When Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) recently asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last week how many people died in the United States from COVID-19, Kennedy said “nobody knows” because of “data chaos” at the Centers ...

Autism incidence in the U.S. has increased from 1 in 36 children in 2020 to 1 in 31 in 2022, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in April.The Get the Facts ...

Dr. Céline Gounder, an internist, epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist, is a CBS News medical contributor as well as senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health at KFF Health News.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is not expected to change recommendations for hepatitis B vaccines in newborns, after its panel of advisers tabled Friday a much-awaited vote on the ...

(NEXSTAR) – Cases of valley fever, a fungal disease caused by spores found within soil in (mostly) the Southwestern part of the U.S., has been rising in recent decades, prompting warnings from local ...

COVID fell out of the top 10 causes of death for the first time since 2020. The United States death rate decreased by 3.8% in 2024 as COVID fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death for the first ...