In the six months since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took office as health secretary, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has withered, losing thousands of employees, about half of its budget and ...

Waiting rooms are filling up across the United States as a fast-moving flu wave strains clinics and hospitals, driven largely ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. flu season is starting slowly, and it's unclear if it will be as bad as last winter's, but some health experts are worried as U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Flu activity is continuing to climb across the U.S. as hospitalizations rise, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The percent of outpatient visits for ...

Drug overdose deaths are currently the leading cause of injury death in the U.S. This trend has largely been driven by prescription opioids, such as oxycodone and methadone, and their high rate of ...

Two U.S. representatives wrote a letter asking the CDC to release information on long-term COVID-19 that includes data on race, gender and age, The Washington Post reported Jan. 25. The CDC tracks ...