Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

U.S. health officials are warning doctors to be on the lookout for possible cases of lead poisoning in children.

Three people have died following a listeria outbreak at a family-owned burger restaurant in Tacoma, Washington.

Two people in Connecticut and one person in New York have died after contracting Vibrio vulnificus.

An infection with RSV is a coldlike nuisance for most healthy people, but it can be life-threatening for the very young and the elderly

Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is an ancient disease that can cause damage to the skin and nervous system.

Here are some tips from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to treat mosquito bites

The CDC found at least 20 potentially infectious agents at the warehouse in Fresno County.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said illnesses have been reported in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Ground beef is the only common food reported in the outbreak

The CDC recently announced it had identified five cases of locally transmitted malaria in the United States, the first such cases in 20 years.

The CDC says malaria is one of the world’s most severe public health problems. Here’s what you need to know about this dangerous disease.

Five cases of malaria have been detected in the U.S. in the last two months.

The White House has selected a former North Carolina health official to be the new director of the nation’s top federal public health agency.

Doctors and patients should be on the lookout for symptoms of this worrying infection.

The only HIV vaccine in a late-stage trial has failed, researchers announced Wednesday, dealing a significant blow to the effort to control the global HIV epidemic and adding to a decadeslong roster of failed attempts.

The CDC is investigating a possible increase in severe cases of strep A, especially in children.

Group A streptococci are the same bacteria that cause strep throat and scarlet fever, but invasive infections refer to more serious cases in which the bacteria spread to areas of the body that such pathogens normally don’t reach, like the bloodstream.

Nearly 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year. That’s according to final figures released Thursday.

Expanded growth charts released Thursday by the CDC now include a body mass index of 60 — up from previous charts that stopped at a BMI of 37.

Millions of children were now susceptible to measles, among the world’s most contagious diseases, according to a new report.

Thirty-seven related cases of E. coli have been reported in four states — Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania — over the span of just two weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. Health officials have not confirmed the source of the bacteria, but the CDC said that many people have reported feeling ill after eating burgers and…