First West Nile virus-positive mosquito pool found in Philadelphia near Pennypack Park. Health officials anticipate more cases, but no human infections reported ...

Pasteurization is the process of heating a food product for a certain amount of time to destroy bacteria and viruses present, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dairy ...

A flesh-eating bacteria called vibrio vulunificus that thrives in saltwater and brackish water had claimed the lives of four ...

A gastrointestinal outbreak aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise sickened more than 140 people earlier this month, according to a report from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vessel ...

Fresh surveillance shows COVID-19 is quietly heating up at the height of summer, fueling concerns about travel plans and back-to-school prep. According to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

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

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials who were laid off and subsequently reinstated have “no clue” why, ...

As vaccination rates among children continue to plummet, concerns are rising over the potential for infectious disease to spread rampantly.

Distrust of science is fueling such misguided proposals as scaling back critical public-health agencies.

Cases of COVID-19 are now likely growing in 25 states, according to estimates published by the Centers for Disease Control ...