After a year of major shifts in the federal government’s policy toward vaccines, Americans are now more likely to trust the American Medical Association than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when the two conflict on vaccine guidance,

Flu season is off to a rough start this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the virus arrived as expected, cases are rising faster, compared with previous years. Last week,

Nurses, patients, and professional groups are pushing for more rigorous infection control standards from the CDC following a preview of proposed changes to its isolation precaution guidelines and an advisory group meeting this week during which a vote on ...

Funding cuts and restructuring at the CDC reportedly have disrupted certain efforts related to infection prevention, control and disease monitoring. One such effort is Together TakeMeHome at Emory University in Atlanta, which is funded by the CDC and mails ...

The U.S. has surpassed 2,000 measles cases for the first time in more than 30 years, according to data from the CDC.

While seemingly esoteric and of little impact to health workers and the public, a little known group is creating a firestorm in the public health community. The Healthcare Infection Control Advisory Committee advises the CDC on guidelines for infection ...

The CDC has officially ended its recommendation for the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Experts say the decision upends more than three decades of vaccination policy in the United States and will result in more cases of hepatitis B and downstream effects,

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A Salmonella outbreak possibly linked to raw oysters has prompted an investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, raising concerns in the Lowcountry, where oysters are a staple of the local seafood industry.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Flu numbers are up this week in Kansas, according to a report issued Wednesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a new map released Wednesday, Kansas is in the “orange” -- or “high” -- category.

Dr. Subhendu De from the Bill & Olivia Amos Children’s Hospital visited WRBL News 3 on Tuesday to explain some of the changes to vaccine recommendations done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).