Overdose deaths increased in Nevada and four other states as national numbers declined, according to provisional data ...

Overdose deaths declined for the second year in a row, fanning health experts’ hopes that the opioid crisis could be turning ...

If the new administration embraces proposals to cut the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's budget and its mission, ...

According to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Wednesday overdose deaths are down 14% from ...

Although 2.46 million new instances of STIs were reported, the last year saw a significant drop in cases of gonorrhea and primary and secondary syphilis — primarily driven by the LGBTQ+ community.

President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the country’s most notorious vaccine skeptics, to ...

Infant mortality rates were relatively unchanged from 2022 to 2023, but racial disparities still persist, according to new ...

A new CDC report shows at least 16,000 lives were saved over a 12-month period. Experts say the U.S. is experiencing the biggest drop in fatal overdoses seen since the opioid crisis began in the 90s.

Experts are unsure as to what is causing the decline, which saw deaths decrease by some 14% between June 2023 and 2024.

After decades of battling the opioid epidemic, U.S. health officials reported Wednesday that overdose deaths have now ...

Global measles cases surged by more than 20% to an estimated 10.3 million last year, the WHO and the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

The COVID-19 vaccination rate of those in nursing homes also is better this year, at 27% compared to 21% around the same time ...