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Amidst surging respiratory illnesses and previously controlled diseases like tuberculosis making alarming comebacks, a new CDC report provides further evidence bird flu is spreading undetected to humans.

The US is dealing with an unusually intense influenza outbreak that has infected between 29 and 51 million people and hospitalized up to 820,000 since October.

The Trump administration on Saturday terminated hundreds of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including fellows responsible for key public health roles, according to two sources who spoke to NBC News at the agency who spoke ...

The newly confirmed Secretary of Health and Human Services for President Donald Trump fired nearly half of the vaunted team of 'disease detectives.

In a dramatic move, the Trump administration has terminated over 5,000 probationary employees at key health agencies, including the NIH and CDC, prompting widespread shock and raising concerns about the future of federal health initiatives.

(The Center Square) - Georgia's two senators came out swinging after learning the news that more than 1,000 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were losing their jobs. The 1,300 CDC employees are some of up to 200,000 federal ...

Measles is a highly contagious disease, preventable by vaccines, which can cause serious illness or death. According to the CDC, measles was considered eliminated in 2000, meaning that "there is no measles spreading within the country and new cases ...

A committee of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is critical in setting national vaccine policy. It's also vulnerable to political interference.

Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick with coughs, soreness, fevers, vomiting, and other flu-like symptoms. She's desperate for information, but the Centers for ...