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The tick-borne disease is spreading in the U.S., according to a CDC report.

Cases of a worldwide tick-borne disease have significantly increased in the Northeastern United States between 2011 and 2019, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A new study finds an unexpected jump in unexplained deaths in Black infants during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic.

Federal health officials are warning parents of newborns to sterilize equipment used for both bottle- and breast-feeding after a baby died last year from a rare infection tied to a contaminated breast pump.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning against the drug-resistant bacteria.

Despite the troubling trend reported by the CDC, sexual violence experts have an empowering message: ‘Our girls are not broken.’

A report released Monday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control paints an alarming picture of American teenagers, their mental health and experiences of sexual violence, particularly among young women of high school age. 

A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that high school students in the U.S., especially teen girls, are experiencing an unprecedented “wave of violence and trauma.”

At least one person has died, and others were blinded, after using the over-the-counter artificial tears, the CDC said.

Some scientists are concerned the COVID-19 surge in China could unleash a new coronavirus variant on the world that may or may not be similar to the ones circulating now.

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

The CDC data show U.S. life expectancy has fallen to its lowest level in 26 years.

Respiratory viruses, including COVID, flu and RSV, are spreading across the U.S. — and so are other infections. So how long are you contagious with some of the more common ones? Find out here.

Researchers, public health advocates, and health care companies are urging the federal government to green light at-home testing kits to help stem the growing number of Americans with STDs.

U.S. home births increased slightly in the pandemic’s second year, rising to the highest level in decades.

A team of researchers from the University of Houston said that they have created a potential fentanyl vaccine, according to a new study. See what they found and how it works.

Alcohol-related deaths among middle-aged Americans rose nearly 30% in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new CDC study found.

The rate of deaths that can be directly attributed to alcohol rose nearly 30% in the U.S. during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Among the changes: The CDC no longer suggests trying to limit opioid treatment for acute pain to three days.

According to the CDC, RSV results in around 58,000 annual hospitalizations and 100 to 300 deaths among children under 5 each year in the U.S.