The U.S. maternal mortality rate fell to 17.9 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2024, statistically similar to the 2023 rate of 18.6 per 100,000, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control ...

The CDC had remarkable data on smoking rates last fall, but it no longer had smoking experts available to review it and ...

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

Viral mismatch between circulating strains and vaccine may have weighed down effectiveness ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday revealed that childhood and teen obesity rates in the U.S.

For the second week in a row, 11 US children died of influenza, and while flu activity remains elevated across the country, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A child gets an MMR vaccine at a clinic put on by Lubbock Public Health Department in Lubbock, Texas, in March. States have been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A child gets an MMR vaccine at a clinic put on by Lubbock Public Health Department in Lubbock, Texas, in March. States have been ...

CDC data show SARS-CoV-2 and RSV continue to impact younger children and older adults, with significant hospitalization and mortality rates across the US.

Rates infection related cancer have increased among solid organ transplant recipients, CDC reports a five-fold rise in Kaposi sarcoma virus transmission.