Health Secretary Says Some Cuts to CDC Will Be Reversed

HHS Staff Cuts Mean Uneasy Breathing in Black Communities

Layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services threaten programs critical to fighting asthma and tobacco use—issues that disproportionately harm Black Americans.

CDC's Population Health Office Is Gone

Only one critical, long-standing national survey was spared

Health Secretary Says Some Cuts to CDC Will Be Reversed

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CDC Data: Top Causes of Death in Louisiana and Nationally

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in Louisiana, mirroring national trends according to CDC data. Continue reading…

Trump gives Big Tobacco a big gift: He killed the National Youth Tobacco Survey, blinding public, researchers, and policy makers to the effects of changing tobacco industry products and practices

The now-shuttered CDC Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) has conducted the National Youth Tobacco Survey since 1999.  The survey provides important surveillance about how youth tobacco use is changing.  After Congress created the FDA Center for Tobacco Products, it partnered with CDC to expand the scope and depth of the survey, including increasing details on tobacco product characteristics and even specific brands used.  NYTS has informed and d…

After a hiatus in its marketing, the drug Champix, developed by Pfizer to help quit smoking, returns to the Spanish market. This medicine, which acts by reducing withdrawal symptoms and the desire to smoke, promises to become a key tool for those seeking to quit. With the return of Champix, experts expect a boost in public health efforts to combat tobacco addiction in the country, offering smokers one more option in their struggle to quit the ha…