This flu season’s hospitalizations are highest in nearly a decade
This year's flu season has now sent more people to the hospital with the illness than in nearly a decade, federal health officials said Friday.
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CDC director resigns because of conflicts over financial interests
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resigned her position on Wednesday after only half a year because of "complex financial interests" that repeatedly forced her to...
This flu season is on track to be one of the worst in 15 years
With tens of thousands of patients flocking to hospitals and at least 37 children dead, this year's flu season is shaping up to be the worst in nearly a decade...
New evidence of brain damage from West Nile virus, scientists say
Experts who work on the mosquito-borne West Nile virus have long known that it can cause serious neurological symptoms, such as memory problems and tremors, when it invades the brain...
World leaders rehearse for a pandemic that will come “sooner than we expect”
Outbreaks of life-threatening infectious diseases are spreading faster and with more unpredictability than ever.
Price apologizes for private-charter flights, pledges to pay nearly $52,000 to cover his share of the trips
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said Thursday that he would reimburse the government for the costs of his flights on charter planes in recent months, after coming under...
Zika poses even greater risk for birth defects than was previously known, CDC reports
About 1 in 10 pregnant women infected with Zika in the United States last year had a baby or fetus with serious birth defects, according to a study released Tuesday...
Common weed from Brazil could help fight deadly superbug, study finds
The red berries of a weed found in the southern United States contain an compound that can disarm a deadly superbug, according to research published Friday.