The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month raised its benchmark for levels of the Covid virus in wastewater, adjusting a key metric for assessing the disease’s transmission. As a result ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is sending a disease expert to assist with the response to the ongoing measles outbreak in Pennsylvania. “CDC will continue working closely with ...

The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Erica Schwartz, said Wednesday the agency is prepared to handle a variety of disease outbreaks, despite internal concerns about ...

Dr. Jennifer Shuford, the CDC’s deputy director, is leaving the agency after less than five months. It’s the latest example ...

A spike in rabies cases among animals this summer has led to a rise in human exposures across the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Thursday. In a new health advisory, the ...

The agency previously declined to recognize four measles-associated deaths the Pennsylvania Health Department reported over the last month.

Flu activity is higher than usual for this time of year, according to the CDC, so NBC News medical contributor, Dr. Akshay Syal, joins TODAY with tips to stay healthy. He discusses why there’s an ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel on Friday rolled back a decadeslong recommendation that all newborns get a first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours ...

Drug-resistant germs cause an estimated 9.8 million infections and approximately 50,800 deaths in the US each year, according ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending one of its scientists to Pennsylvania to help curb the state’s growing measles outbreak, a CDC spokesperson said Thursday. That person, a ...

Dr. Jennifer Shuford, CDC's deputy director, will leave her role on November 12 to focus on family. Her departure follows ...