The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued layoff notices to hundreds of employees Wednesday after a federal ...

Tens of millions of dollars in funding for health programs run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that had been blocked by the Trump administration is being released to ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is finalizing the termination of at least 600 employees this week, including some working in violence prevention programs.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation reported that the shooter had expressed discontent with the COVID-19 vaccine and wanted ...

On Monday Texas health officials said the state’s massive measles outbreak, which killed two unvaccinated children, had come ...

Missouri health officials confirm the resident who contracted a case of what is commonly known as the "brain-eating" amoeba ...

A visitor from out of state made stops in Adams, York, and Lancaster counties while contagious with measles between Aug. 4-12 ...

An adult in Missouri has died after they became infected with a brain-eating amoeba earlier this month, officials have ...

A person has tested positive for plague in South Lake Tahoe, California, sparking concerns the Black Death might make a comeback.

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A New Jersey resident with no history of international travel has been infected with malaria, state health officials said.

FluMist is now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use at home, and it can be ordered online. It is the only nasal spray flu vaccine in the U.S. FluMist can be self-administered by ...