St. Louis County recently launched Tick Watch STL.Since starting the tick-tracking program, the county's Vector-Borne Disease Prevention Unit has identified 483 ticks, and of those, 6 of them were ...

May 1 is Lyme Disease Awareness Day, and the entire month of May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. The St. Louis County Health Department Vector-Borne Disease Prevention Unit wants you to mark the ...

Among 152 coastal counties studied, those with very high levels of marine microplastics showed higher rates of diabetes, ...

Global efforts to protect children against diseases including measles, polio and tuberculosis have stalled since 2010, ...

New research reveals how seasonal diseases impact our willingness to follow health measures. People are less likely to follow ...

HHS plans to fold the CDC's chronic disease center into the new Administration for a Healthy America. Experts fear for coordination with local health departments, among other things.

Legionnaires' disease is a rare but potentially deadly lung infection if not treated promptly. It's transmitted by inhaling ...

Parkinson’s disease prevention may ‘begin at the dinner table’ By . Sandee LaMotte. Updated May 7, 2025, 5:05 PM ET. PUBLISHED May 7, 2025, 4:24 PM ET. Video Ad Feedback.

People demonstrate outside the main campus of the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on April 1, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images) ...

The CDC teams that supported local sexual assault prevention groups were 'wiped out' in RFK Jr.'s ... The division is part of the Injury Center at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC division responsible for asthma control and lead poisoning prevention has been effectively eliminated as part of the layoffs at HHS.