A new diagnostic code, not an outbreak, drove a nearly fourfold spike in ER visits for cannabis hyperemesis syndrome, the CDC says.
Health officials are particularly concerned because the outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo species of Ebola virus.
Is August too early to get this year’s flu vaccine? Here’s when and where flu shots are available this year and when the CDC recommends getting one.
The order calls for scaling back childhood vaccine recommendations and splitting up the MMR shot, and pressures states to dilute vaccine requirements.
The Louisiana Breast and Cervical Health Program (LBCHP), a program of the LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center and housed at the LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health, has received more than $3 ...
Cyclospora cayetanensis is a unicellular parasite that causes an intestinal infection called cyclosporiasis. (Centers for ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday released a health advisory on the risk of severe arboviral disease among patients receiving B-cell-depleting or B-cell-modulating medications.
The agency is also contending with deep workforce cuts and leadership changes as a new director prepares to take over.
It was briefly more dangerous to sit at a desk in Atlanta than to chase a hemorrhagic fever in the field,” writes Daniel ...
A year after a shooting at the CDC, a half-dozen current and former staff who were on campus during the shooting or who dealt ...
In a 51–44 vote Wednesday, the US Senate confirmed Erica Schwartz as director of the Centers for Disease Control and ...
The CDC has sent investigators to Ohio to help with a fast-growing cyclosporiasis outbreak. Ohio is one of the states most affected, with over 2,500 cases reported this year. The outbreak is possibly ...