Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Analyses suggest the virus has been silently spreading in nearby counties since May.

FEMA official Robert Fenton and a deputy are charged with increasing access to tests, vaccines, and treatment.

The Biden administration plans to elevate the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response to its own division in a bid to improve the response to current and future public health emergencies, The Washington Post reports.

Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech shots could be given to the youngest kids as early as June 21.

With a global alarm ringing because of an unprecedented outbreak of monkeypox, we should also consider a different but closely related viral threat.

And does it even matter?

The CDC has given the OK to lift indoor mask mandates in much of the US, and a growing number of states no longer require face coverings in schools. But most experts agree that masks slow school spread of SARS-CoV-2, and whether now is the right time to allow teachers and students to unmask is a matter of debate.

Sherif Zaki worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for more than 30 years, and was renowned for uncovering crucial intel on various outbreak-causing scourges, from Ebola and Zika to SARS and influenza.

With the final hurdle cleared, the COVID-19 vaccine could be administered to US children ages 5 through 11 as early as today.

The CDC now suggests that only children who were within 3 feet, not 6 feet, of an infected student should quarantine, provided they were masked in a classroom. Does the science support this change?

President Biden’s planned rollout of additional COVID-19 vaccine doses is set to begin next week, but questions remain about who should get them.

As a result of massive summer gatherings in and around Cape Cod, hundreds of vaccinated people tested positive for COVID-19 with viral titers similar to unvaccinated patients.

The majority of people experiencing anaphylaxis had a history of allergic reactions, a report by the agency finds.

From immigration reform to climate change amelioration, researchers and science policy advocates share their hopes for 2021 and beyond.

J. Michael Lane was the director of the CDC’s successful program to eradicate smallpox.

An online conspiracy theory retweeted by President Donald Trump misconstrued data regarding the number of people who have died from the coronavirus.

Actual cases may be as much as 6 to 24 times higher than reported, but we’re still a long way off from herd immunity.

The Trump administration suggests deploying the National Guard to ensure timely data sharing into a new, centralized database.

An open letter points to outbreaks that cannot be explained by large droplets and contact with surfaces alone.