It's been a year since mass firings began at the CDC, the federal public health agency. Then came a shooting, and the government shutdown. Atlanta is still feeling the economic and emotional effects.

It's been a year of disruption and dismissals at the Atlanta-based CDC, where more than 3,000 public health workers are now gone. The Atlanta region continues to feel the ripple effects of the turmoil ...

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NEW YORK — As the U.S. flu season winds down, health officials say the flu vaccine didn't work very well, with one of its worst effectiveness rates in more than a decade. A new strain that dominated ...

The Star Princess, which launched just five months ago, is dealing with a norovirus outbreak that has sickened 104 passengers and 49 crew members during its current voyage.

State health data shows the first measles case in Central Florida this year was reported in Osceola County. In all, 132 cases were confirmed in Florida in 2026.

Tommy Bell and one of his doctors explain why his decision to seek care after concerning symptoms may have saved his life.

MCDONOUGH, Ga. — An Atlanta man says he woke up to federal agents breaking into his home early Tuesday morning while searching for a murder suspect he says he has never heard of. Jeffery Thurston — ...

A measles outbreak that started at Ave Maria University has spread to a nearby K-12 school. Collier County has 98 confirmed measles cases, the majority of infections in Florida. The resurgence of ...

Makayla Skjerva, a North Dakota 14-year-old, contracted measles in February.

Why flu vaccines didn’t work that well in the US this season - Flu infections surged in late December and were especially ...

A small — but growing — number of Iowans are choosing not to vaccinate their kids against infectious diseases. One Des Moines-based nurse practitioner recently noted that “there’s more hesitancy this ...