Disease outbreaks

People walk by a Covid-19 testing site at Times Square on May 12, 2022 in New York City.Liao Pan | China News Service | Getty ImagesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

(The stream is slated to start at 10:00 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a video above at that time.)TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before the House Energy…

Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel on Wednesday defended the company's plans to hike the price of its Covid shots fivefold, deflecting pressure at a Senate hearing to abandon the increase…

Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the…

(The stream is slated to start at 10:15 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a video above at that time.)The Senate on Thursday is holding its first hearing on the…

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is holding a hearing titled "Evaluating U.S.-China Policy in the Era of Extreme Competition."The hearing comes two days after President Joe…

Hispanic dialysis patients face a 40% higher risk of developing a staph bloodstream infection compared with whites, underscoring economic and racial disparities in the U.S.…

Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion, are seen at the Women's Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion…

Drug overdose deaths among adolescents surged during the Covid-19 pandemic, driven overwhelmingly by illicit fentanyl, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control…

The latest omicron boosters are 84% effective at keeping seniors 65 and older from being hospitalized with Covid-19 compared with the unvaccinated, according to a study published…