A new study shows that teenagers who consumed marijuana before 15 were more likely to seek physical or mental medical care than their counterparts.

The rise of infections caused by Mgen, C. auris, treatment-resistant E. coli, and more could become future public-health threats, experts say.

More than 40 years have passed since the CDC reported the first cases of HIV in the United States. In that time, we’ve ...

Two models for the formation of a constitution drafting assembly (CDA) and two options for a constitution drafting committee (CDC) are expected to be submitted to the main parliamentary committee ...

Former firefighter John Knox's ties to RFK Jr. have landed him atop the agency that helped bring Covid-19 under control.

HHS scrapped yet another meeting of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), sources told MedPage Today. The meeting ...

As we approach cold and flu season, the ongoing government shutdown could cause delays in disease tracking by the Centers for ...

Increasing numbers of people nationwide are abusing both methamphetamine and fentanyl; the new synthetic speedball is a very ...

Thanks to vaccines, the eradication of polio is within reach, just as smallpox was eradicated almost 50 years ago.

Even at a time of unprecedented challenges to the work of public health, there is room for optimism, says former CDC Director ...

The agency has lost a third of its work force this year. The Trump administration maintains that the losses are necessary, ...

In 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response published a ...