The US has halted livestock imports from Mexico as the New World screwworm fly spreads closer to the southern border. The ...

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced the resignation of Health Commissioner Dr. Ralph Alvarado, naming John Dunn as the ...

Thanks to the introduction of a vaccine in 1963, measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. Now the highly contagious disease has reemerged as a threat as declining vaccination rates fuel ...

President Donald Trump’s candidate to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advanced out of a Senate committee Wednesday following a party-line vote, moving her one step ...

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ...

Already in 2025, the United States has reported more measles cases than in any full year since the early '90s, according to ...

The U.S. thought it had eradicated measles 25 years ago. Now the highly contagious disease is back, spiking to more than ...

Climate change is making tick-borne illnesses more common, which makes tick prevention strategies even more critical.

CDC data shows 2025 is now the worst year for measles cases in this country in more than three decades. More than 150 people have been hospitalized due to the growing outbreak and three have died, ...

Whether identifying as Republicans or Democrats, about 70% of adults surveyed say health insurers exert too much influence ...

Although deaths from cancer have gone down over the last couple decades, the disease remains one of the leading causes of death in the United States, just as it has for the last 75 years, according to ...