Findings from a new study show that exercise helps reduce side-effects of cancer treatment such as nausea, ...

A listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat sandwiches and snacks has sickened at least 10 people in the U.S., and a producer ...

Charlie Health questions why medications like buprenorphine and methadone, which can be lifesaving for people with opioid use ...

Listeria monocytogenes can be especially dangerous for pregnant women, newborns, older adults and those with weak immune systems.

Cardiovascular issues are common, and now some experts term severe COVID an independent coronary artery disease risk factor ...

On the heels of similar moves in France and the European Union, U.S. health authorities are calling for a pause in the use of ...

A federal committee that helped set national rules for infection control in hospitals has been shut down, raising concerns ...

A group of more than a dozen Democratic senators is asking the Trump administration to rehire a team of scientists at the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff members are grappling with uncertainty about both their futures and public ...

The infant mortality national rate dropped to about 5.5 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted Thursday.

The CDC has lost thousands of workers since January. At a conference celebrating the work of the agency's "disease detectives," current and former staff grappled with uncertainty about the future.

Each year, the CDC usually hires a new class of Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, known as disease detectives.