In new flu report, the CDC said a close contact of the Missouri bird flu patient was sick around the same time but was not tested and has recovered.

The CDC, a $9.2 billion-a-year agency tasked with reviewing life-saving vaccines, monitoring diseases and watching for budding threats to Americans' health, is without a clear leader.

Much of the scientific communication typically released publicly from federal health agencies remains on pause, according to multiple sources within the CDC and the National Institutes of Health.

The CDC’s reluctance to provide transparent information about current disease outbreaks leaves Americans vulnerable.

Thimerosal is an organomercury preservative used in vaccines and other biological products, distinguished by its rapid ...

Susan Monarez declined to distance herself from the handling of the U.S. measles outbreak by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The CDC, a $9.2 billion-a-year agency tasked with reviewing life-saving vaccines, monitoring diseases and watching for budding threats to Americans’ health, is without a clear leader.

Kennedy has made the point repeatedly in congressional testimony and in his response to an ongoing measles outbreak. He has said he believes reassuring Americans that vaccination is up to them, and ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a glitch in its bird flu test hasn't harmed the agency's outbreak response. But it has ignited scrutiny of its go-it-alone approach in testing ...

The publication updates and replaces the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain released in 2016. Patients with pain should receive compassionate, safe, and effective pain care.

The nation's top public health agency says about 180 employees who were laid off two weeks ago can come back to work.

Tularemia cases in the U.S. rose by 56% from 2011 to 2022, with central states and American Indian communities most affected, highlighting diagnostic advancements and health disparities.