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President-elect Donald Trump is rounding out his Cabinet with several choices to lead the nation's top health agencies. Dr. Richard Besser, former acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, joins CBS News to examine Trump's picks.
Laboratory findings show that Yu-Shang Food ready-to-eat meat and poultry products were making people sick, the CDC said.
The FDA says America's food supply is still "one of the safest in the world," despite some recent high-profile recalls and outbreaks.
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. If confirmed, Kennedy would be in charge of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Food and Drug Administration. CBS News political reporter Olivia Rinaldi has more.
ER visits for "walking pneumonia" have sharply risen in young children over the past six months. Dr. Celine Gounder, editor-at-large for public health at KFF Health News and CBS News medical contributor, discusses what this means for parents and caregivers.
The middle-aged Iowa resident had recently returned from travel to West Africa, where it is believed they contracted the virus.
According to the CDC, the E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders has spread to three new states. CBS News Colorado reporter Karen Morfitt has the latest.
Health officials are investigating a deadly E. coli outbreak involving McDonald's Quarter Pounder burgers. The CDC says 49 cases across 10 states have hospitalized at least 10 people and left one person dead. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Céline Gounder joins to discuss.
The worst rates of the infection known as "walking pneumonia" or "white lung pneumonia" are in young children ages 2 to 4 years old.
Rwanda says it's gaining control of a Marburg outbreak, but U.S. authorities are taking no chances as another killer virus spreads fast.
The CDC will urge Americans to "reconsider nonessential travel" to Rwanda.
Fewer young people are having sex, but the teens and young adults who are sexually active aren't using condoms as regularly, if at all.
Thanks to vaccinations, measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000. But measles cases are now back; one reason is that more families have exempted their children from routine immunizations than ever before.
Boar's Head will no longer make liverwurst and is indefinitely closing the location where the product was made, impacting 500 workers.
Officials grappling with spiraling mpox cases in Congo have moved forward the launch of a first vaccination campaign, but they say much more is needed.
Deadly listeria outbreak linked to recalled Boar's Head deli meat is the largest in the U.S. in more than a decade.
The CDC says this is the largest listeriosis outbreak since 2011.
From 1999-2023, the Journal of American Medical Association recorded 21,518 deaths where heat was either the underlying cause or the contributing cause of death, likely an underestimation, they say.
Officials have been warning of a return to the pre-pandemic trends of pertussis, also known as whooping cough.
As of Friday evening, three people have died in the U.S. due to the listeria outbreak linked to Boar's Head deli meats. In July, Boar's Head recalled seven million pounds of deli meats after a liverwurst sample collected in Maryland tested positive for listeria. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook joins to discuss the risks, diagnosis and how to stay safe.
A listeria outbreak linked to sliced deli meats has killed three people and sickened at least 43 others across 13 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC says it is too early to say if this year's summer COVID-19 surge has arrived.
The strain is "very, very similar" to the JN.1 variant from earlier this year.
A recent CDC study shows drowning deaths are on the rise in the U.S. World champion swimmer and four-time Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones is hoping to bring those numbers down. Jones joins CBS News to discuss how to stay safe in the water.
A new coronavirus variant is spreading through the U.S., according to the CDC. KP.2, also known as the "FLiRT" variant, is a mutation of the Omicron strain. Amira Roess, professor of global health and epidemiology at George Mason University, joins CBS News to discuss.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol accused the country's opposition of controlling the parliament and sympathizing with North Korea.
A Chinese national living in California is accused of exporting guns and ammunition to North Korea at the direction of North Korean agents.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider the constitutionality of a Tennessee law that prohibits gender-affirming care for minors experiencing gender dysphoria.
Senate Democrats met Tuesday morning to elect their leadership for the next two years, after Republicans flipped the chamber in the 2024 elections.
Truong My Lan was convicted of swindling money from Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) and sentenced to death for fraud totaling $27 billion.
Notre Dame is set to reopen this weekend after a 2019 fire, with a grand celebration.
Estimates show Americans drink twice as much during the holiday season as they normally do. Here's how the extra alcohol can impact your health.
A new Enron website appeared on Monday to proclaim its relaunch. It's been 23 years since the energy company went up in smoke.
Missouri is set to carry out its fourth execution this year on Tuesday night. The man condemned to death was convicted in a 9-year-old girl's 2007 murder.
The New York Film Critics Circle, one of the nation's oldest and most venerated critics' groups, is kicking movie awards season into high gear Tuesday as they select their choices for the best of 2024.
Candidates for the positions have stressed the need to be able to effectively counter President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress.
A Biden administration proposal would phase out a program that lets employers pay some workers less than $7.25 an hour.
Frontier is adding premium seating tier to its offerings. Here's what it will look like, and when it will be available.
A pregnant woman in Williamson County avoided disaster when her car's brakes failed and a deputy used a rolling roadblock to bring the vehicle to a safe stop.
A Biden administration proposal would phase out a program that lets employers pay some workers less than $7.25 an hour.
Frontier is adding premium seating tier to its offerings. Here's what it will look like, and when it will be available.
General Motors is adding over 132,000 heavy-duty pickups in the U.S. to a previous recall for tailgate release switches that can short circuit and open the gates while the trucks are in park.
A new Enron website appeared on Monday to proclaim its relaunch. It's been 23 years since the energy company went up in smoke.
Social Security beneficiaries have some changes coming in December and January, due to quirks of the calendar and a payment hike.
Candidates for the positions have stressed the need to be able to effectively counter President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress.
A Chinese national living in California is accused of exporting guns and ammunition to North Korea at the direction of North Korean agents.
Notre Dame is set to reopen this weekend after a 2019 fire, with a grand celebration.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol accused the country's opposition of controlling the parliament and sympathizing with North Korea.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider the constitutionality of a Tennessee law that prohibits gender-affirming care for minors experiencing gender dysphoria.
Estimates show Americans drink twice as much during the holiday season as they normally do. Here's how the extra alcohol can impact your health.
Feds find 11 kids illegally employed for at least 4 years at Seaboard Triumph Foods facility in Sioux City, Iowa.
A Yale study showed that older people with more positive beliefs about aging lived an average of 7.5 longer than people who equated aging with disease and decline. Actress and activist Jane Fonda and anti-ageism advocate Ashton Applewhite present "Sunday Morning" viewers with a key to living a longer life, by maintaining a better outlook.
President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., says fluoride can cause health problems and wants it removed from our drinking water. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Celine Gounder, editor-at-large for public health at KFF Health News, has more on the risks and benefits that come with fluoride.
The man's attorneys said the punitive and compensatory damages total the largest amount to ever be awarded by a jury in a medical malpractice case in the U.S.
A Chinese national living in California is accused of exporting guns and ammunition to North Korea at the direction of North Korean agents.
Notre Dame is set to reopen this weekend after a 2019 fire, with a grand celebration.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol accused the country's opposition of controlling the parliament and sympathizing with North Korea.
The stash of over 1,300 coins has become known as the Worcestershire Conquest Hoard.
Iran has released dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi more than two years after his backing of women's rights protests over Mahsa Amini's death landed him in prison.
The New York Film Critics Circle, one of the nation's oldest and most venerated critics' groups, is kicking movie awards season into high gear Tuesday as they select their choices for the best of 2024.
Jon M. Chu, the director of the movie "Wicked," spoke with "CBS Mornings" about working with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, along with the connection fans have with the film.
Actors Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut will reveal nominees for the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards on Dec. 9 during a live announcement on "CBS Mornings" and CBSNews.com.
Exclusively on "CBS Mornings Plus," YouTube's Culture and Trends lead Maddy Buxton joins us to reveal YouTube's top trends for 2024.
Jon M. Chu, the director behind the smash-hit "Wicked," joins "CBS Mornings" to talk about how he turned the beloved Broadway musical into a record-breaking blockbuster that has earned over $360 million worldwide.
Hackers' favorites top this year's list of most common passwords, with "123456," "password" and "qwerty123" leading the pack. Experts warn these choices make your accounts an easy target.
Bluesky has added millions of new subscribers in the last month as some users leave X. Here's what to know.
From labor shortages to environmental impacts, farmers are looking to AI to help revolutionize the agriculture industry. One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting.
In California, a company is running a pilot program for drone food delivery. Itay Hod takes a look at how the service works.
Canada's Competition Bureau says that an investigation found the company "unlawfully" tied together its ad tech tools to maintain its dominant market position.
CBS News tracked plastic cups meant to be recycled by Starbucks and found that most of those did not end up at recycling facilities. CBS News' David Schechter breaks down the investigation's findings.
Scientists now have a clearer picture of Camp Century, an abandoned U.S. military base long hidden under the ice in Greenland, thanks to a NASA research team's good luck.
Negotiators are far apart as the United Nations tries to work out the world's first treaty to curb plastic pollution. Issues creating roadblocks include limiting new manufacturing of plastic and the potential phasing out of some chemicals. For more on the talks, CBS News was joined by Erin Simon, vice president and head of plastic waste and business for the World Wildlife Fund in the U.S.
Forensic pathologists hope advanced DNA testing technology will enable them to attach names to all the unidentified people at the Honolulu Medical Examiner's Office.
At the Johnson Space Food Systems Laboratory in Houston, NASA scientists develop dishes – freeze-dried, heat-stabilized, or irradiated – to serve on the International Space Station. Correspondent David Pogue checks out what's on the menu in Earth orbit.
The gang and racketeering case involving rapper Young Thug ended as his co-defendants were acquitted of murder charges.
Truong My Lan was convicted of swindling money from Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) and sentenced to death for fraud totaling $27 billion.
A Michelin-starred chef called on the thieves who stole his van, along with 2,500 meat pies inside it, to embrace the holiday spirit.
Mamta Bhatt's body still has not been found, but investigators linked her DNA to the blood found in the couple's home, police said.
A South Carolina woman will spend 25 years in prison for a drunken crash that killed a bride on her wedding day in April 2023. Jamie Lee Komoroski pleaded guilty to several charges, including felony DUI. CBS News' Skyler Henry is outside the courthouse with more.
The Sombrero galaxy, named for its resemblance to the Mexican hat, is about 30 million light-years from Earth.
Marc and Sharon Hagle, both making their second space flight, were among the passengers for the NS-28 mission.
The ninth Blue Origin space tourism flight launched from West Texas Friday morning. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood and space expert Scott Heidler offered analysis of the flight.
President-elect Donald Trump attended SpaceX's sixth flight test of its Super Heavy-Starship on Tuesday with CEO Elon Musk. The burgeoning friendship between the two men played a key role in Trump's reelection, with Musk now set to run a government efficiency agency in the coming months. CBS News political reporter Jake Rosen and Politico aviation reporter Oriana Pawlyk join "America Decides" with more.
President-elect Donald Trump was on hand with Elon Musk for the sixth test flight of SpaceX's huge Super Heavy-Starship rocket.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Cayley Mandadi's mother and stepfather go to extreme lengths to prove her death was no accident.
See some of convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala's photographs that were discovered by detectives in a Seattle storage locker.
The seesaw marriage between the former ballerina and her much older husband only lasted four years, until she shot him on Sept. 27, 2020.
Live performances are in full swing this summer. Scroll through our concert gallery, featuring pictures by CBS News photojournalist Jake Barlow and photographers Ed Spinelli and Kirstine Walton.
A National Security Council spokesperson is expressing serious concerns over South Korea's president declaring martial law. This comes after President Yoon Suk Yeol accused the opposition party ruling the country's parliament of sympathizing with communist North Korea. CBS News' Willie James Inman, who is traveling with Mr. Biden in Angola, has the latest.
190 of 300 members of South Korea's parliament voted to defy President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law declaration issued late Tuesday. CBS News' Jen Kwon breaks down the latest on accusations of lawmakers there sympathizing with communist North Korea.
A South Carolina judge on Monday handed down a 25-year sentence to the drunk driver who hit and killed a bride on her wedding night in 2023. CBS News correspondent Skyler Henry has more on the tragic story and emotional day in court.
President Biden delivered remarks Tuesday at the National Museum of Slavery in Angola's capital, part of a trip that has seen Mr. Biden become the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Sub-Saharan African nation. CBS News White House reporter Willie James Inman followed the president's speech with context and analysis.
China has banned exports to the U.S. of some materials essential to the manufacturing of electronics and some military equipment. It comes in response to Washington's chip sanctions on Beijing. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady has the latest.