Department of Health and Human Services officials expected most of the agency's roughly 5,200 probationary employees to be ...

Olivia Lenhart, 11,is fighting for her life after the flu rapidly escalated into pneumonia and acute respiratory distress ...

Thousands of federal employees, including nearly 1,300 staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), were ...

The patient was experiencing "flu-like symptoms" and had "health conditions that can make people more vulnerable to illness," ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in Thursday as President Donald Trump’s health secretary after a close Senate vote, putting ...

Kennedy, a vicious opponent of vaccines and public health more broadly, is rapidly fulfilling his campaign promise to “give infectious disease a break for about eight years.” ...

Children's Health said it saw 929 flu cases last week across its Dallas and Plano locations, down from more than 1,000 the week prior but still high. “This season is a bit different from last season.

The measles outbreak, which began spreading in late January, has caused several hospitalizations, with at least nine confirmed cases and three probable cases as early February. Health officials warn ...

Experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warn there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke, and even short periods of exposure can be harmful to people’s health.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved British drugmaker GSK's combination vaccine to protect against meningococcal ...

The CDC estimates that the 2024-2025 flu season has already resulted in at least 24 million illnesses, 310,000 ...