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 ...

Europe isn’t just at risk of the direct effects of climate change, it is also exposed to the indirect effects of infectious ...

What to know about symptoms, cases in Iowa The map below shows where each of Iowa's counties falls among the CDC's grading of community transmission: High, substantial, moderate or low transmission.

Tick bites are are on the rise this and they can carry some nasty illnesses. Which are most common depends where you live.

Measles is back Nearly 35 US states have shared news about outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and ...

Products were sold at Kroger and Walmart under the Marketside and Home Chef brand names in those stores’ refrigerated ...

A communicable disease is any disease that passes between people or animals. People sometimes refer to communicable diseases as “infectious” or “transmissible” diseases.

Former CDC infectious disease expert Dr. Fiona Havers tells CNN’s Jake Tapper why she resigned her post as a senior vaccine adviser, citing concerns about changes to the agency’s vaccine ...

As climate-driven weather extremes fuel fires across the U.S. West, the tendency of residents to spend more time indoors may be accelerating the spread of infectious diseases, a new study has ...

Measles vaccines are 97% effective at preventing measles after two doses and 93% after one dose, according to the CDC. The disease was previously eradicated in the U.S. in 2000, meaning there was ...