Whooping cough is also known as pertussis and is spread from person to person through the air when someone coughs or sneezes, ...

SB 2 proponents presented unfounded links between the levels of fluoride in drinking water and autism, low IQ and thyroid ...

In 2019, there was a total of 1,274 reported cases, CDC data shows. If the U.S. surpasses this figure, it would lead to the ...

Sociologists who examined the CDC data said it reflects women who delayed having children in their 20s and chose to do so in ...

On today’s episode of Louisiana Considered, we discuss federal funding cuts to state cultural programs and HIV prevention. We ...

The consequences of the Trump administration’s purge of thousands of federal workers from the Department of Health and Human Services on April 1 are so enormous, they can be difficult to grasp.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's outside expert panel will convene on Tuesday after a nearly two-month ...

He urges parents to trust the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine as the best way to prevent infection. Health officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirm there ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - For decades, measles was considered a disease of the past. However, with hundreds of measles cases ...

Republican Bill Cassidy, a U.S. senator and physician from Louisiana, said Kennedy had promised to honor decisions by the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes.

Kennedy’s influence is already being felt. In addition to the Utah law and Louisiana’s proposal, the CDC’s 20-person oral health division—which helped administer grants related to ...

California and other states are suing the Trump administration over plans to cut billions of dollars in grants designed to make states more resilient to infectious disease.