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More than 20 Louisiana residents have contracted vibrio vulnificus, which can cause illness when a person eats raw or undercooked seafood.

Employees rallied outside the agency's headquarters in Atlanta on Thursday to support colleagues who resigned in protest.

CDC staffers staged a walkout at the agency's headquarters in support of recently resigned officials. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said he resigned because ideology was .. ...

Cases have been reported across the country.

NBC News' Berkeley Lovelace Jr. breaks down the potential impact the firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez could have on public health and the officials Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has chosen to lead.

Some doctors say counseling patients on nutrition may not always be practical and doesn't address systemic barriers to healthy eating.

Sometimes during medical appointments, your doctor might use terms you may not be sure about. Board-certified Colorectal and General surgeon Dr. Cedrek McFadden joins TODAY to break down important words, including cortisol and sleep debt, and the ...

About 20% of ALS cases today have a known genetic underpinning, but experts are discovering new mutations - and drug targets - every year.

According to the ALS Association, most patients of the disease die within five years of diagnosis. Reporting for TODAY, NBC's Anne Thompson shares a look at a groundbreaking therapy called an ASO that's giving new hope for families.

The head of the Centers for Disease Control, Dr. Susan Monarez, is refusing to leave after the White House tried to fire her amid clashes over vaccine policies but a White House spokesperson says because Monarez refused to resign, the White House has ...