I think all of us know somebody who’s gotten the flu recently,” says Dr. Luis Ostrosky, chief of infectious disease at ...

Tuberculosis is spread through the air from one person to another, says the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

(NEXSTAR) – The flu is spreading far and wide across the U.S. – and influenza A is largely to blame. Of all the flu tests ...

The CDC says more than 150 million birds have been infected with bird flu, causing major price hikes to eggs and the deaths of millions of birds. With the first human death linked to the disease in ...

Polio, a disease that can cause lifelong paralysis, has been eliminated from the U.S. Experts fear a resurgence if lifesaving ...

Staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been told to halt all communication with the World Health ...

Wake County Animal Center closes for a month following the death of three dogs due to a Streptococcus zooepidemicus outbreak.

Doctor's visits for flu symptoms are at a 15-year high. Why is this flu season so bad? Doctors discuss flu severity, symptoms and how to stay safe.

The FDA has made some modest efforts, but it needs an internal organization that understands and would be an aggressive ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States and ...

The Federal Government and a non-governmental organisation, the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria, have partnered with the Ondo State Government to open a new diagnosis centre for Lassa fever ...

"The bottom line is that withdrawing from the WHO makes Americans and the world less safe," says Dr. Tom Frieden, president ...