An Arizona resident has died from pneumonic plague, a severe lung infection caused by Yersinia pestis. The CDC warns that plague can be fatal if untreated.

A sore throat, loss of taste, and a burning tongue are telltale signs something is wrong. But the culprit might surprise you.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it has ended its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu, citing a drop ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended its emergency response for bird flu as the outbreak that sickened ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has accepted recommendations made by a panel of vaccine experts in April, ...

An expert panel convened has recommended against the routine use of PCR tests to diagnose urinary tract infections.

While Illinois has had eight cases of the virus so far this year, at least 1,288 cases have been confirmed nationwide, the ...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) recently caused a 2-month-old girl in Pennsylvania to suffer severe hearing loss after it was passed to ...

"Early diagnosis and treatment, with additional follow-up by health care providers, has the potential to improve patient ...

The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, and the year is only half over. The national ...

The Centers for Disease Control states that meningococcal disease is “uncommon,” though they note that early intervention with antibiotics is critical for treatment. Vaccines are the “best protection” ...