Opioids accounted for 86 percent of all drug overdose deaths in the state with the highest overdose mortality rate.

The U.S. thought it had eradicated measles 25 years ago. Now the highly contagious disease is back, spiking to more than ...

Officials said the resident died from pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection. The risk to the public remains low.

President Donald Trump’s candidate to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advanced out of a Senate committee Wednesday following a party-line vote, moving her one step ...

Already in 2025, the United States has reported more measles cases than in any full year since the early '90s, according to ...

Fear not, for the CDC also states that "Plague is infamous for killing millions of people in Europe during the Middle Ages.

The US has halted livestock imports from Mexico as the New World screwworm fly spreads closer to the southern border. The parasitic insect poses a threat to livestock and, in rare cases, humans. US ...

A contagious new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, aka "Nimbus," is now dominant in the United States, CDC data show. What to know about symptoms and vaccines.

DOJ filed the statement of interest in United States District Court for the case Children’s Health Defense et al. v. Washington Post et al., which lists among its defendants the BBC, Reuters, the ...

Kennedy selected a new team of medical professionals and scientists who are looking at vaccines are highly qualified.

The U.S. has again ceased livestock imports from Mexico related to the presence of the parasitic New World screwworm fly closer to the border.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to immediately declare a public health emergency for measles, blaming the senior ...