Second-in-command Ralph Abraham, MD, abruptly resigned his role as principal deputy director at the CDC today, becoming the second senior official to exit the agency this month.
A new modeling study suggests that disruptions in international donor funding could outweigh the benefits of a novel TB vaccine.
Global data show overall deaths from lower respiratory infections declined from 1990 to 2021, but the proportion of deaths from drug-resistant infections is rising.
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