The Trump administration’s pick to head the Food and Drug Administration is set to face a tough hearing Thursday as senators question Heidi Overton over her involvement in a recent vaccine executive o...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed one measles-related death in the US, almost a month after Pennsylvania first reported deaths to the agency.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed one measles-related death in the US, almost a month after Pennsylvania first reported deaths to the agency.

A tragedy in Pennsylvania — two measles-related deaths, including that of an infant — has devolved into a political circus led by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

For the third week in a row, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention didn’t include two Pennsylvania measles deaths in its 2026 outbreak count.

A major produce lobby group asked US health officials to change how they communicate about a parasite outbreak that’s sickened thousands, citing battered consumer confidence and sagging sales of fruit...

Two unvaccinated people have died of measles in Pennsylvania, marking the first US deaths this year as the country grapples with the largest outbreak of the disease in three decades, the state’s healt...

The new director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told agency employees that she wants them to feel safe and not fear retributions for honest conversations, according to a recordin...

The new director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told agency employees that she wants them to feel safe and not fear retributions for honest conversations, according to a recordin...

President Donald Trump is interviewing potential nominees for US Food and Drug Administration commissioner in person this week, according to people familiar with the process, as the White House looks ...

The number of US kindergartners starting school without being fully immunized continues to rise, as more families forgo the protective shots despite outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illnesses.

Senator Elizabeth Warren is pushing the US’s top health official to detail the government’s cyclospora outbreak response in the wake of a major produce supplier’s campaign contributions to political g...

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Monday that would recommend breaking up the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into three separate shots, according to a person f...

The Trump administration is actively considering issuing an executive order on vaccines and autism as soon as next week, according to people familiar with the matter.

Cases of cyclospora parasite infections in Michigan that surged as a result of tainted lettuce are declining, and people can resume normal consumption of leafy greens, the state’s health department sa...

Qdoba Restaurant Corp. pulled jalapenos from its more than 800 locations and said it’s cooperating with US authorities investigating a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds of people across t...

The US Senate confirmed the Trump administration’s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday, making her the first permanent director for the public health agency in ...

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. removed jalapeños from multiple stores in Minnesota after learning the peppers may be linked to a salmonella outbreak in the state that’s sickened 110 people.

Two people have died in Michigan from the severe diarrhea-causing parasite that has sickened thousands across the US, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A severe-diarrhea-inducing parasite has now infected more than 10,000 people in Michigan, the epicenter of an outbreak that’s been reported in 45 states in the US since May.

US measles cases in 2026 have already outpaced last year’s total and have reached a level not seen in more than three decades.

The US Food and Drug Administration had apologized, Taylor Farms said in a post on X. An agency lab test linking its produce to the country’s worst cyclosporiasis outbreak in decades was a false posit...

Lettuce supplier Taylor Farms told US regulators the company is preparing to issue a recall of ingredients linked to a parasite outbreak that’s sickened thousands in Michigan and nearby states, accord...

Lettuce supplier Taylor Farms told US regulators the company is preparing to issue a recall of ingredients linked to a parasite outbreak that’s sickened thousands in Michigan and nearby states, accord...

Infections with a foodborne parasite that causes severe diarrhea surged over the weekend in Michigan, where more than 2,600 people have contracted the pathogen that’s spreading across the US.

New York City officials identified dozens of buildings with Legionnaires’ bacteria in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, closing in on the source of an outbreak that has infected at least 46 people and hosp...

A dangerous parasite that causes explosive diarrhea is spreading throughout the Midwest, as federal health officials investigate the still-undetermined source of the outbreak.

New York City officials have not yet identified the source of an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease on the Upper East Side that has infected at least 28 people and hospitalized 21.

New York City officials have not yet identified the source of an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease on the Upper East Side that has infected at least 28 people and hospitalized 21.

A dangerous heat wave that is trapped over New York City is also trapping people in the city.

The Trump administration brought on two new pandemic response officials at the White House as the administration faces multiple infectious disease threats, a White House spokesperson confirmed.

A hospital in Scotland is a testing a patient for Ebola as central Africa faces a deadly outbreak of the virus.

New top leaders at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told staff they’re focused on hiring more people, including for senior roles, to alleviate pressure on the agency, according to a r...

The three-day session focused more on administrative tasks than spread prevention.

The three-day session focused more on administrative tasks than spread prevention.

Jay Bhattacharya, interim head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is meeting the Democratic Republic of Congo’s World Cup team, a sign of goodwill as their homeland grapples with an...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has started taking emergency measures against New World screwworm after the dangerous parasitic infection was detected in cattle in the country for th...

A strain with no known treatment or vaccine is spreading fast, and the international system built to contain outbreaks is in crisis.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking volunteers from its workforce to go to domestic airports and help screen for Ebola as the deadly viral outbreak in the Democratic Republic ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking volunteers from its workforce to go to domestic airports and help screen for Ebola as the deadly viral outbreak in the Democratic Republic ...

US health authorities said they plan to bar lawful permanent residents of the country from reentering if they’ve traveled recently to Ebola-affected areas in a new rule published Friday.

Insiders say one more high-profile misstep could put the commissioner’s job in jeopardy.

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was challenged by Republican Senator Bill Cassidy in a congressional hearing after incorrectly claiming that a study showed vaccines didn’t...

Enough parents are quietly embracing the MMR that it’s helping to slow the outbreaks.

Enough parents are quietly embracing the MMR that it’s helping to slow the outbreaks.

Enough parents are quietly embracing the MMR that it’s helping to slow the outbreaks.