Veterinarian in a milking barn (Photo by Getty Images). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a glitch in its bird flu test hasn’t harmed the agency’s outbreak response. But it has ...

It's been nearly three months since the U.S. government announced an outbreak of the bird flu virus on dairy farms. The World Health Organization considers the virus a public health concern because of ...

What should you do if you or someone you have been in close contact with tests positive for coronavirus? How long are you contagious, how long should you quarantine for and when should you get tested?

In a close vote, U.S. health experts ended a long-standing rule that gave nearly every newborn a hepatitis B vaccine right ...

Schools that opt to test unvaccinated students exposed to COVID-19 in the classroom rather than forcing them to stay home in 10-day quarantines aren't necessarily risking an outbreak, the CDC said ...

In early February 2020, Kirsten St. George and her team at New York state’s public health lab received a test developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to diagnose people infected ...

If you test positive for COVID-19 after quarantining and no longer showing symptoms, do you still have to remain in isolation? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a person is ...

The CDC also said it is ending test-to-stay in schools. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its COVID-19 guidance Thursday to ease recommendations for people who are unvaccinated ...

People with COVID-19 won’t be required to test negative to leave quarantine because rapid tests aren’t designed to determine how contagious a person is, the director of the Centers for Disease Control ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a glitch in its bird flu test hasn’t harmed the agency’s outbreak response. But it has ignited scrutiny of its go-it-alone approach in testing for ...