The 216 pediatric deaths reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eclipse the 207 reported last year. It's ...

President Donald Trump has nominated microbiologist Susan Monarez to be the new director of the Centers for Disease Control ...

As worries grow about the potential for a bird flu pandemic, leading virologists warn there's a rising threat from H5N1 and ...

A transgender woman was attacked by three suspects in an alleged hate crime, NBC News' Ellison Barber reports.

New clinical results from multiple studies show coronary heart disease death associated with tobacco use is anticipated to rise up to 40% in the next five years and people with cannabis use disorder ...

Each year, an estimated 150,000 people in the United States are hospitalized due to pneumococcal pneumonia, the most common ...

The Department of Homeland Security has demanded a list of foreign students at Harvard University and some international ...

Both parties say they’d like the CDC to prioritize preventing chronic disease and protecting against new viruses with ...

2019 is the year with the highest number of cases documented over the past two decades, with 1,274 cases counted. However, ...

After President Trump’s first nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) failed to gain traction ...

Republicans are also considering cuts to and work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Endometriosis is a disease that causes tissue similar to the lining of the uterus to grow on other organs such as ovaries, ...