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A U.S. traveler who spent time in Guatemala before returning to Maryland has been diagnosed with New World screwworm.
"The risk to public health in the United States from this introduction is very low," said HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has chosen Retsef Levi, a member of its key vaccine panel, to lead its ...
The CDC is finalizing the termination of at least 600 employees this week, including some working in violence prevention programs.
A notorious flesh-eating parasite has been detected in a US patient for the first time in decades, health officials say.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a new campaign to educate younger Americans on how to prevent ...
Newly appointed director Susan Monarez voiced support for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workers in a media event on Thursday, nearly two weeks after a shooting at the agency’s Atlanta ...
The advisory is a reminder that protecting public health will increasingly require quick outbreak responses. CDC issues ...
The idea that vaccines can "overwhelm" a child's immune system betrays a fundamental misconception about how the human body ...
Respiratory viruses often surge in the fall. We asked an infectious diseases expert how best to protect ourselves given a shifting vaccine landscape.
The man who fired more than 500 rounds at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appears to have tried to get onto ...