The woman contracted a fatal infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba and died eight days after developing symptoms.

A federal funding delay could force six layoffs within the Mecklenburg County public health department if money is not ...

Efforts focused on fentanyl enforcement, education and life-saving intervention have reduced Virginia overdose deaths, first ...

Federal health officials said a Texas woman died after being infected by a brain-eating amoeba that she contracted after ...

Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, who oversaw the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) recommendations for ...

To read David Mastio’s recent column about gun violence among America’s children, one would think this epidemic is nothing but a “lie” circulated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to ...

Here’s what you need to know about how many weeks, months, and trimesters there are in a pregnancy — and where you fit in.

If you’re trying to conceive or are already pregnant, you probably know that you need to stay on top of your prenatal checkups and fit in plenty of healthy foods, exercise, and sleep. But have you ...

Maine, and Andy Kim, D-N.J., June 5 reintroduced the SEPSIS Act ( legislation which would task the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with continuing its efforts addressing sepsis care.

In a new report published in JAMA Cardiology, health policy experts at the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes ...

While the national outbreak in over 30 states rages on, Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, director of the Ohio Department of Health, said ...