The findings suggest that Covid vaccines reduced the likelihood of severe illness last fall and winter.

Most of the people testing positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo are not on health workers’ radar, ...

Unlike the rest of HHS, CDC employees said their agency isn’t doing much hiring, because it would be required to give priority consideration to laid-off staff.

African officials must step up financing to respond and develop vaccines for the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda, the ...

Robert Redfield, the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), warned Friday that the current Ebola outbreak could become the second-largest spread of this virus in ...

In April, President Donald Trump nominated Erica Schwartz, MD, to serve as CDC director. On June 16, she outlined steps to cut ties with her employer, UnitedHealth Group. As recently as May 2025, Dr.

The agency’s recent actions are a departure from longstanding public-health approaches.

A woman who was exposed to hantavirus on the MV Hondius cruise has been ordered by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary ...

The U.S. retreat from the world's public health stage amid disease outbreak has some experts concerned about infectious ...

The summer travel season is opening against an unusually crowded backdrop of infectious‑disease concerns.

The Ebola outbreak in Uganda and DR Congo has reached 894 cases and 204 deaths. Learn about the spread, challenges, and ...

Health officials face challenges with contact tracing as the outbreak continues ...