There is no replacement for reliable data from federal government databases. You’re reading The Checkup With Dr. Wen, a ...

A CDC webpage detailing tuberculosis (TB) trends among Asian persons is no longer accessible on the agency's website. The page cited federal surveillance data showing that Asian persons had the ...

In 2025, CDC databases faced unexplained pauses, affecting public health decision-making and transparency, with vaccination data particularly impacted. Factors contributing to these pauses included ...

While sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults fell last year, syphilis in newborns continued to rise, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the ...

Amid the disturbing news about public health in the United States, there may be some good news about sexually transmitted infections. On Sept. 24, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Maternal mortality rates in the United States have dropped to their lowest levels in recent years, according to new data ...

Flu activity is continuing to climb across the U.S. as hospitalizations rise, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The percent of outpatient visits for ...

Flu season is off to a rough start this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the virus arrived as expected, cases are rising faster, compared with previous years.

After years of alarming increases, fatal drug overdoses have finally dropped in America, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

About 92% of cases are among people who are unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown, CDC data shows.

But there can be changes between the provisional and final numbers ...