With a significant increase in rabies exposures this year, Rodney Rohde, PhD, talks about seeking medical attention after ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention functions as the primary federal agency responsible for protecting public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease. Operating ...

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 ...

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, ...

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The number of confirmed cases of Ebola virus in Congo has surged past 8,000, as the country runs out of ...

The father of Landon Wallace, known by many around Chicago as DJ Commando, has said he's not afraid to talk about how his son ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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