In just a few short weeks, the Trump administration has brought drastic changes to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

L.A. County Public Health director Barbara Ferrer discusses concerns over federal grants, what programs could be affected, ...

According to national data, just 44% of US residents got flu vaccines this flu season, compared with 30% in Wisconsin.

A perennial bill from a Republican lawmaker to make drinking water fluoridation optional has momentum in the Kentucky General Assembly. Dental providers warn against it.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed the severity of a Texas measles outbreak during Trump’s first Cabinet ...

Ever watched the movie Contagion? Produced in 2011, this thriller tells the story of how a virus, brought to the U.S. by a ...

A child in West Texas has died from measles, the first U.S. fatality from the virus since 2015. The outbreak, centred in the ...

Some people think of measles as just a little rash and fever that clear up in a few days. But measles can cause serious ...

A child who tested positive for measles died in West Texas, the state health department said, marking the first death in an ...

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USAID’s initiatives to fight Ebola and other diseases have been gutted, current and former agency officials said.