The decline in U.S. drug-overdose deaths appears to have continued this year, giving experts hope the nation is seeing sustained improvement in the persistent epidemic. There were about 97,000 ...

Waning vaccine coverage has fueled a 20% spike in measles cases worldwide, with 10.3 million people struck by the prev ...

In October, provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found overdose deaths decreased by 10% ...

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, ...

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.

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

The CDC did not break out most data for county or region, but for New York State in 2023, there were 12,393 cases of all ...

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.

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 Control and Prevention said ...