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 CDC issued a level 2 travel advisory for over 30 countries where poliovirus has been detected. What to know before you go.

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

Provisions around data sharing and other conditions in new bilateral deals between the USA and several African countries have drawn criticisms. Gilbert Nakweya reports.

From 2016-2025, the co-involvement of stimulants in fentanyl overdose deaths increased 164%, according to a new report by Millennium Health, a San Diego-based specialty lab that conducts urine drug ...

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

The prevalence of obesity and severe obesity markedly increased among adults and children in the US from the 1970s and 1980s until now.

The CDC is urging millions of U.S. travelers to get a polio vaccine before international trips after detections in 30+ ...

United States overdose deaths in 2025 fell to levels similar to before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overdose deaths for the ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has raised its polio travel advisory to a Level 2 for 32 countries where ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been without a permanent director since the removal of Susan Monarez in August. Its recently installed acting director, Jay Bhattacharya, is also ...

A key U.S. federal vaccine advisory ​panel has dropped a push against COVID mRNA ‌vaccines, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the matter.