Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday labeled the increasing rates of autism in children an epidemic and said ...

The CDC is considering recommending annual COVID-19 shots to those who are older or who have compromised immune function, ...

One out of 31 children — more than 3% of kids — have been identified with autism, according to the latest results published ...

The Epidemic Intelligence Service has been a crucial tool in fighting diseases at home and abroad. Its impact would be ...

Less than a quarter of adults and around 13% of children have gotten a COVID-19 vaccination this past season, CDC data shows, ...

The Trump administration has gutted the CDC, hampering its ability to respond to disease outbreaks and public health crises.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is struggling to keep up with requests for help from states responding ...

The U.S. is experiencing an outbreak of measles and is on track to have the most whooping cough cases since 1948; these ...

The Virginia Department of Health confirmed the state's first measles case of the year, making it the 26th state to report ...

Measles have continued to spread in Texas with a total of 561 reported cases. Gaines County, the center of the outbreak, saw ...

Measles would normally be expected to have a fatality rate of about one to three deaths out of every 1,000 children infected, the CDC says, so the number of deaths this year suggests there may be far ...

A vote on April 16 will cover recommendations for three vaccines, including for respiratory syncytial virus and chikungunya, ...