As fewer children get their flu shots, cases of a rare, severe complication are rising. Last season, the U.S. experienced the ...

The CDC’s vaccine panel, ACIP, changed its recommendations for childhood vaccines and COVID-19 shots, further limiting access ...

Five people in Louisiana have died in 2025 from a flesh-eating bacterium found in warm coastal waters, substantially ...

The CDC's vaccine panel meets Thursday to decide if newborns should get the hepatitis B shot. Doctors and health officials ...

At a U.S. Senate hearing on Wednesday, Susan Monarez, the recently fired director of the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Susan Monarez told a Senate committee that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanded she dismiss career officials without cause—and ...

Susan Monarez is among the witnesses to discuss recent turmoil at the agency under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Former CDC chief Susan Monarez testified that Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., had demanded she ...

An Omicron descendant nicknamed “Nimbus” (NB.1.8.1) is being tracked by global health agencies; clinicians widely report sore ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed five new members to the CDC’s vaccine panel, which will weigh guidance on COVID-19, MMR and hepatitis B.

According to CDC, Louisiana has reported cases of the 'Kissing bug' disease. Here's what you need to know about it.

Chagas disease, caused by the T. cruzi parasite, is present in Louisiana and other southern states. The disease is primarily transmitted by an insect known as the "kissing bug." Chagas disease has two ...