Transmission electron microscopic image of an isolate from the first U.S. case of COVID-19, formerly known as 2019-nCoV. The spherical viral particles, colorized blue, contain cross-section through ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed an infection with the virus that causes COVID-19 in California in a person who reportedly did not have relevant travel history or ...

Emergency room visits were down by more than 40 percent in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new CDC report. The CDC analyzed data from the National Syndromic Surveillance Program, ...

Emergency department visits reached 145.6 million patients in 2016 — a record high — compared to more than 136.9 million visits the year prior, according to new CDC data. The finding is from data for ...

When he ran for another term, President Trump was pretty clear with voters. If he returned to the White House, he would give Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a lot of power. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) ...

How can I protect my unvaccinated family members? These are the best ways to protect your unvaccinated family members, including children who cannot get vaccinated yet: To maximize protection from the ...

CDC on Wednesday confirmed another infection with 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States in California. The patient is among a group of people under a federal quarantine order because ...

Dr. Jay K. Varma is a special contributor to Healthbeat. Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. In 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

U.S. health authorities are raising concern about an alarming increase in extremely drug-resistant infections, aka the nightmare bacteria, that are increasingly difficult to treat. A sharp increase in ...

There are signs of progress in some areas: the Africa CDC reports that the outbreak in Congo is now under control, with cases ...