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CDC staff want RFK Jr. to denounce health misinformation - and they want tighter security

Current and former employees of the CDC are pushing for U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to denounce vaccine misinformation they say puts scientists at risk, as ...

CDC employees recount when gunman fired at least 180 shots at buildings: "Shocking but not surprising"

Four CDC workers, who were not authorized to speak publicly, told CBS News under the condition of anonymity that they were ...

Gunman in CDC shooting fired nearly 500 shots after breaking into his father’s gun safe. Here’s what we know

The gunman who opened fire Friday at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention broke into his father’s safe to get ...

CDC staffers voice frustration over Kennedy’s anti-vaccine rhetoric

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staffers are voicing frustration over Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...

Emory-CDC shooting latest: Suspected killer Patrick White’s neighbor noticed vaccine obsession but didn’t think he’d hurt anyone

Patrick Joseph White, who police say killed a local officer and fired several rounds at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention campus in Atlanta, was obsessed with anti-vaccine conspiracy ...

CDC leaders call shooting targeted and deliberate as rattled staff say they felt like ‘sitting ducks’

In a large and hastily arranged Zoom call on Saturday, about 800 rattled staffers with the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

Suspect named in fatal shooting near CDC as agency holds call with staff

Patrick Joseph White, a 30-year-old Georgia man, is accused of opening fire outside the CDC buildings in Atlanta on Friday, killing one police officer.