Cases of cyclosporiasis have topped 11,500 in 41 states, according to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday. There are at least 4,173 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis,

A former deputy surgeon general, Schwartz vowed during her confirmation hearing to “never compromise on the science.”

CDC investigators are in Ohio to help health officials identify the source of the state's ongoing cyclospora outbreak.

Trump's nominee faces the Senate health committee for her confirmation hearing on July 15. If confirmed, she will lead an agency dealing with workforce and leadership shortages and new layers of political review.

The CDC operated behind the scenes during the FIFA World Cup, deploying disease surveillance, wastewater monitoring and real-time data dashboards.