Plague, once known as the ‘Black Death’ that nearly wiped out half of Europe's population, is now rare in humans and treatable with antibiotics. It is caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis ...

Diabetes, a chronic health condition marked by high blood sugar levels and insufficient insulin, can be managed through lifestyle and diet choices.

A resident of Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials confirmed on Friday. This was the first recorded death ...

Jun 26 Adults are eating less fast food, report says A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows American adults are eating less fast food.

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

House Democrats on the Oversight Committee sent a letter to the CDC chief of staff on Thursday, demanding answers over recent ...

House Oversight Committee Democrats are demanding a briefing with staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s newly remade ...

Susan Monarez is one step closer to becoming the next director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

About seven-in-ten Americans say insurance companies have too much health policy influence, but partisans disagree on the CDC ...

Falling vaccination rates could lead to the return of previously eliminated diseases, and many more people will be at risk of ...

The Senate HELP Committee voted on Wednesday to advance Susan Monarez's nomination as director of the Centers for Disease ...

Longtime public health practitioner Alan Sim is leaving his post as chief data officer in the Centers for Disease Control and ...