The CDC estimates that there have been at least 4.6 million illnesses, 49,000 hospitalizations, and 1,900 deaths from flu ...

A new strain called H3N2 subclade K has emerged, raising concerns that the body may not be able to fight it off as well.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced a new California-led public health initiative, tapping former U.S. Centers for Disease ...

Tis the season for sniffling, coughing and calling out of work. Here's what to know about the pathogens circulating in the ...

Flu season arrives with the holidays, as parties and travel kick into high gear and colder weather sets in across many states ...

COVID-19 vaccines given to children last fall helped keep many out of emergency rooms (ER) and urgent care, new data shows.

The CDC formally approved a major change to the childhood immunization schedule by dropping the long-standing recommendation ...

Cases of the flu continue to mount with health officials recently recording the first pediatric flu-related deaths of the season, but some states are seeing much higher activity than others.

Following a national trend, 52 counties in Florida saw increasing cases of influenza A driven by a new mutation called ...

A recent memo from Dr. Vinay Prasad​, the head of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, may signal an ...

A former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a former CDC chief medical officer will advise the ...

Two former senior officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including one fired by the Trump ...