CDC – People's World

The ghost of Upton Sinclair: The danger of food industry deregulation today

August 26, 2026 By Rob Warzyniak

New food-related diseases show us when the food industry regulates itself, they put profits over people, reminiscent of the classic book 'The Jungle.'

The systemic problem with the CDC’s response to the Cyclospora outbreak

July 27, 2026 By Karamo Muchuri Sulieman

Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services says everything is under control but science and the capitalist system says otherwise.

U.S. health research project rejected by Guinea-Bissau was deadly anti-vaccine scheme

January 27, 2026 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Health Secretary RFK Jr. aimed to use Guinea-Bissau newborns to further his vaccine skepticism campaign, and the results could have given a death sentence to many.

Susan Collins ‘extremely alarmed’ at Trump administration firing of CDC director

September 5, 2025 By Greg Kearney

The latest from award-winning People's World cartoonist Greg Kearney.

Measles passes record in U.S., raising widespread fear

July 11, 2025 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

Alarm grows as right-wing policy makers roll out red carpet for once-eliminated disease.