The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added one measles death to its online database, marking the first fatal ...

No matter who you are or what stage of life you’re in, the risk of substance misuse exists and can have devastating consequences. But there are a multitude of ways that communities, ...

CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries provides money and technical assistance for population-based registries that collect information about cancer cases, allowing public-health officials to ...

A multi-state outbreak of a dangerous liver disease is being investigated by officials after more than three dozen people ...

President Donald Trump’s new pick to lead the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a public health veteran who has led vaccination programs, a new sign of the administration’s shifting ...

To help combat those numbers, the Human Resource Center of Edgar and Clark Counties (HRC) is working to break the stigma surrounding mental health by offering critical support and sharing real stories ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Erica Schwartz to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC has been going through turmoil and several leadership ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

A rise in cases of hand, mouth and foot disease has been reported at Hampshire High School in the Kane County community, ...

Sept. 22 marked Falls Prevention Awareness Day, and the numbers behind it deserve more attention than they get.