Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Deer walk across a snow-covered hill along Loch Raven Reservoir, Saturday, March 12, 2022, in Glen Arm, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

‘Zombie deer’: Everything you need to know about disease spreading across the country

Gabrielle M. Etzel · December 26, 2023 5:15 pm

Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, receives a flu vaccine from Nurse Practitioner Whitney Goggans at the Atlanta Press Club, where Cohen spoke about health concerns, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, in Atlanta.

CDC director warns people to ‘stay home’ if sick this Christmas with new COVID variant

Gabrielle M. Etzel · December 22, 2023 2:24 pm

Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Williams (19) finds room to run between Atlanta Falcons free safety Thomas DeCoud (28) and cornerback Dunta Robinson (23) during an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, in Tampa, Florida. Williams died from a rare form of sepsis infection related to dental health problems, according to a medical examinerâs report, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. Williams, 36, died Sept. 12 after he was initially hospitalized following a construction accident while working as an electrician.

NFL player Mike Williams died as a result of sepsis through dental decay

Gabrielle M. Etzel · December 22, 2023 12:08 pm

Beltway Confidential

There still hasn’t been a national reckoning for COVID lockdowns

Zachary Faria · December 20, 2023 9:26 pm

Vaccination rates low despite ‘tripledemic’ warnings

Gabrielle M. Etzel · December 18, 2023 4:26 pm

U.S. health officials recalled three more brands of whole and pre-cut cantaloupes Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, as the number of people sickened by salmonella more than doubled this week.

Mexican cantaloupe plant closes after more deaths reported in salmonella outbreak

Jenny Goldsberry · December 16, 2023 12:57 am

This colorized electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows mpox particles, red, found within an infected cell, blue, cultured in a laboratory in Fort Detrick, Maryland.

WHO and CDC concerned about deadlier strain of mpox

Gabrielle M. Etzel · December 8, 2023 9:03 pm

In this Nov. 20, 2019, image from video, Zach Ault is fitted with an EEG cap which uses electrodes to track the electrical activity of his brain, at the National Institutes of Health's hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. Ault has ME/CFS, what once was called "chronic fatigue syndrome," and was part of a unique study aiming to uncover clues to how the mysterious disease steals patients' energy.

CDC finds 3.3 million adults have chronic fatigue syndrome

Brady Knox · December 8, 2023 5:54 pm

CDC mental health guidance for schools encourages race-based affinity groups

Jeremiah Poff · December 7, 2023 10:43 pm

Closeup shot of a pregnant woman holding her belly at home.

CDC ripped for vaccine guidance for ‘pregnant people’: Report

Luke Gentile · December 4, 2023 6:13 pm

FILE - A patient is given a flu vaccine Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif.

Flu on the rise while RSV infections may be peaking: US health officials

Associated Press · December 2, 2023 1:06 am

U.S. health officials recalled three more brands of whole and pre-cut cantaloupes Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, as the number of people sickened by salmonella more than doubled this week.

CDC warns of salmonella outbreak in cantaloupes as two dead, dozens hospitalized

Jenny Goldsberry · November 25, 2023 6:19 pm