Idea to put battery-powered lights in World Trade Center stairwells saved thousands on 9/11. It wouldn't have happened without the Epidemic Intelligence Service, writes an alumnus.

The U.S. agency has not released information on what global programs were cut this week. NPR spoke to current employees who ...

It's in half the states, including New York, with soaring annual increases in the number of patients sickened, per the ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has eliminated the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's ...

The incidence of invasive group A strep infections increased from 3.6 to 8.2 cases per 100,000 people from 2013 to 2022, ...

Layoffs of 10,000 Health and Human Services employees begin. Agencies devoted to seniors, minorities and HIV prevention ...

The Trump administration fired staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and at the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, as it embarked on its plan to cut 10,000 jobs at the ...

A new outbreak report from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention tracked 224 of 2,538 passengers who became ill from the virus while on board the Cunard cruise line ship Queen Mary 2 ...

Because vitamin A is fat soluble, the body stores excess amounts. If too much vitamin A is stored, it can become toxic.

Between 1993 and 2022, there were 864 cases of hantavirus disease in the United States. About 38% of severe infections lead ...

Research has found that C. difficile, one of the most common and contagious hospital-acquired infections, spreads more than ...

Hepatitis refers to inflammation of the liver. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the most common types of viral hepatitis are A, B, and C. A person may also ...