centers for disease control and prevention

New Yorkers are being warned about a dangerous, contagious outbreak affecting residents.

The CDC has updated this alert that concerns certain kinds of cantaloupes and fruit.

New Yorkers have something to celebrate as the latest data from the CDC shows that the state has one of the lowest smoking rates in the country.

As tempting as it may be to shovel raw cookie dough in your mouth, you don't want to unless the idea of diarrhea, vomiting, and more sounds appealing.

Looking for an excuse to practice abstinence? This would be it - a new super-strain of gonorrhea is spreading like wildfire. Oh, and it's antibiotic-resistant.