Two children contracted a rare parasite commonly spread by raccoon feces, and occasionally by dogs, in California in 2024, ...

At their best, CDCs empower neighbors to take ownership of their community’s future, creating safer, stronger neighborhoods.

Many people with Vibrio vulnificus infection can get seriously ill and need intensive care or limb amputation,” the CDC ...

Swimmer’s itch, or cercarial dermatitis, is a skin condition caused by “microscopic parasites,” according to the Centers for ...

Person-to-person spread of the plague hasn’t been seen in the U.S. in more than a century – so what causes the occassional cases?

Climate change is making fire ants a hot topic in Florida. But our efforts to tame them may only be scratching the surface.

The latest case comes as nationwide measles cases hit their highest levels since the disease was declared eradicated in 2000.

The Department of Health Services (DHS) says the state now has its first confirmed cases of Measles. "Measles is one of the most contagious viruses known to man. If 100 people are ...

University of Hawaii researchers have linked dolphin strandings this summer to a bacteria—and warn that it can potentially transfer from animals to humans. Three striped dolphins stranded on East Oahu ...

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. The House was not in session this week. The Senate, along with its roll call votes, also passed these ...

U.S. health authorities have removed more than half a dozen of the nation's leading medical organizations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) vaccine advisory workgroups, a ...

How Life Expectancy Is Calculated. The study's data is based on the latest figures from the CDC, which calculates its life expectancy statistics based on the age-specific death ra ...