Public health experts are speaking out against furloughs at the Atlanta-based CDC they say have left hundreds of workers ...

It’s not yet clear exactly how many workers were affected, but the cuts come during an already turbulent year for the agency.

Democratic governors are creating coalitions to institute vaccine guidance as public health experts lose faith in the CDC.

More than 4100 federal workers were terminated, with 700 reinstated shortly after, sparking concerns about US public health preparedness and transparency.

It was another weekend of chaos and uncertainty for federal employees at the Atlanta-based United States Centers for Disease ...

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious ...

In 2023, an outbreak of malaria happened in four states, but these weren’t the usual infections seen in people who traveled internationally, these infections were spread by local mosquitoes. Now a new ...

Is the United States finally making progress in improving sexual health? While reported cases have indeed declined, the data have some important limitations, and the data on syphilis show worrisome ...

Many low-income families who normally get no-cost Covid-19 vaccines for their kids through the Vaccines for Children program have been told those shots aren’t available because states have been unable ...

Chagas disease -- a potentially serious illness spread by an insect called the "kissing bug" -- may be establishing itself in the United States. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News Chagas disease -- a ...

Measles cases in Utah, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, and South Carolina have experts worried that the United States will lose its measles elimination status.