A COVID mutation that previously went under the radar, BA.3.2, has been detected in 25 states, said the CDC. Nicknamed ...

The new level 1 health warning informs travellers that there is an increased risk of dengue fever.

Today, Acting CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya said something that no other prominent health leader in the Trump administration has. “I think it is vital that every kid in this country get the measles ...

Acting head Jay Battacharya will continue to oversee the agency, which has been marked by a chaotic year of mass layoffs, escalating measles outbreaks and changes to childhood vaccines.

The CDC has incrementally sought to reverse some of its layoffs. CDC leadership told employees last summer that it had walked about 800 of the 2,400 reduction-in-force notices it sent to employees in ...

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, head of the National Institutes of Health and interim leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told staff a permanent CDC director could be nominated soon. "I ...

Americans have been warned to exercise caution when traveling as certain regions contend with outbreaks of an untreatable mosquito-borne viral disease called chikungunya. Similar advisories were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website now baselessly claims that health authorities previously ignored evidence ...

Low morale, staff turnover and budget issues have sapped the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The administration ...

For decades, animals have been used in scientific and medical research. Naturally, some supported research on animals, while others wanted nothing more than to set the animals free. For those in the ...

The CDC has issued travel warnings for several countries experiencing outbreaks of the mosquito-borne disease chikungunya. Chikungunya is a viral disease that causes fever and severe joint pain, with ...