New data from the CDC shows Utah has the second-highest number of measles cases in the country this year as US hits 30-year ...

Cyclospora, the parasite that has sickened thousands this summer in the U.S., requires time in the human digestive tract to ...

After several cases of Legionnaires’ disease were reported in Franklin County, the health department is working to identify a ...

Measles cases in the U.S. have risen sharply in 2026, mostly among unvaccinated children and teens, with outbreaks driving 93 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has upended the immunization schedule for children in the U.S., eliminating six of the 17 vaccines that were previously recommended to protect them ...

The Suffolk County Department of Health in New York said that it’s seen three probable cases of tularemia, also known as ...

The federal government's disease-tracking agency has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and a number of other infectious diseases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this ...

An audit of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) public databases found that nearly half of routinely updated federal health surveillance systems had stopped or delayed updates in ...

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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 ...