Training program participants bolstered the workforce of state and local public health departments that for decades have been starved of resources.

Q: I am a fairly healthy 77-year-old woman who has always been dutiful about being fully vaccinated. In reading about the, I’m wondering how I can find out about whether or not I have received the measles vaccine.

Dysentery has made an unsettling comeback in Portland, Oregon with the diarrhea-inducing disease causing an uptick in cases in the densely populated region. Spreading among vulnerable populations without stable housing or access to proper hygiene,

The nation’s top public health agency is inviting about 180 employees back to work about two weeks after laying them off

Officials said Friday that Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman, died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome last month in the couple’s home in New Mexico.

Lawmakers in Oregon are deliberating on a bill prohibiting the sale of flavored nicotine products across the state.

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — Lawmakers are considering a bill that would mandate pre-screenings for cytomegalovirus (CMV) in newborns.