The latest CDC survey found 4 in 10 adults in the U.S. were obese. A map shows the states with the highest and lowest rates.

The COVID-19 variant KP.3.1.1 rose 12.7% and now makes up over 50% of COVID cases, the CDC Nowcast data tracker shows.

Whooping cough cases have gone up in the U.S. compared to last year, according to new statistics from the Centers for Disease ...

Another health care worker who was exposed to a Missouri patient who tested positive for bird flu developed respirato ...

More than 100 million American adults have obesity and more than 20 million adults have severe obesity, U.S. figures show.

CDC researchers recently found that 60% of children and teens in American Samoa had been infected with dengue — a troubling ...

Alaska had the biggest decline in average life expectancy of all U.S. states in 2021, a year when health outcomes were ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Thursday that it will reorganize its Office of Health Equity ...

Lyme disease is the most prevalent insect-borne disease in the US, with far more cases each year than other diseases such as ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises hospitals to improve diagnoses by improving communication with ...

The deaths coincide with drops in vaccinations among children. As of May 11, just over 53% of children between ages 6 months ...

Learn how wastewater surveillance is now being used to detect foodborne pathogens like Salmonella, offering a new tool in ...