Obesity rates in US not growing for first time in a decade, but severe obesity on the rise: CDC
The overall rate of obesity in the United States ticked downward between August 2021 and August 2023, breaking a streak of ...
Obesity rate in U.S. adults no longer growing, new CDC data suggests
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.
Obesity in America: CDC looks at prevalence and health risks
More than 4 in 10 U.S. adults have obesity, putting them at risk of chronic conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes, ...
This dominant COVID-19 variant accounts for over 50% of cases, new CDC data shows
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 on the rise in the US, CDC says
Whooping cough cases have gone up in the U.S. compared to last year, according to new statistics from the Centers for Disease ...
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CDC research finds troubling statistics about dengue in American Samoa
CDC researchers recently found that 60% of children and teens in American Samoa had been infected with dengue — a troubling ...
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CDC Launching ‘Agency-Wide Strategy’ On ‘Health Equity’ For LGBT, Minorities
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Thursday that it will reorganize its Office of Health Equity ...
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Good and Bad News on the Obesity Front in the U.S.
The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers some good and bad news about ... has continued to increase during that same time. On Tuesday, the CDC’s National Center for ...
Obesity prevalence among US adults falls slightly to 40%, remains higher than 10 years ago: CDC
More than 100 million American adults have obesity and more than 20 million adults have severe obesity, U.S. figures show.
Alaska’s life-expectancy drop was biggest among all states in pandemic year of 2021, CDC says
Alaska had the biggest decline in average life expectancy of all U.S. states in 2021, a year when health outcomes were ...
Lyme disease is on the rise. See case counts for NC + how to avoid tick bites
Lyme disease is the most prevalent insect-borne disease in the US, with far more cases each year than other diseases such as ...
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Second Health Care Worker Linked to Missouri Bird Flu Case Also Had Symptoms: CDC
Another health care worker who was exposed to a Missouri patient who tested positive for bird flu developed respiratory ...