The CDC is warning clinicians and state health departments to watch for bird flu cases after a Texas resident was infected, presumably from dairy cattle.

While health officials say the threat avian flu poses to humans remains low, the situation is being closely monitored and taken "very seriously," the CDC director told ABC News in an April 3 report — days after a person in Texas tested positive for bird flu.

A person in Texas has tested positive for bird flu, state and federal health officials confirmed April 1. The individual is believed to have been exposed to dairy cattle in Texas presumed to be infected with the H5N1. 

Measles cases have increased sharply in the U.S. over the past week, new CDC data shows. 

The CDC is warning an invasive meningococcal strain is on the rise and disproportionately affects people ages 30 to 60.

Americans' life expectancies are declining right alongside their happiness scores, according to U.S. News & World Report. 

The FDA is warning consumers to avoid over-the-counter topical pain relief products that contain high concentrations of lidocaine and has sent warning letters to six companies marketing unapproved products. 

The CDC found 214 outbreaks and 88 deaths over five years were associated with drinking water.

The U.S. has recorded more measles cases in the first three months of 2024 than all of last year, CDC data shows.

Overdose deaths hit a record high in 2022, though the increase was only up slightly from the year prior, new CDC data shows. 

Four years after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, the National Institutes of Health is sunsetting its COVID-19 treatment guidelines, NPR reported March 19. 

A team of researchers at Cleveland-based Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is urging the medical community to prioritize enhanced awareness and education on drug-resistant fungi as the number of global fungal infections grows. 

The CDC has issued a health alert as the U.S. faces a growing tally of measles cases this year, urging clinicians to ensure children are up to date on their measles-mumps-rubella vaccinations. 

The Environmental Protection Agency banned ongoing uses of asbestos, a carcinogen that is linked to more than 40,000 annual deaths, the White House said March 18. 

CDC experts are defending how the agency calculates maternal deaths after researchers from several universities have said the CDC's method inflates numbers, according to Politico's reporting.

New research calls into question the severity of the nation's maternal mortality crisis, finding that flawed data has inflated death rates over the past two decades. 

Support is growing for a little-known psychedelic drug called ibogaine that could help people overcome addiction, but concerns over its impact on the heart remain, The Washington Post reported March 14.

A higher percentage of children worldwide are living beyond their fifth birthdays as childhood mortality rates hit a record low in 2022, according to a joint report published by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation.

 The FDA has requested $7.2 billion from the president's proposed budget for next year — funding the agency says will bolster the nation's supply chain, support infrastructure upgrades and expand the public health workforce. 

Officials with the New Mexico Department of Health confirmed that a man has died following hospitalization with the bubonic plague.