WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dr. Julie Gerberding, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was named president of Merck & Co Inc's vaccine division, the company said on Monday. Gerberding, who led the CDC from 2002 to 2009, stepped down when President Barack Obama took office. She had led the agency from one crisis to another, including the ...

President Barack Obama on Friday named New York City health chief Thomas Frieden as the new director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as it bids to contain the swine flu outbreak. Frieden, 48, is an infectious disease specialist who left the CDC in 2002 after 12 years at the agency to serve as New York ...

SMART INFRASTRUCTURE: THE TECH IS ALREADY HERE

"Overhaul our nation's electricity grid, enabling smart meters and home control to conserve energy. The tech's there, we're not." -- Patrick Dixon "Water organizations in the U.S. are incredibly fragmented--and so is the information they have to manage, whether it's about water usage, availability, quality, snow pack, levee status ...

The woman who led the nation's top public health agency for more than six years is leaving the post with a mixed legacy. Dr. Julie Gerberding has been praised for strides against bioterrorism and maintenance of the CDC's high standing with the public ...