The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance for COVID-19 on Thursday. The agency announced Thursday that the new guidance emphasizes understanding the risks of the virus, how ...

The rate of deaths that can be directly attributed to alcohol rose nearly 30% in the U.S. during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new government data. The Centers for Disease ...

In the midst of the backlash against the CDC’s guidance, a recent Harvard University study highlights a new risk of COVID-19 during pregnancy. In a rare look at the children of women who contracted ...

More heavy blows are landing at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to reports Tuesday that reveal a wave of high-level departures from the country’s beleaguered health agency.

Abraham ordered the Louisiana health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations during an uptick in influenza cases last ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. In its first media briefing on coronavirus in more than 3 months, the Centers for Disease Control ...

Walensky is a professor at Harvard Medical School and served as the 19th director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Once clinical trials showed that Covid-19 vaccines were safe and ...

New guidance says the best way to protect yourself and others is to stay home. The Centers for Disease Control is advising Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving next week, saying Thursday that the ...

The report found births declined 2% in the first half of 2021 compared to 2020. The number of births declined in the U.S. in 2021 and the COVID-19 pandemic played a role, according to a new report ...