For decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stood as the cornerstone of public health in the United States—a scientific institution charged with monitoring disease, advising ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flu activity could continue to increase in the U.S. over the next few weeks, according to a top flu epidemiologist at the Centers ...

When Thomas Frieden took over as CDC Director less than a year ago, I didn't know what to think. A smart, frenetic and intense former CDC epidemiologist who was most recently head of the New York City ...