The new director of the CDC Dr. Erica Schwartz said the agency is prepared to handle a variety of disease outbreaks, as the U ...

New research from the CDC reveals ticks have migrated south, possibly creating more risks for Lyme disease. The spread is testing doctors' preparedness as diagnoses outside the Northeast become more ...

The Senate voted in favor of Dr. Erica Schwartz, who was deputy surgeon general during President Donald Trump’s first term.

Cyclosporiasis, a nasty parasitic infection that causes “explosive” watery diarrhea, has sickened dozens of people in Michigan and other parts of the United States. Cases of the gastrointestinal ...

The U.S. Senate voted 51-44 to confirm Schwartz as director of the nation's premier public health agency, ending a roughly year-long search for stability at the CDC. The vote was largely split along ...

FoodNet, a CDC-led federal collaboration, made tracking the cyclospora parasite optional in 2025.