Low vaccination rates may be contributing to the spread of flu, but data suggests the number of cases so far this season is ...

The U.S. confirmed at least a dozen deaths from whooping cough last year, according to preliminary figures released this week ...

The Georgia Department of Agriculture has lifted the suspension of poultry activities in Georgia, one of the country’s top ...

After nearly a decade of almost year-over-year increases in overdose deaths, the tide may finally be turning in Philadelphia.

Influenza A — a nasty flu strain that fueled the 2009 flu epidemic — has been landing Ohioans in the hospital since the ...

The newer strain had been seen before in more than a dozen people exposed to poultry, but this is the first time an infection ...

Data on flu test positivity and Tamiflu prescription fills show that influenza activity has already surpassed the past 7 ...

The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years.

RFK Jr.’s views on vaccine safety have sparked debate, with some experts saying that his comments are misleading.

A second subtype of H5 bird flu, known as D1.1, was detected in dairy cattle and infected one worker in the US state of ...

Cuts to United States funding of health research could have "catastrophic" consequences, says Professor Ntobeko Ntusi, who is at the helm of the country's primary health research funder. He says the ...

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has officially designated Liberia's National Public Health Institute (NPHIL) as a Regional Center of Excellence for National Public ...