Erika Edwards

After weeks in quarantine, the Americans evacuated from a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak are set to return to their regular lives.

Florida health officials are pushing back against quarantine guidance from the CDC for passengers from the cruise ship MV Hondius exposed to the Andes hantavirus.

Measles cases in the U.S. reached 2,030 on Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

The World Cup is presenting a unique challenge for public health officials.

Five of the 18 U.S. cruise ship passengers quarantined in Nebraska went home Monday, halfway through their quarantine after being exposed to hantavirus, the CDC said.

The experimental drug daraxonrasib, which doubled survival time in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, may also prove effective for lung, colon and ovarian cancers.

For the first time, a blood test has been added to the list of the American Cancer Society’s recommended screenings for colorectal cancer.

For the first time, a blood test has been added to the list of the American Cancer Society’s recommended screenings for colorectal cancer.

The Trump administration hollowed out USAID last year, but the State Department denied the changes have hampered its response.

By the time the American surgeon who contracted Ebola was flown to Germany, he was barely able to stand on his own, according to leaders of the Christian missionary group with which he worked.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has grown to nearly 500 suspected cases and 116 deaths, the United Nations said Monday.