India’s air-quality crisis is deepened by unreliable data. Air quality measurement standards are looser than in places like ...

Another case of bird flu has been discovered in Kent County.

A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services spokesman says Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker eroded public trust and is trying to reinvent public health.

While it might be the most wonderful time of the year, it’s also the biggest flu and cold season of the year, when cold weather brings gatherings indoors and germs flourish and spread. That’s why we ...

Several committee members of the CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee have received termination notices, MedPage Today reported April 29. 1. HICPAC develops guidance for ...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul proposes to restrict wearing masks in public in a move that could help deter crime in subways, but also raises civil rights concerns for protesters of the Israel-Hamas war ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designated Maricopa County at the "low" COVID-19 community level on Thursday, meaning face masks are not explicitly recommended for most people in indoor ...

As hospitals in some states require masks to curb the spread of what experts call a quad-demic of respiratory illnesses, Gov. Greg Abbott this week vowed that Texas will never again impose mask ...

A CDC advisory committee convened last week to revisit the agency’s draft infection control guidelines for healthcare facilities, voting in favor of recommendations that remain largely unchanged ...

A CDC advisory committee has been working to update an influential set of infection control guidelines since August 2023. Over the past year, the agency has faced growing pressure from clinicians, who ...

Parvovirus B19 is a common respiratory virus that can cause serious illness in pregnant women, people with sickle cell disease and immunocompromised people. It is recognized more often in children ...

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — President Joe Biden did not wear a face mask in public a couple of times after the White House announced he had tested positive for COVID-19. The White House said the Democratic ...