Influenza, often called the flu, is a contagious respiratory illness that spreads every year around the world. It is caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and sometimes the lungs.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, and welcome to Health Brief! It's a health committee hearing palooza on Capitol Hill this week. I’ve got details from NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya’s testimony before a House ...

Vaccine effectiveness was 38 to 41 percent against influenza outpatient visits, 41 percent against flu-linked hospitalization for children younger than 18 years ...

A federal judge on Monday blocked Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s childhood vaccine schedule.

A federal judge in Massachusetts has halted enforcement of several key vaccine policies imposed by Health Secretary Robert F.

While the judge stayed the Health Secretary's appointments to a key advisory panel, he did not block its meeting this month.

The former Maine CDC director has led recent polling on the Democratic primary after becoming the public face of the state’s ...

Nearly one in ten people on board a Princess cruise ship touring the Caribbean became ill with norovirus, the Centers for ...

This week on WABE News, the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been without a permanent director for more than six months. Also, more on the trial of Colin Gray, whose son is ...

Georgia has recorded 243 flu deaths since October — the highest toll in five years — according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. RSV and human metapneumovirus cases are also rising while ...

It's been a year since mass firings began at the CDC, the federal public health agency. Then came a shooting, and the government shutdown. Atlanta is still feeling the economic and emotional effects.

State Department of Labor says it has a new system to manage customer relations and an updated claim intake system is coming. An activist wears a ‘fired but fighting’ shirt outside of the Centers for ...