After losing thousands of staffers and facing attacks this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is hampered in its ability to protect the public from health problems and emergencies.

Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC’s ...

CHICAGO -- People age 65 and older should get an additional dose of the current COVID-19 vaccine, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends. The agency's independent vaccine ...

A new campaign in New Haven County is seeking to increase the number of people seeking treatment for opioid misuse disorders.

The number of Americans dying of opioid-related overdoses could be more than 20 percent higher than CDC data suggests, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine.

A total of 49,449 Americans died by suicide in 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. This is a 2.6% increase from 48,183 in 2021 and the highest number ever recorded, ...

The mutated strain, known as subclade K, is causing a surge in cases in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Japan. Here's what to know.

A large number of federal workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were laid off, including some in error, as part of the Trump administration‘s response to the government shutdown, ...

The CDC vaccine safety webpage was updated, saying “the statement ‘Vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim.” ...