On September 16, 2020, 18-year-old Becca Schmill of Needham died from drug poisoning after ingesting fentanyl-laced cocaine she bought on Facebook.

A vote on April 16 will cover recommendations for three vaccines, including for respiratory syncytial virus and chikungunya, ...

Less than a quarter of adults and around 13% of children have gotten a COVID-19 vaccination this past season, CDC data shows, ...

The Epidemic Intelligence Service has been a crucial tool in fighting diseases at home and abroad. Its impact would be ...

The National Center for Environmental Health was hollowed out in the cuts of 10,000 federal health workers on April 1. That's the same day an assessment of people hurt in floods was set to begin.

For the first time since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became health secretary, vaccine advisers to the CDC are meeting to discuss vaccines for RSV, HPV, COVID and more.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines an outbreak ... So far in 2025, the CDC’s count is 712. The best way to avoid measles is to get the measles, mumps and rubella ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has blamed the addition of fluoride — a common, naturally occurring mineral — for a host ...

A Kenosha County health official confirmed Thursday night that an individual suspected of having contracted measles was ...

AstraZeneca to showcase innovation in infectious disease protection at ESCMID Global 2025: Cambridge, UK Thursday, April 10, 2025, 15:00 Hrs [IST] AstraZeneca will share new data ...

Republicans hope to save a lot of tax dollars by cutting Medicaid. Drug policy experts say as many as a million Americans in ...

In people with HIV taking antiretroviral therapy, excessive visceral abdominal fat drives cardiovascular disease risk, even ...