The Epidemic Intelligence Service was founded in 1951, just five years after the launch of the CDC, in response to Cold War-era concerns about biological warfare.

Editors’ note: As of Monday, Feb. 17, members of the Epidemic Intelligence Service program who had been warned they were to be fired had not received termination letters.

The CDC dispatched its Epidemic Intelligence Service, members of the centers' postdoctoral program of public health specialists who train to investigate public health threats.

CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health. During my stint with EIS in 1999, I was deeply involved in an outbreak investigation of ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When the Trump administration announced in February 2025 that it was cutting 10% of staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it seemed that a small but storied ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When the Trump administration announced in February 2025 that it was cutting 10% of staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it seemed that a small but storied ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When the Trump administration announced in February 2025 that it was cutting 10% of staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it seemed that a small but storied ...