Kennedy Proposes Refocusing CDC on Infectious Diseases

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. published a Wall Street Journal editorial advocating for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to return to its original focus on infectious diseases. His statement came one day after nine former CDC directors published a critical editorial describing Kennedy's actions at the agency as unprecedented. Kennedy proposed moving programs focused on chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease away from the CDC to a new entity called the Administration for a Healthy America.