The parasite found in uncooked fresh produce contaminated with human feces has sickened thousands and hospitalized hundreds all over the U.S.

Although polio has been eliminated as an endemic disease in the United States, that isn’t true for other parts of the world. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Level 2 travel ...

A former deputy surgeon general, Schwartz vowed during her confirmation hearing to “never compromise on the science.” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday along party lines, 51 to 47, to confirm Susan Monarez as the new director of the Centers for Disease ...

NEW YORK — The nation’s top public health agency is inviting about 180 employees back to work, about two weeks after laying them off. Emails went out Tuesday to some Centers for Disease Control and ...

Dr. Erica Schwartz has the skills for the job running the CDC, doctors say. They just hope she'll be allowed to do it.