Sarah Anwar

Approximately 10% of women diagnosed with high risk human papillomavirus (HPV) develop cervical cancer.

Fear of a Zika epidemic in Puerto Rico lead the HHS to initiate the transportation of "safe blood" to the island on March 5, 2016, two days before the CDC Director, Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, arrived there to evaluate the CDC's support for Zika response and inform residents about prevention methods.

Each year 20,000 children are hospitalized due to the flu. In the 2014/2015 winter season alone, 148 children lost their lives to the virus.

Several universities across the country and three cruise lines experience severe norovirus outbreaks, numbers totaling in the thousands.

As has recently been seen in Flint, MI, it is vital to know the risk for this deadly disease and the steps to take to prevent Legionella bacteria from flourishing.

Eighteen Wisconsin residents who have been struck with bloodstream infections caused by the Elizabethkingia anophelis bacteria, have died.

A recent study demonstrates the first evidence of the national impact of the HPV vaccine among females in their 20s.

Recent outbreaks of mumps in 14 US cities have prompted health alerts from local officials.

The student was diagnosed with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) on February 7, 2016 at Liberty Elementary School of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.