For 13 years, the CDC's "Tips" ads shared real stories and free quitline support. With funding ending, experts worry fewer ...

A federal-state partnership that monitors for foodborne illnesses quietly scaled back its operations nearly two months ago ...

The American College of Cardiologists recommends people with heart disease get their COVID-19 and flu shots, breaking with CDC guidelines.

Another major medical association has broke from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is now recommending ...

CDC confirms the first human screwworm infection in decades after a Maryland case. Officials say the risk to the US public is very low.

The first human case of New World screwworm was confirmed in the United States after a Maryland resident was diagnosed ...

At least six hundred employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being laid off after a court ruling, the ...

A notorious flesh-eating parasite has been detected in a US patient for the first time in decades, health officials say.

Birth defects are the leading cause of death in infants. The risks often start before some women even know they’re pregnant.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday endorsed updated COIVD-19 boosters, opening the way for a fall vaccination campaign that could blunt a winter surge if enough Americans ...

President Donald Trump selected Susan Monarez — the current acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — to lead the agency going forward. This nomination replaces one ...