Polio is not endemic in the United States, but the disease is circulating in 30 other countries now. A doctor explains how to ...

A group of experts that advises the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its vaccine recommendations has suspended an anticipated push to stop recommending mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccines ...

The World Health Organization notes that polio is a “crippling and potentially deadly” disease that can invade the nervous ...

A public health expert breaks down the most important public health issues on the agenda for the CDC's vaccine advisory ...

England, Germany, Spain, and other countries in Europe as well as others in Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean may pose ...

The CDC issued a Level 2 travel advisory for 32 countries where poliovirus is circulating, urging travelers to stay updated on polio vaccines and get booster shots to reduce the risk of infection.

The new findings come after the Trump administration in January took the unprecedented step of overhauling the CDC’s routine ...

A poll published Thursday found that Americans have lost trust in federal health institutions and are more likely to say they trust independent, professional medical organizations when it comes to ...

Frieden is president and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, a global health organization. He is former director of the CDC and former commissioner of the New York City Health Department. The CDC cuts ...

As scientists and staff badged into the headquarters of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, the agency’s new director stood waiting for them, a smile on her face and her hand ...

For more than 70 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) earned a well-deserved reputation as one of the world’s preeminent public health institutions — and the trust of the ...