The World Health Organization has placed XFG on its variant watchlist, but currently considers it a “low” public health risk. According to the WHO, existing COVID-19 vaccines ...

CDC wastewater also shows the XFG variant — nicknamed stratus — is most common in the U.S. Stratus can cause a “razor blade” ...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is demanding Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr “immediately” fire a key ally from his role as vaccine advisor on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Health workers say distrust and anger are being amplified by misinformation about the safety of immunizations.

A barrage of bullets launched at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week by a man authorities say was angry over COVID-19 vaccinations is the l ...

The move would add another barrier for parents who want to vaccinate healthy children ahead of the respiratory virus season.

Fueled by a fast-growing new variant, COVID-19 infections are regaining ground just as summer travel peaks. New CDC ...

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Susan Monarez to be President Donald Trump's director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Monarez, 50, was named acting director ...

Photo: Anthony Sionni The number of coronavirus cases has doubled in three key categories across the state -- K-12 schools, colleges, and nursing homes -- this week.

Accordingly, the CDC now says individuals at high-risk of COVID complications should consider taking precautions, such as avoiding crowds and wearing a high-quality mask.

The fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman, new federal data released Thursday shows.