US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials who were laid off and subsequently reinstated have “no clue” why, said Paul Schramm, chief of the agency’s climate and health program. “I wish I ...

New statistics from the CDC says 1 in 3 teens was diagnosed with prediabetes in 2023. Prediabetes is a health threat that can ...

Eleven people in Florida, including one in Lee County, have contracted Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" bacteria in 2025.

New research published Tuesday concludes that the rising rate of extreme childhood obesity—well above the usual BMI ...

Key Takeaways 10,000 health workers were officially laid off Monday across federal health agenciesThese cuts followed a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that backed the Trump administrationExperts warn the ...

As of July 8, a total of 1,288 confirmed measles cases were reported by 39 states, according to the CDC. That marks the ...

Infections of COVID-19 are growing or likely growing in half of the U.S. as of July 8, according to CDC estimates.

"Cases have expanded in the Eastern U.S.," Aileen Marty, professor of infectious diseases, Florida International University, told Newsweek.

Drugmaker Pfizer is warning doctors that it expects to run low on supplies of Bicillin L-A, a long-acting injection of the ...

But benzathine penicillin G is the only product that’s approved and recommended to treat the sexually transmitted infection syphilis during pregnancy. If the infection is caught early, a single ...

CDC sources tell NPR that the Trump administration has delayed and might cancel roughly $140 million in grants to fund fentanyl overdose response efforts, known as the Overdose Data To Action program ...