The move expands existing travel restrictions barring foreigners who’ve recently been in Congo, South Sudan and Uganda.

Public trust in the CDC is shaken because misinformation, disinvestment and a move away from highest standards of science. Recommitting to a better path would aid U.S. health.

As a Nebraska health system monitors 18 passengers for Andes hantavirus and several states track potential exposure, the CDC outlined three hantaviruses U.S. clinicians should consider when evaluating patients.

Agency cites outbreak-related cases in Europe after passengers departed cruise ship

The CDC said it will screen some passengers coming from Congo, Uganda and South Sudan at five major airports in the U.S. There are currently no suspected cases in the U.S.

The World Health Organization has announced a worldwide health crisis due to a rapidly escalating Ebola outbreak in certain regions of Central Africa. Health authorities have confirmed over 80 fatalities associated with this outbreak,

A window has opened to repair the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reconstitute it to meet new realities, and regain essential bipartisan trust and confidence among the American people. Success requires Congress to take up its ...

Far fewer knew that mpox and Zika can also be transmitted sexually. And most respondents understood the main ways that these infections spread. But 20% thought they could get an STI by sitting on a toilet after somebody with an infection sat there.

The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has likely already infected hundreds of people since it was declared last week. Dr. Isaac Bogoch says there are five reasons why this outbreak is so devastating.