Emergency room visits with influenza are now "very high" nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday, in this week's update on the winter respiratory virus season. This season's wave of flu cases is arriving later than it has in the past two years.

The most recent CDC hospitalization data and other indicators show that the flu virus is trending higher than the other germs, Reed said. Several seasonal flu strains are driving

Respiratory illnesses and infections are spiking nationally, according to date from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest activity report released Friday. Here in Texas, the CDC is reporting “very high” activity of COVID-19,

Respiratory illness activity is currently considered "high" in the United States, according to the CDC. In one state, it is at a "very high" level.

The CDC inspects hundreds of cruise ship yearly. Some cruise lines and cruise parent companies score better than others.

Cruise ships saw the highest number of stomach bug illnesses since 2012 with 16 outbreaks impacting a total of 1,894 passengers.

In the most recent data available, deaths from drug overdoses in 2023 declined both nationally and in Virginia, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Virginia Department of Health. You may have heard the phrase, "cancer does ...

Tularemia cases in the U.S. rose by 56% from 2011 to 2022, with central states and American Indian communities most affected, highlighting diagnostic advancements and health disparities.

Ohio advocates are looking to a new year that will include fighting for contraceptive access protections on a federal and state level as recent CDC data shows the amount of Americans using birth control methods.

The CDC recently released data showing 32,085 cases of whooping cough in 2024, with the previous year revealing 6,479

More than 150 workers were infected and one died during a 2022-23 outbreak at the Swedish-owned plant on the Escanaba River.

Tonight, overdose deaths in the state of Alabama have decreased by over 18%. That’s according to provisional data from the CDC. Experts in overdose prevention say they hope these trends will continue.