Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Kansas City Parade Shooting and Gun Violence: Young Victims, Young Suspects

In the Super Bowl parade shooting, many of the wounded were children, and the two people charged so far in connection with the gunfire are also under 18.

Could Your Cat Give You the Plague?

Human cases are rare in the United States, but in some Western areas cats that hunt rodents can become infected — and even pass on the disease to their owners.

Mandy Cohen, New CDC Director, Tries to Foster Trust in a Battered Agency

Five months into her tenure at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Mandy K. Cohen is trying to put a human face on public health.

How A Rare Myocarditis Death Caught the Attention of the Anti-Vaccine Movement

A 24-year-old’s sudden death devastated his family — and caught the attention of the movement of vaccine opponents.

U.S. Rate of Suicide by Firearm Reaches Record Level

Gun suicides increased from prepandemic rates in all racial and ethnic groups, but the degree of change differed drastically.