Easier than a blood test, saliva tests have the potential to detect cavities, infections and even cancer. But a lack of ...

Alabama’s public health director said Thursday that public health officials were “doing everything possible to prepare” for ...

The U.S. officially eliminated measles in 2000 but is at risk of losing its status after substantial outbreaks last year and so far this year.

Bhattacharya replaces Jim O’Neill, who served simultaneously as acting CDC director and deputy secretary of the Health and Human Services Department. The New York Times was first to report the news.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in Northeast Florida, teaming up with locals for a national health survey ...

NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in Northeast Florida, teaming up with locals for a national health survey designed to improve medical recommendations. The CDC’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The CDC is in Northeast Florida, teaming up with locals for a national health survey designed to improve medical recommendations.

More than 15,000 Americans per year die from hepatitis C and most of them are in the baby boomer generation. That's why the federal government is recommending that anyone born from 1945 to 1965 get a ...

In sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends universal vaccination against six diseases. In justifying the move, health ...

Chelsea Cirruzzo is a Washington correspondent at STAT, where she covers HHS. You can reach Chelsea on Signal at chelseacirruzzo.42. Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — With the terrifying coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic of 2020 behind us and the world now returned to normal, many people have moved away from vaccination or even testing for the ...

Wastewater surveillance and CDC testing indicate that norovirus is spreading earlier and faster than usual, particularly in Louisiana, Michigan, and Indiana. The virus spreads easily through ...