A week into a White House outbreak, CDC still playing only a limited role. President Trump and at least 34 White House staff members and other contacts have tested positive for the virus.

The White House-led task force also is sparring with public health experts, inside and outside the CDC, about whether covid-19 death counts collected and disseminated by the CDC are inflated.

Rising tensions between CDC leadership and the White House over the perception that the agency has been sidelined has been a developing story in the media for weeks.

Weldon was pulled because he didn't have the votes to be confirmed, according to Weldon and two sources familiar with his nomination. This was the first time a CDC director nominee had to be ...

White House officials have reportedly declined offers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide resources to help contact trace the coronavirus outbreak that infected ...

The rift between the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has spilled out into the open as one of the nation’s top public health agencies finds itself on the ...

The White House declined to comment. A CDC spokesperson confirmed that Witkofsky and Moeller were working at the agency and reporting to Redfield, but did not comment further.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump White House has installed two political operatives at the nation’s top public health agency to try to control the information it releases about the coronavirus ...

White House withdraws CDC director nominee. Dave Weldon had faced growing scrutiny over his anti-vaccine views. Former Rep. David Weldon speaks in The Villages, Florida, on May 31, ...

White House pulls CDC nominee because they didn’t have the votes: Sources. David Weldon, a vaccine skeptic, had been set to testify Thursday morning.