Telemarketing calls can be disruptive, and many of you have recently reported receiving calls from individuals claiming to work for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These callers aren’t trying to sell you anything—they’re asking a lot of questions. KPRC’s Amy Davis looked into the legitimacy of these calls after receiving several herself.

U.S. health officials said a California infant has died and at least 10 other people have been sickened in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that include chicken feet, duck neck and pork hock, feet and tongue.

There's some good news about sexually-transmitted diseases in newly released U.S. health data.

The student at a Houston Independent School District’s Bonham Elementary School has died after testing positive for Meningococcal Disease.

The district said the school sent notifications to families and information to staff and students who may have been in close contact with the confirmed case.

Authorities in Congo say the first batch of mpox vaccine has arrived in Congo’s capital, three weeks after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in 12 African countries a global emergency.

Africa's public health body is seeing a rapid increase in mpox cases, with almost 4,000 reported on the continent in the last week.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued new guidance on managing pain during IUD insertion, but doctors say the updated advice — while a step in the right direction — doesn’t tackle all of the sources of discomfort during the procedure.

According to Houston firefighters, at least 25 people on the flight reported feeling sick due to a cruise they were on.

There have been 17 times as many U.S. measles cases in the first three months of this year compared with the average number seen in the first three months of the previous three years.

The victim has been identified as Pedro Angel Gonzalez, 9, by family members.

The victim has been identified as Pedro Angel Gonzalez, 9, by family members.

About 37 million people have kidney disease, according to the CDC, and one million of them will die from it this year.

As you’re preparing to gather this holiday, could you be inviting flu, COVID or RSV into your home?

The holidays can be an exciting and joyous time for people who look forward to them, but for some, the holidays can bring on bouts of depression and sadness.

Texas and Washington D.C, are the only two parts of America spiking on the CDC weekly flu chart right now.

Sepsis is the body’s extreme response to an infection. It causes organ damage and death.In a typical year, at least 1.7 million adults in the U.S. develop sepsis, and at least 350,000 die in the hospital.

The CDC continues to track B.A.2.86. The new COVID variant has been detected in several countries, including the United States. Local doctors say the Houston area is seeing an uptick in patients with the COVID virus.

It’s pool season and with all the fun that comes with that, also comes some danger for inexperienced swimmers.

The CEO says on June 1, 30 tenants will move into the new Citadel Apartment Complex on Elgin Street near the downtown area, adding that the 74 units will be available to seniors ages 55 and older.

The number of people with highly drug-resistant bacterial infections linked to contaminated eyedrops has reached 81, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.

Two cases of highly contagious, drug-resistant ringworm infections have been detected in New York City — the first such cases reported in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.

Texas was the state that had the most congenital syphilis cases in the United States with 680 cases, according to a 2021 report published in April by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The U.S. has approved the first vaccine for RSV, shots to protect older adults.

Older Americans and people with weak immune systems can get an extra COVID-19 booster dose this spring.

New data details the nation’s worsening tide of sexually transmitted infections, but health officials are hoping an old drug will help the fight.

Doctors in the U.S. should be on the lookout for cases of Marburg virus, a rare but deadly infection, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an alert on Thursday.

For every American killed by gunfire, an estimated two or more more survive, often with terrible injuries.

The city of Houston's chief medical officer talks importance of getting tested for the virus early.

For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday released the new estimates of how common autism is.

U.S. cases of a dangerous fungus tripled over just three years, and more than half of states have now reported it.

A drug-resistant and potentially deadly fungus has been spreading rapidly through U.S. health care facilities, a new government study finds.

More than 300 passengers who set sail aboard the Ruby Princess late last month became sick after possibly contracting Norovirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning about a rise in extensively drug-resistant cases of the bacterial infection Shigella, a major cause of inflammatory diarrhea.

Vaccination rates for U.S. kindergarteners are down again, and federal officials are launching a new campaign to try to bring them up.

As COVID-19 surges in China, the U.S. is expanding its traveler surveillance program, an early warning system for detecting new variants.

Flu is decreasing in many parts of the country after an alarmingly early and strong start to the season.

The Biden administration attempted to end Title 42 earlier this year before a federal judge blocked the move. A different federal court has now ordered that the federal health order be lifted.

Kelsey-Seybold pediatrician Dr. Lekshmi Daram said the topic of kids, junk food and weight gain comes up a lot in her office. The CDC says 20% of U.S. children and teens carry excess weight, and it’s having an impact on overall health.

Kelsey-Seybold pediatrician Dr. Lekshmi Daram said the topic of kids, junk food and weight gain comes up a lot in her office. The CDC says 20% of U.S. children and teens carry excess weight, and it’s having an impact on overall health.

The City of Houston has officially lifted the boil water notice that has been in place since Sunday.

Title 42 was invoked early in the pandemic by the Trump administration and continued under President Joe Biden. Since then, immigration officials have used it more than 2 million times to turn away asylum-seekers at the border.

One in 44 U.S. children has autism. One in 45 adults is living with the disorder, according to the CDC. Here locally, these stats translate to some 165,000 Houstonians.

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Uganda next week will host a ministerial meeting on the outbreak of the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus which has no proven vaccine and has caused alarm in the East Africa region.

A federally funded study has found a possible link between aluminum in some childhood vaccines and persistent asthma, but experts say the study has several shortcomings.

State health officials and doctors will be in Houston this week to encourage people to get their COVID-19 vaccinations and updated booster shots.

The CDC estimates one million people in the country would benefit from HIV prevention medications known as PrEP.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo will provide an update on the monkeypox response and vaccination efforts Tuesday morning.

If you’re looking for your next getaway, cruises continue to be a pretty solid travel bargain.

With Harris County having a count of more than 1 million COVID cases, and Houston wastewater revealing seven times more of the virus than this time in 2020, local doctors are warning residents to take precautions when it comes to COVID-19.

Officials with the Galveston County Health District are asking residents to “mask up” once again, citing a current high level of COVID-19 cases in the community.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Friday ordered an additional 2.5 million doses of Bavarian Nordic’s JYNNEOS, an FDA-licensed vaccine indicated for prevention of smallpox and monkeypox, for use in responding to current or future monkeypox outbreaks and as part of U.S. smallpox preparedness.

June 27 is the annual National HIV Testing Day.

Congressman Al Green is hosting a press conference on gun violence prevention Tuesday.

You can’t eat the Jif peanut butter, but some of you emailed asking why you had to eat the cost of the Jif peanut butter you tossed over salmonella concerns.

Uber has joined many other businesses that have moved forward by no longer requiring mask use for rideshares following the CDC decision to its end mask order.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for COVID-19, her spokesman says.

Pleasant Hill Village Retirement Community was built in 1998, but decades before, the land was occupied by an auto repair shop, washateria and a dry cleaner. Three businesses that left behind toxic chemicals that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality confirmed have contaminated the soil and groundwater.

After the last couple years of living through a global pandemic, it seems as though most of us are itching to get in some good travel time.

The Executive Vice President at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. James McDeavitt, said Harris County is currently at a “medium risk” with COVID, and he expects over the next few weeks that it will be considered low risk, despite people gathering at large events like the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

New ages for developmental milestones are aimed at creating less confusion for parents.

White House COVID-19 Response Team and federal public health officials will hold a news briefing to provide updates on the coronavirus (COVID-19) response effort.

Donna Tovalin of Cypress got her fourth dose of the COVID vaccine this week.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will conduct its National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey within Harris County.

The NFL is reducing isolation time for players who test positive for COVID-19 and are asymptomatic, including unvaccinated players, to five days from 10.

As long lines wrap testing facilities, Houston-area doctors are providing guidance on the more effective and optimal time to wait before getting tested.

Not all parents are ready for their child to be vaccinated, despite the first shots of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccination being administered to children ages 5-11 on Wednesday.

U.S. health officials on Tuesday gave the final signoff to Pfizer’s kid-size COVID-19 shot, a major expansion of the nation’s vaccination campaign.

The U.S. is rolling out new COVID-19 rules for travelers flying into the country.

KPRC 2 has teamed up with Telemundo Houston to make it easy for more people in our community to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Unvaccinated people are 11 times more likely than vaccinated people to die from COVID-19, CNBC reported, citing a large study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

When it comes to COVID-19, there has been a lot of discussion about antibodies.

The Texas Department of State Health Services said there have been “343 clinically severe vaccine breakthrough cases reported in Texas,” dating back to Feb. 8, 2020, the date the state of Texas started tracking them.

This is information from the CDC about RSV, an illness which is "spreading rapidly" among Houston-area children.

Following a reversal of guidelines regarding mask-wearing made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), multiple U.S. retailers and food chains have announced they’re reinstating their mask policies.

As the Delta variant continues to spread some people are nervous hoping a third shot or booster shot will give them more immunity and they are getting it deceptively.

Businesses large and small are reinstituting mask mandates and some are even requiring vaccines of their customers as U.S. coronavirus cases rise.

There are new growing concerns surrounding the Delta variant which is surging across the United States. Federal health officials said it appears to cause more serious illness than previously thought, and spreads as easily as chickenpox.

Several Houston-area counties are listed as COVID-19 hotspots, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 Data Tracker.

Republicans are responding with hostility to new masking guidance from public health officials.

Vaccine advisers for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met Thursday to discuss recommendations on new safety issues concerning the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and to review preliminary data on whether vaccine boosters will be needed in the future, especially for people with weak immune systems.

A single case of monkeypox has been reported in Dallas County, Texas health officials said Friday.

The American Lung Association is warning Texans after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory following an increase of respiratory syncytial virus, commonly known as RSV.

A rabid dog imported into the United States this month has sparked a public health investigation across several states.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that it has awarded the Texas Department of State Health Services and several Texas health jurisdictions $193,304,367 to address COVID-19-related health disparities.

What’s the protection if you’ve had the virus? Do you really need the vaccine?

The Houston Astros announced that it will increase to maximum capacity for fans at Minute Maid Park for the remainder of the season starting Tuesday.

Not everyone is giving up wearing a face mask despite the latest government guidance that means fully vaccinated Americans can uncover their faces in many cases.

As the CDC eases up on the COVID-19 guidelines, many Houston-area businesses are evaluating their mask policies.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers.

President Joe Biden spent his first 100 days in office encouraging Americans to mask up and stay home to slow the spread of COVID-19.

There has been a change in quarantine protocols for students and staff in Fort Bend ISD.

Rodger Rees, the director of the Port of Galveston, has asked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asking for his help in pressuring the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to lift its moratorium on cruises by the summer.