For skin irritation, the CDC recommends applying anti-itch cream to the affected areas. To treat the general infestation, contact a pest control company experienced in treating bed bugs to spray ...

First West Nile virus-positive mosquito pool found in Philadelphia near Pennypack Park. Health officials anticipate more cases, but no human infections reported ...

Pasteurization is the process of heating a food product for a certain amount of time to destroy bacteria and viruses present, ...

A flesh-eating bacteria called vibrio vulunificus that thrives in saltwater and brackish water had claimed the lives of four ...

A gastrointestinal outbreak aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise sickened more than 140 people earlier this month, according to a report from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vessel ...

Infections of COVID-19 are growing or likely growing in half of the U.S. as of July 8, according to CDC estimates.

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials who were laid off and subsequently reinstated have “no clue” why, ...

Distrust of science is fueling such misguided proposals as scaling back critical public-health agencies.

Cases of COVID-19 are now likely growing in 25 states, according to estimates published by the Centers for Disease Control ...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Putting 33-year measles high in perspective Measles cases across the U.S. have hit the highest level in 33 years, according to the CDC.

A contagious new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, aka "Nimbus," is now dominant in the United States, CDC data show. What to ...

House Democrats on the Oversight Committee sent a letter to the CDC chief of staff on Thursday, demanding answers over recent ...