Dr. Nirav Shah announced Friday on social media that he is leaving his job at the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

Health officials say the best way to prevent measles, which can have serious complications, is through vaccination.

Fewer precancerous lesions are being found in young women undergoing cervical cancer screenings thanks to the human ...

As the Texas measles outbreak grows and HHS head RFK Jr. puts vaccines under new scrutiny, two experts answer questions about the public health tool.

Measles is highly contagious. Without a vaccine, 9 out of 10 people exposed to measles will become infected, the CDC said. About 1 to 3 of every 1,000 children with measles will die, usually from ...

Measles can cause complications like pneumonia, brain swelling, long-term hearing loss and death — as is the case in the current Texas outbreak. In the decade before the measles vaccine, the CDC ...

The U.S. is in the midst of its first “high severity” flu season in seven years. Flu activity has slowed in recent weeks, but ...

The worst flu season the United States has had in more than a decade may have reached its peak, according to data from the US ...

This year’s harsh flu season – the most intense in 15 years – has federal health officials trying to understand if it sparked ...

Ever watched the movie Contagion? Produced in 2011, this thriller tells the story of how a virus, brought to the U.S. by a ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently investigating five hospitalizations that occurred in people ...

Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...