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A patient suffering from Ebola-like symptoms has been admitted to Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C.

The over-prescribing of painkillers is fuelling nearly 17,000 annual deaths from overdoses in the United States, says the CDC.

Efforts by Nigeria and Senegal apparently have contained the Ebola outbreaks in those countries.

The two infected Americans are returning to the U.S. for treatment at Emory University Hospital’s isolation unit.

A new study shows almost one-third of children have misconceptions about their weight.

A recent CDC report found that limited access and poor policy keep people from exercising.

RFK Jr., the lawyer and environmental activist, has joined the anti-vaccination movement with a "dangerous" crusade linking vaccines and autism.

CDC, on Friday, shut down two labs that mishandled anthrax and bird flu viruses and barred shipment of samples from high security labs.

Vials of smallpox from the 1950's were found in a Food and Drug Administration Laboratory in Maryland and the Center for Disease and Control is still investigating how this could happen.

The government agency released a comprehensive survey on Thursday, outlining health risks to teens.

Passengers on US Airways Flight 2846 were shocked to hear they may have been exposed to tuberculosis after another traveler with a suspected infection was found to be aboard.

The Centers for Disease Control is moving to track and combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the United States.

Little Rock’s Willow Springs Water Park has closed after a second child in three years contracted a rare brain-eating amoeba.

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The increasing proportion of parents that do not intend to vaccinate their daughters against HPV is "troubling," one researcher said.

In the second volume of her annual report, Professor Dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer for England, said antibiotic resistance is labeled a "catastrophic threat" that needs immediate attention.

A recall has been issued for ground beef after a salmonella outbreak in the meat caused illness in five states.

A new strain of the norovirus, better known as a stomach bug, originating in Sydney, is expected to wreak havoc on America as it has in other parts of the world.

One of the president's gun control proposals would lift a de facto ban on federally funded research examining gun violence.

A new study conducted by the Center for Disease Conrol has determined that one in eight U.S. women binge drink.

Flu season usually lasts until March, so it's not too late to build up your immunity. Early stats suggest a moderately severe flu season.

Women may have been more adamant about using birth control during the Great Recession than they were previously, according to the U.S. CDC.

Malaria, a mosquito-borne infectious disease, is typically associated with tropical nations of Africa and Asia.

Federal investigators searched Tuesday the New England Compounding Center, which supplied drugs tied to the deadly meningitis outbreak.

The known number of people with fungal meningitis in a multistate outbreak that has already killed seven rose to 91 on Sunday from 64 on Saturday, according to data provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

While the mass amount of zombie apocalypse stories that have dominated recent headlines are not convincing many people of the actual existence of the species, the Security firm HALO Corp. has decided to not take any chances.

More than 95 percent of kindergartners were vaccinated for diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, polio and hepatitis B, meeting federal guidelines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a new report.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control said on Wednesday that 1,118 cases of West Nile virus infections and 41 deaths had been reported so far this year, up from fewer than 700 cases and 26 deaths just one week ago.

About two-thirds of U.S. teens and young adults have had oral sex mistakenly thinking it’s a safer alternative to regular intercourse, according to a study released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.