Centers for Disease Control and Prevention News

The U.S. government has signed an antibiotics development deal worth up to $200 million with GlaxoSmithKline to tackle the dual threats of drug resistance and bioterrorism.

Before the term "vaccination" was coined, millions died every year from infectious diseases such as smallpox, tuberculosis and yellow fever.

Michelle Dann applies bug spray outside her home Tuesday, May 21, 2013. In August 2013 Dann spent 3 weeks hospitalized with a neuroinvasive form of the West Nile virus.

The first death due to a tick-borne virus has been confirmed in Korea, setting off alarm bells in the country following reports of deaths from the virus in Japan and China.

Children and teens who had a peer commit suicide may be more likely to think about and attempt suicide themselves, an effect that appears to be more pronounced in younger kids.

Sharing a bed with an infant significantly increases their risk of dying from sudden infant death syndrome , according to a new study published online on May 20 in BMJ Open .

After years of telling consumers that eating too much salt was bad for their health, a new report from the Institute of Medicine at the behest of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention turns conventional wisdom on it's head: There [is] no rationale for anyone to aim for sodium levels below 2,300 milligrams a day.

Getting enough vitamin B1 in your diet is essential for maintaining a healthy body.

The overall health of Americans isn't improving much, with about six in 10 people either overweight or obese and large numbers engaging in unhealthy behaviors like smoking, heavy drinking or not exercising, a new government report shows.

The fight has drawn comment from bands including the Dandy Warhols and the Decemberists The medical establishment near universally supports fluoridation.

Residents of Portland, Ore., will vote today on whether to add fluoride to their drinking water - a move hailed by some as one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century .

The study represents some of the first evidence of a causal effect of PE on youth obesity, and is forthcoming in the Journal of Health Economics .

Despite a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that found fecal bacteria in more than half of the water samples taken from metro Atlanta public swimming pools , Cobb officials said the county's pools are safe.

Middle-aged men who stayed fit were less likely to die from three common cancers after being diagnosed than those who were out of shape, research found.

Mia Maestro will play Dr. Nora Martinez, a colleague and love interest for Ephraim Goodweather in the pilot from Guillermo del Toro and Carlton Cuse.

In any given year, up to 1 in 5 U.S. children has a mental health disorder, a new report says.

One in five children in the United States has a mental illness. After ADHD , conduct disorder, anxiety, depression, and autism spectrum disorder are the most prevalent mental health issues among U.S. children.

The Will County Health Department is asking residents to help minimize the public's risk of West Nile Virus by reporting dead bird sightings.

The wait for answers is far from over for parents who for years have lived with the worry of not knowing what's behind the mysterious cancers that have sickened dozens of children in a rural area of northern Ohio.

Wisconsin employers, including hospitals, nursing homes and other health care agencies, could no longer require workers to get flu shots under a bill pending in the Legislature.