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The COVID-19 pandemic transformed over the past five years from a catastrophic threat that has killed over 7 million people to what most people regard today as a tolerable annoyance that doesn't ...

Hospital visits for influenza-like illnesses and diarrhea declined last week, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said ...

Obesity in adulthood is also caused by childhood undernutrition, which triggers the accumulation of energy in fat tissues.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Epidemic Intelligence Service officers — a group known as the CDC's "disease ...

The Trump administration is stepping in to help Texas respond to the deadly and highly contagious respiratory virus.

For decades, we have witnessed steady growth in the prevalence of overweight and obesity throughout the world. In some ...

By the time sailing ship Capt. Robert Gray named and claimed the Columbia River for the United States in 1792, European diseases already had decimated the Pacific Northwest Native American population.

Center for Disease Control are being let go by the Trump administration, threatening public health and science.