The Latest Breaking News from CDC

Clemson University confirms measles case as South Carolina outbreak explodes to 558 cases, worst in US. Nearly 98% of students vaccinated, but case emerges from Spartanburg County epidemic that doubled in one week. Contact tracing underway, 531 in quarantine statewide. Health officials warn outbreak will worsen before improving.

Almost 14,000 pounds of chicken breasts were recalled due to listeria contamination. The issue now sparks health concerns among consumers.

As hospitals scramble and country reaches record-breaking rates of illness, officials cast doubt on flu shot’s necessity

FactCheck.org takes a look at the six childhood vaccines that the CDC no longer recommends for all children.

Two new studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show wastewater monitoring of measles can flag measles spread days to weeks in advance

Experts have blamed a decline in the rate of people taking the measles vaccine on skepticism from the Trump administration

Federal officials are reinstating hundreds of U.S. health workers who were laid off last year from a small health agency that aims to protect workers

Physicians have disputed prevailing scientific views on vaccines and use of antidepressants during pregnancy

Last year, the US authorities approved the first at-home test that can detect three common infections in women — gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis — as well as the first home-based kit for the virus that causes cervical cancer.