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

Whether you are placing a central line, managing a Clostridioides difficile case, or keeping a surgical field sterile, you're ...

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

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is struggling to keep up with requests for help from states responding ...

The U.S. capacity to battle hepatitis B and C has been leveled a devastating blow with the recent closure of the CDC’s ...

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock told a group of protesters assembled in front of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that “now is not the time to be silent.” ...

When the Trump administration announced in February 2025 that it was cutting 10% of staff at the Centers for Disease Control ...

An independent vaccine advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met to discuss and vote on ...

All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been ...

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.