Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ugly head of COVID-19 is rearing once again as children return to school. Both are contagious respiratory illnesses, but they ...

The federal government's disease-tracking agency has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox, and a number of other infectious diseases. The CDC this week posted a list of more than two ...

Public health officials are recommending wider testing and more aggressive use of flu antiviral medicine for workers who might be exposed to bird flu at poultry and dairy farms. The Centers for ...

Federal laboratory testing has been paused for mpox, rabies, and numerous viral, fungal, and parasitic assays, while CDC conducts a temporary evaluation of laboratory quality systems. Workforce ...

The CDC released updated operational guidance for investigating locally-acquired mosquito-transmitted malaria in the US.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a glitch in its bird flu test hasn’t harmed the agency’s outbreak response. But it has ignited scrutiny of its go-it-alone approach in testing for ...

As summer heats up, a new set of COVID variants is fueling an uptick in cases and emergency room visits across much of the country. The series of COVID strains, nicknamed the "FLiRT" variants, are ...

The ugly head of COVID-19 is rearing once again as children return to school. Both are contagious respiratory illnesses, but they are caused by different viruses, according to the CDC. A coronavirus ...