Dr. Jennifer Shuford is leaving her role as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's chief medical officer and deputy director, saying she wants to spend more time with her family.

Anyone flying into the United States from another country will soon face an additional requirement before boarding. Starting Nov. 3, international air travelers must sign a statement confirming they

Major American and foreign airlines urged the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reconsider new rules requiring all US-bound travelers to attest they have not been in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the prior 21 days.

Germs that can outsmart lifesaving medicines are posing a growing threat, and the CDC’s latest assessment identifies which ones warrant the greatest concern. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new “Antimicrobial Resistance Threats Report” identifies 19 threats responsible for an

Nineteen drug-resistant germs cause an estimated 9.7 million infections and 50,800 deaths in the country each year.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month raised its benchmark for levels of the Covid virus in wastewater, adjusting a key metric for assessing the disease’s transmission. As a result, a level that would previously have been classified as high transmission, may now register as moderate instead.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's chief medical officer has resigned, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday.

The CDC ranks four germs as urgent threats, its most dangerous category: Candida auris, a fungus that spreads in hospitals and nursing homes and resists most antifungal drugs (cases soared from 48 in 2016 to 6,304 in 2024)