President Donald Trump is giving his endorsement to a January study by the Department of Health and Human Services that calls for cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every American child.
President Donald Trump has nominated Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general, to be the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A federal vaccine advisory committee voted to delay a vote on whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.
The Trump administration has revised a website to contradict the scientific consensus that vaccines don't cause autism.
Texas Medical Association has nudged physicians to consider COVID vaccine recommendations from other medical groups.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has adopted recommendations by a new group of vaccine advisers, and has stopped recommending COVID-19 shots for anyone.
New government data shows another decline in sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults, but also a continued rise in syphilis in newborns.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends that children under 4 receive the M-M-R and varicella vaccines separately, instead of the combined MMRV vaccine, due to a small risk of febrile seizures.
Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. faced bipartisan questioning over recent changes to health agencies, vaccine approvals and other priorities at a contentious three-hour Senate hearing.
Emails show how overwhelmed West Texas officials were as they asked CDC for guidance on how to respond to the explosive outbreak.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has moved to strip thousands of federal health agency employees of their collective bargaining rights.
An internal CDC email reveals that the Georgia man who shot at CDC buildings on Aug. 8 likely tried to enter the campus two days earlier.
States are warning beachgoers about a summertime surge in infections from a frightening, flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters.
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a troubling trend: fewer kindergarteners in Texas are receiving routine childhood vaccinations, while exemptions are on the rise.
U.S. health officials have told more than a half-dozen of the nation’s top medical organizations that they will no longer help establish vaccination recommendations.
U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high.
The nation’s top public health agency has posted new recommendations that healthy children and pregnant women may — but no longer should — get COVID-19 vaccinations.
Mexico, Chile and Uruguay have halted poultry imports from Brazil after the country confirmed its first bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm.
Brazil, one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of poultry, has confirmed the country’s first bird flu outbreak on a commercial farm.
Federal officials say at least 10 people in the U.S. have been sickened in a listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat food products, and a producer is voluntarily recalling several items.
Three new health reports detail growing concern about an animal sedative that’s showing up in the nation's illegal drug supply.
A federal judge in Rhode Island says she'll temporarily block the Trump administration from cutting billions in federal public health dollars.
Federal health officials said Tuesday they are pulling back $11.4 billion in COVID-19-related funds for local public health departments and other health organizations throughout the nation.
Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years.
The nation’s top public health agency is inviting about 180 employees back to work about two weeks after laying them off.
Federal health agencies have restored several webpages and datasets, following a judge’s order to bring back public access to information that had been removed to comply with a presidential executive order.
Federal health officials say a dairy worker in Nevada has been infected with a new type of bird flu that’s different from the version that has been spreading in U.S. herds since last year.
Researchers across the country are in “a mad scramble” to sort out what public data the Trump administration has deleted from government websites.
Telemarketing calls can be disruptive, and many of you have recently reported receiving calls from individuals claiming to work for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These callers aren’t trying to sell you anything—they’re asking a lot of questions. KPRC’s Amy Davis looked into the legitimacy of these calls after receiving several herself.
A handful of Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping to persuade their colleagues to support a proposal that would make the state the first to adopt a ban meant to eliminate the use of tobacco products over time.
The outgoing head of the nation’s top public health agency is urging the next administration to maintain its focus and funding to keep Americans safe from emerging health threats.
A scientific panel is calling for a public health approach to marijuana that’s a big departure from “Just Say No.” The report was released Thursday by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Health officials say they don’t know how a Missouri person caught bird flu, but they believe it may be a rare instance of a “one-off,” stand-alone illness.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued new guidance on managing pain during IUD insertion, but doctors say the updated advice — while a step in the right direction — doesn’t tackle all of the sources of discomfort during the procedure.
U.S. health officials have announced a recall of some Boar's Head liverwurst and other deli meats as they investigate a listeria outbreak.
At least two people have died and more than two dozen were hospitalized in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning linked to meat sliced at grocery store deli counters.
President Joe Biden did not wear a face mask in public a couple of times after the White House announced he had tested positive for COVID-19.
With temperatures rising across the country and school out for the summer, many families will visit the beach, lake or local swimming pool.
Researchers say doctors are prescribing antibiotics to most kids and teens who have pink eye, despite guidelines that discourage their use.
U.S. health officials are warning doctors to be alert for dengue cases as the tropical disease breaks international records.
If you’ve been sick with COVID-19, you may have some protection against certain versions of the common cold.
U.S. health officials now recommend that some people consider taking an antibiotic as a morning-after pill to prevent certain sexually transmitted diseases.
According to Houston firefighters, at least 25 people on the flight reported feeling sick due to a cruise they were on.
Reports of a rare nervous system disorder are “more common than expected” in older U.S. adults who got the new RSV vaccines.
While the overall rates have decreased, women from marginalized backgrounds continue to face alarming risks during pregnancy and postpartum.
Federal health officials say three women who were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa are believed to be the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through a cosmetic procedure using needles.
U.S. poultry producers will have to reduce salmonella bacteria in certain chicken products to very low levels to prevent food poisoning.
U.S. health and weather officials are unveiling a new color-coded system to warn Americans about heat danger, and it will set magenta as the most dangerous level.
With syphilis cases in U.S. newborns skyrocketing, a doctors group is now recommending that all pregnant patients be screened three times for the sexually transmitted infection.
U.S. health officials are warning of an increase in illnesses caused by a bacteria that can cause meningitis and possible death.