A new COVID-19 strain linked to a spike in cases in China has been detected in the U.S., but the CDC says it has seen so few ...

A new map based on official data lays bare Americans' shockingly low life expectancy. People in the US can now expect to live ...

Drug overdoses have been a point of focus for lawmakers in recent years, particularly alongside the rise of illicit fentanyl ...

Data: CDC; Note: 2024 data is provisional and may be underreported; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios Drug overdose deaths in ...

Foriest earned a bachelor’s in health science from Columbus State University. She also holds two master’s degrees: one in ...

The health secretary's stance on vaccines mirrors a broader decline in public support for childhood immunizations. A 2024 Gallup poll shows 40 percent of Americans say it's extremely important for ...

The FDA says 26 people, nine of whom were hospitalized, have gotten sick across 15 states. It is still figuring out where the ...

Data: CDC; Note: 2024 data is provisional and may be underreported; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios Drug overdose deaths in Arkansas last year dropped to 388, down from 538 in 2023, according to preliminary ...

Americans are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. State and local health ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccines for “healthy children and healthy pregnant women.” ...

“The COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC recommended immunization schedule,” Kennedy said. This reverses the previous CDC stance which had urged ...

Though they're states away, Dr. Jim McDonald with the New York State ... COVID-19 vaccines. I do worry that as immunization rates continue to erode, that these children will once again. The CDC ...