SALINAS, CA − A lethal fungus has quietly spread in the soil across the West. Now, it’s threatening areas well beyond the dusty deserts and valleys where it likely originated. Valley fever, a disease ...

Although the name sounds endearing, the 'kissing bug' disease is nothing to fawn over. The disease is now being considered as an endemic classification, according to an August report from the Center ...

A study is asking the Centers for Disease Control to declare Chagas disease, also known as "kissing bug" disease, an endemic after cases have been reported in eight different states. Since 2013, ...

Dozens of people traveling on a Royal Caribbean cruise have been sickened due to a norovirus outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Sept. 29. At least 71 people have come ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

WARREN, Mich. (WXYZ) — A General Motors engineering building will be closed for the rest of the week after two employees tested positive for Legionnaires' disease ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A parasitic disease called Chagas may be establishing itself in the United States, and the “kissing bugs” that cause the illness are known to live in Ohio, according to a ...

There is absolutely nothing romantic about the so-called kissing bug disease that has been making headlines lately. But there’s also not much that Texans should be afraid of. For the past few weeks, ...

Unlike other agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be subject to significant “reductions in force” if the government shuts ...

The committee voted for separate MMR and varicella vaccines for the first dose in toddlers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) ...