It's been a year of disruption and dismissals at the Atlanta-based CDC, where more than 3,000 public health workers are now gone. The Atlanta region continues to feel the ripple effects of the turmoil ...

CDC data show SARS-CoV-2 and RSV continue to impact younger children and older adults, with significant hospitalization and mortality rates across the US.

Confusion at the federal level and funding cuts are devastating local health departments.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The mRNA COVID-19 vaccine did not raise the risk for autism in the offspring of women who received it. The data ...

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) illustration shows “ultrastructural morphology” exhibited by coronaviruses. A novel coronavirus was identified as the cause of an outbreak of ...

A patient displays a sticker after receiving a covid shot at a CVS Pharmacy branch in Los Angeles. (Marcio Jose Sanches/AP) (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP) You’re reading The Checkup With Dr. Wen, a ...

A fresh study authored by CDC scientists is throwing water on the argument that children do not need the COVID-19 vaccine. Investigators examined electronic health records in nine states of emergency ...

COVID vaccines administered last fall sharply decreased the risk of emergency department and urgent care visits in children, according to new data released on Thursday by the Centers for Disease ...

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. In the first 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of pregnant women were wheeled into hospitals where they fought for their lives and ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. 3D renditions of three respiratory viruses: COVID-19, RSV, and ...

Every year, countries around the world take samples of the flu viruses that are circulating locally, and they send them to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It helps the U.S. and other ...