Every year, this illness makes the rounds in schools, playgrounds and day cares. This time, some parents and pediatricians ...

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a highly contagious — but usually mild — illness that typically affects kids under 5.

Before this year, U.S. health officials recommended annual boosters for all Americans ages 6 months and older.

Most Americans with health insurance should not have to pay out of pocket for Covid-19 vaccines, even after the US Centers ...

An annual conference about infectious diseases is seeing a dramatic attendance decline, in part because Centers for Disease ...

Once a person falls, things usually go downhill; it’s one of the leading causes of people going to the emergency department,” ...

“There are several reasons why the shingles vaccine may help reduce heart disease. A shingles infection can cause blood ...

Even at a time of unprecedented challenges to the work of public health, there is room for optimism, says former CDC Director ...

According to a new paper published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, the risk rises three to fivefold in the ...

Federal health officials report two more deaths from a listeria outbreak connected to pasta in prepared meals, with recalls expanding nationwide.

The CDC reported deaths and illnesses in an ongoing listeria outbreak related to ready-to-eat pasta products sold at some ...