The “cicada” SARS-CoV-2 variant, which earned its nickname after staying relatively dormant following its discovery in 2024, has accounted for a small proportion of COVID-19 cases since the CDC began ...

ATLANTA — In May, the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an increase in certain sexually transmitted infections such as gonorrhea, and syphilis, while infections of ...

WASHINGTON -- Several US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention websites and datasets related to HIV, LGBTQ people, youth health behaviors and more have been removed after the agency was directed ...

The CDC will have less data to track the spread of Covid and new variants after the public health emergency ends on Thursday. The U.S. has a fragmented health-care system where the authority to decide ...

The Northeast has recorded the highest rate of emergency department visits for tick bites in 2026, followed by the Midwest.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows emergency room visits for tick bites are running higher than usual in many parts of the country, prompting a warning from ...

There have been over 32,000 cases of whooping cough this year, CDC data shows—the highest count seen in a decade. Reading time 2 minutes Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is making a comeback ...

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Last ...