United States officials have announced a new plan to stop the fast-moving Ebola virus from arriving in the country, requiring flights carrying passengers who’ve visited Ebola-affected countries in Africa to land at Washington Dulles International Airport where the CDC will conduct enhanced health screenings.

May 18 (Reuters) - U.S. health officials on Monday announced steps aimed at reducing the risk of Ebola in the United States amid international concerns over a new outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo,

As a deadly Ebola outbreak tears through northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo, many first responders are turning a critical eye on events that preceded the crisis: layoffs of health workers funded by the United States,

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said Wednesday that the risk of hantavirus to the American public is “very low” amid an outbreak of the disease on a cruise ship headed to Europe.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned this week that additional measles cases in the United States can be expected in the coming months as the busy summer travel season approaches. In guidance sent to state and local health departments on ...

A drug-resistant strain of shigella infections, which cause diarrhea, are increasing in the United States, according to federal health officials. In an April 9 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, officials found the infections ...

A drug resistant Shigella bacteria is on the rise in the United States, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. According to a report by the CDC published on April 9, there was a nearly 8.5% increase from 2011 to 2023 in Shigella ...

A window has opened to repair the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reconstitute it to meet new realities, and regain essential bipartisan trust and confidence among the American people. Success requires Congress to take up its ...

As of Friday, the WHO said there are still eight cases: five people confirmed to have hantavirus and three others were suspected of contracting it.

The CDC is warning that the critical hantavirus exposure window has opened across five western US states as spring outdoor activity peaks. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome carries a 35 percent fatality rate with no vaccine or treatment.