Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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  CDC: Language barrier caused chlorine gas leak

  A chlorine gas leak that sickened nearly 200 people at a Tyson Foods plant in Arkansas last year happened because a worker who couldn't read the ... 

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  CDC says US flu season starts early, could be bad

  Flu season in the U.S. is off to its earliest start in nearly a decade — and it could be a bad one. Health officials on Monday said suspected flu ... 

• CDC: HIV spread high in young gay males

  Health officials say 1 in 5 new HIV infections occur in a tiny segment of the population — young men who are gay or bisexual. The government on ...