Even at a time of unprecedented challenges to the work of public health, there is room for optimism, says former CDC Director ...

BMI is a measure of body weight relative to height. The goal for most people is to have a BMI that’s over 18 and under 25.

A four-year study identified a surprising cause of nearly 1 in 5 urinary tract infections: E. coli bacteria from contaminated meat.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Every 24 minutes — a baby nationwide is diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome, according to ...

The agency has lost a third of its work force this year. The Trump administration maintains that the losses are necessary, ...

It’s been more than five years since the COVID-19 pandemic sent the country into lockdown and the healthcare industry into overdrive. The winter wave of COVID is on its way, ...

In the Southern Hemisphere, the adjusted flu vaccine effectiveness rates against outpatient visits and hospitalizations were 50.4% and 49.7%. Only 21.3% of flu outpatients and 15.9% of hospitalized ...

The White House has started tearing down part of the East Wing to build the ballroom President Donald Trump wants added to ...

Florida announced plans to end mandatory vaccination. Now scientists are assessing which of several diseases deadly to ...

ATLANTA (AP) — CDC researchers are being forced to skip a pivotal conference on infectious disease this week due to the ...

Police have arrested a man accused of threatening to open fire at the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta. They say an assault ...

Officials say many federal officers involved in immigration enforcement in Chicago have body cameras, but expanding their use ...