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.

The overall rate of obesity in the United States ticked downward between August 2021 and August 2023, breaking a streak of continued increase for over a decade.

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

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

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

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

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

Health officials identified three contacts, including two healthcare workers, who were closely monitored after a bird flu ...

A factor that has changed over time is hospitalization due to severe COVID infections. On Aug. 1, the statewide seven-day ...

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