Better diagnostics, more focused treatment, and deeper understanding of individualized symptoms could all take major steps ...

Cuts from the US Department of Health and Human Services and proposed changes to the federal budget could threaten research ...

Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.

A vote on April 16 will cover recommendations for three vaccines, including for respiratory syncytial virus and chikungunya, ...

One out of 31 children — more than 3% of kids — have been identified with autism, according to the latest results published ...

When the Trump administration announced in February 2025 that it was cutting 10% of staff at the Centers for Disease Control ...

The Trump administration has gutted the CDC, hampering its ability to respond to disease outbreaks and public health crises.

There have been 800 confirmed cases of measles across 25 states so far this year, according to the latest update from the CDC ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's team of lead poisoning experts remained off the job Tuesday, a week after they were first laid off by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

“In general, transmission in Europe is driven by suboptimal vaccination coverage for measles in a number of EU/EEA countries.

Amid an ongoing measles outbreak, the US is also facing a surge in pertussis, or whooping cough. As vaccine rates drop, other ...

After graduation, Leahy began her career as a Disease Intervention Specialist in the STD Control Program at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. In 2021, she joined Jefferson Health as an ...