The CDC is falling far short of its core mission of halting contagious diseases — but in battling this dangerous new infection, RFK Jr. can get the agency back on track.

In 2023, the CDC identified it “an emerging fungus considered an urgent antimicrobial resistance (AR) threat, spread at an alarming rate in U.S. healthcare facilities.” To read more about C ...

CDC: candida auris can cause “infection in different parts of body like blood, ... Yes, CDC calls the fungus an ‘urgent’ threat. Here’s what a CT epidemiologist wants you to know.

The Covid-19 vaccine remains on the CDC's revised schedule of childhood vaccinations despite HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s announcement.

If they’re later admitted to another hospital, they shed the fungus there, unknowingly spreading the problem. You don’t want to be treated in a hospital struggling with this contagious fungus. Yet the ...

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) cleared McDonald’s after its lethal E. coli outbreak tied to the Quarter Pounder. The CDC made the announcement on Tuesday, Dec. 3.

What to know about changes in CDC guidance for COVID-19 vaccine 02:35. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official said Tuesday she was resigning from her role overseeing updates to the ...

A drug-resistant fungus is on the rise in American hospitals, targeting patients who already reeling from illness. New cases have been identified in Georgia and Florida hospitals, according to The ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, about the CDC's new guidelines for healthy children and pregnant women ...

A deadly fungus is spreading like crazy across the United States, sickening and killing hospital patients — and the federal response has been ineffectual at best. It’s been found in 29 states ...