Katherine J. Wu

Halting the distribution of vaccines that the U.S. objects to will mean depriving kids of protection against dangerous diseases.

The outbreak will be difficult to contain, and international health organizations are scrambling to respond.

A passenger helped manage the outbreak after the ship’s doctor on the MV Hondius fell ill.

A ship is dealing with a hantavirus outbreak.

Sort of.

Scientists could be getting close.

The Indian Health Service needs more clinical workers. The federal health officials being transferred to the agency don’t fit that bill.

A judge suspended the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee, but also said the agency should be consulting it before making recommendations.

The state is in the midst of an outbreak, but its health department has been mostly silent.

The agency has been remade in the Trump administration, but its acting head says it still needs “renewal.”

The number of measles cases in the U.S. is too high to avoid the disease’s worst outcomes for long.