Tis the season for getting sick. Here's what to know about the pathogens circulating in the U.S. this December and how to ...

Cases of the flu continue to spike in the U.S., with the most recent data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control showing a ...

At least 14 states and Washington, DC, are seeing high and very high levels of flu, mainly caused by a surprise new influenza ...

Rapidly spreading across the United States, the new H3N2 subclade K flu variant has become dominant just as holiday travel and gatherings begin, health officials warn that infections are rising in ...

More Americans will be exposed to foodborne illness as a result of this year's funding cuts, food safety experts predict ...

Policy initiatives have come fast and furious at the FDA this year. While guidances on rare diseases and vaccines have consumed most of the ink, policy shifts aimed at improving FDA efficiencies and ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Doctors are warning about a surge in flu cases across the country as people prepare to gather with friends and family for the holidays. It’s one particular flu strain that has ...

The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) was established to protect public health. Now it's being used against it.

A sampling of the stories NPR staff believe made some of the deepest ripples this year — reminders of what rigorous, compassionate journalism can do, and why the work remains as urgent as ever.

Six days after a senior FDA official sent a sweeping internal email claiming that COVID vaccines had caused the deaths of "at ...

Both doctors stress that this is still the flu. “It’s not like this is a new flu,” Dr. Russo says. With that, you can expect ...

The CDC estimated there have been 4.5 million flu cases and 2,000 deaths. Some have dubbed this year's virus the "superflu." ...