Heading into an emergency response you know one thing: needs going into the crisis will always evolve and change. That’s to be expected,...

It has been five years since the West Africa Ebola epidemic in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone resulted in more than 28,000...

On Wednesday, July 17, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak in the eastern region of The Democratic Republic...

In Tanzania, there are 566 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births, representing the sixth highest maternal mortality ratio in the...

Ever wondered who are the first people sent out to investigate when a disease outbreak occurs? Enter the Centers for Disease Control and...

We all know someone who has suffered from a cardiovascular disease (CVD), which include disorders of the heart and blood vessels such as...

The CDC Foundation recently launched Contagious Conversations to share our conversations with leading health influencers who are...

Since 1981 we have lost more than 700,000 lives from HIV. Over the next decade more than 400,000 lives could be affected with HIV. Today...

Cervical cancer is preventable and treatable, so why is it the fourth most common cancer in women with an estimated 570,000 new cases...

Health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are racing to stop the latest flare up of Ebola, even as it has evolved and...