On Saturday, renowned geneticist and former longtime NIH director Francis Collins announced that he has retired, leaving an ...

Last week was the 50th anniversary of the 1975 Asilomar Summit, where scientists came together to establish guidelines for research with genetically modified microbes. Today many more discoveries and ...

The CDC played an instrumental, if imperfect, role in the response to COVID-19. JHDT Stock Images LLC/iStock via Getty Images ...

Health experts say there ought to be no outbreaks in the United States. “Each outbreak signifies a lapse in our public health ...

Measles is rarely seen in the United States, but Americans are growing more concerned about the preventable virus as cases ...

Norovirus spreads easily and often causes vomiting, diarrhea, nausea and stomach pain, although people usually recover in a few days. And the virus has many names — stomach flu, stomach bug and cruise ...

Elon Musk claims he mistakenly fired Ebola prevention workers, then quickly fixed the error. But Ebola programs are still in ...

Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...

CDC sources said. One of the programs decimated by the cuts — the Laboratory Leadership Service fellowship — had previously ...

The Ministry of Health has intensified surveillance and screening at all 26 ports of entry into the country in the wake of the discovery of Ebola and Marburg in the neighbouring countries. Public ...