About 10% of Washington adults and 2.2% of high schoolers reported smoking cigarettes in 2022, says the American Lung ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging health care workers to accelerate bird flu testing for patients ...

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging health care ...

The agency says labs should accelerate testing on patients hospitalized with the flu within 24 hours of their admission.

People hospitalized for flu should be tested for bird flu within 24 hours, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday, in an expansion of the agency’s efforts to tackle ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released an advisory recommending clinicians expedite subtyping of type ...

A study revealed that both men and women with greater upper body strength report more lifetime sexual partners, challenging ...

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Twenty states (plus D.C.) had "very high" levels of the virus present in wastewater, an increase from 16 states the week before.

The previous year’s data, stretching from early July 2023 through late June 2024 shows HMPV testing positivity was relatively ...

More than 7 in 10 outbreaks have been linked to a new norovirus strain this season, according to the latest CDC figures.

(NEXSTAR) — Respiratory illnesses are spreading throughout the U.S., causing multiple states to see a spike in hospital ...