The CDC will have less data to track the spread of Covid and new variants after the public health emergency ends on Thursday. The U.S. has a fragmented health-care system where the authority to decide ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now monitoring the COVID-19 variant KP.3.1.1 as it edges close to KP.3. "The KP.3.1.1 variant is very similar to other circulating variants in ...

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ATLANTA — In May, the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an increase in certain sexually transmitted infections such as gonorrhea, and syphilis, while infections of ...

There have been over 32,000 cases of whooping cough this year, CDC data shows—the highest count seen in a decade. Reading time 2 minutes Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is making a comeback ...

Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the 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 ...

Maternal mortality rates in the United States have dropped to their lowest levels in recent years, according to new data ...