The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the risk of an outbreak of the bird flu in humans is low, but ...

CDC employees can no longer publish documents without review by the executive branch, and must withdraw their names from ...

The nation’s top public health agency is losing most of the scientists in a prestigious, but lesser-known, laboratory program that has become a mainstay of outbreak ...

According to the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services, positivity rates are up to 35%, and there were nearly ...

Illinois accounts for one-fifth of all U.S. cases of a deadly fungal superbug that's increasingly difficult to treat. But ...

As many as 1,300 probationary employees at CDC and 1,500 at NIH are losing their jobs. Many fear for the future of public health and scientific research.

After going quiet on bird flu, CDC scientists have published a report on its spread among veterinarians. The findings suggest ...

Nationally, the test positivity rate for the week ending on February 8, was 4.8 percent, according to the CDC's most recent update on its COVID Data Tracker.

The U.S. is pulling the plug on its membership with the World Health Organization. What does that mean for Illinois?

The Illinois Department of Public Health launched a new dashboard, which methodically presents statewide data about violent ...

Since 2020, COVID-19 has killed more people than any other respiratory disease — but this year may change that. The CDC just ...

Nearly 1,300 probationary employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — roughly one-tenth of the agency’s workforce — are being forced out under the Trump ...