The Atlanta-based CDC is charged with protecting Americans from outbreaks and other public health threats. Before the job ...

While the number of gun deaths in the U.S. fell for the second consecutive year in 2023, it remained among the highest annual ...

Two top Louisiana officials who are physicians are encouraging residents to get vaccinated against measles as an outbreak ...

Three of the viruses — flu, COVID-19 and RSV — are respiratory viruses and spread from person to person through germ-filled ...

During 2020, approximately one in five adults in the United States reported having ever received a diagnosis of depression by ...

Republican Louisiana state Sens. Mike Fesi and Patrick McMath are sponsoring legislation prohibiting fluoridation of public ...

Maine Senator Susan Collins said she has “areas of disagreement” with President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making the moderate Republican’s position ...

Officials report that the situation is under control, with only a few emergency calls received in the storm’s aftermath.

Louisiana officials say the state's poultry farmers remain unaffected by bird flu. The key, experts say, may be Louisiana ...

The outbreak of bird flu that began in the United States in 2022 among wild birds and poultry has since spread to dairy ...

The best way to avoid measles is to get the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. The first shot is recommended for ...

The outbreak has sickened and killed millions of animals, caused alarm among farmers, and, perhaps most notably to the public ...