Epidemics of infectious disease often come in waves, but the causes of these waves aren't clear, frustrating efforts to ...

As a public health official, Jay K. Varma has handled putative anthrax attacks. He says an AI-simulated bioterror attack ...

Layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control have hit the drowning-prevention team, just in time for the summer swim season ...

Last month, an average of about 350 people died each week from COVID, according to data from the CDC. With available vaccines ...

Measles cases have reached 1,046 as the virus continues spreading across the United States, according to data updated Friday ...

The mRNA vaccines were developed using novel technology that was approved for the first time for public use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Peter A. McCullough, a former cardiologist who promoted unproven treatments like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine at the ...

An addiction specialist in Virginia regularly overprescribed opioids and hid evidence of his patients’ drug abuse, leading to ...

People participate in a candlelight vigil in front of the main offices of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta on March ...

Semaglutide, available under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy, may help decrease the risk of major adverse cardiovascular ...

An assessment has looked at a range of threats and challenges that public health organizations may face in the future, including the impact on foodborne ...

director of the bureau of communicable disease prevention and control for the South Carolina Department of Health. “The tick has to bite the human and stay attached for a little while to ...