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For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday released the new estimates of how common autism is. It estimates that 1 in 36 children who were age 8 in 2020 had autism. That’s up from 1 in...

The CDC reported Tuesday that three people have died, and four others have had eyeballs removed because of bacterial infections linked to contaminated eyedrops.

The fungus, called Candida auris, was first reported in the United States in 2016.

The fungus, a type of yeast called Candida auris, or C. auris, can cause severe illness in people with weakened immune systems.

The tick-borne disease is spreading in the U.S., according to a CDC report.

Cases of a worldwide tick-borne disease have significantly increased in the Northeastern United States between 2011 and 2019, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A new study finds an unexpected jump in unexplained deaths in Black infants during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic.

Federal health officials are warning parents of newborns to sterilize equipment used for both bottle- and breast-feeding after a baby died last year from a rare infection tied to a contaminated breast pump.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning against the drug-resistant bacteria.

Despite the troubling trend reported by the CDC, sexual violence experts have an empowering message: ‘Our girls are not broken.’

A report released Monday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control paints an alarming picture of American teenagers, their mental health and experiences of sexual violence, particularly among young women of high school age. 

A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that high school students in the U.S., especially teen girls, are experiencing an unprecedented “wave of violence and trauma.”

At least one person has died, and others were blinded, after using the over-the-counter artificial tears, the CDC said.

Some scientists are concerned the COVID-19 surge in China could unleash a new coronavirus variant on the world that may or may not be similar to the ones circulating now.

The CDC is investigating a possible increase in severe cases of strep A, especially in children.

The CDC data show U.S. life expectancy has fallen to its lowest level in 26 years.

Respiratory viruses, including COVID, flu and RSV, are spreading across the U.S. — and so are other infections. So how long are you contagious with some of the more common ones? Find out here.

With respiratory viruses surging, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering adding new metrics into its guidelines for certain health recommendations, like masking. But for now, the agency is encouraging everyone, particularly those at high community levels for COVID, to mask up and take added precautions in the lead-up to the holidays.

Researchers, public health advocates, and health care companies are urging the federal government to green light at-home testing kits to help stem the growing number of Americans with STDs.

U.S. home births increased slightly in the pandemic’s second year, rising to the highest level in decades.