One doctor emphasizes that regardless of the strain of flu, it’s essential to follow the guidelines we used during the ...

Despite a recent 19% decrease in emergency department visits, health officials anticipate that Alabama's flu activity will ...

The following 14 states, along with New York City, are now at the CDC’s highest tier of influenza activity: Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, ...

The Alabama Department of Public Health issued a statement about its current investigation into certain “adverse events” ...

The new year is here - and so is the yearly seasonal increase in certain illnesses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention measures viral activity levels in wastewater for many illnesses.

Vaccination rates for shots that prevent diseases like polio, measles and others have fallen dramatically for some of the ...

A memo to senior leaders at the CDC told them that all staff who work with the WHO must immediately stop their collaborations ...

The Alabama Department of Public Health reports that there are 14,000 new HPV cases annually and 4,000 women die from the disease each year.

The map of flu activity across the United States continues to darken, both figuratively and literally, as case numbers spike upward in most states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

About 39.3% of adults in Alabama received a flu vaccine as of the week ending on January 4, compared to 43.2% nationwide.