North Dakota has reported its first case of measles in more than a month, just as the state hit a milestone that declared the ...

The criminal justice system has been the federal government's main avenue for tackling drug addiction since President Richard Nixon effectively launched the "War on Drugs" in 1971. But drug overdose ...

Cases of COVID-19 are on the rise or likely rising across half of the U.S. including much of the south as well as the West Coast, according to a weekly update from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Emergency room visits for tick bites are spiking across the U.S. this summer, with CDC data showing a sharp increase compared ...

Many women with serious underlying medical conditions like heart disease need birth control that won't make their conditions ...

We found indoor-air conversations now headline health briefings. Wildfire maps show 3.1 million acres burned in Alaska and ...

The Associated Press A sign is displayed outside the Seminole Hospital District offering measles testing, Feb. 21, 2025, in ...

A new federal estimate shows that nearly 1 in 3 U.S. adolescents had prediabetes in 2023, far higher than a previous estimate ...

Cancer deaths linked to obesity have tripled in the United States over the past two decades, according to a study being presented Sunday at ENDO 2025, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in San ...

The new study found that Midwestern states had the highest rates of obesity-linked cancer deaths, while the Northeast fared ...

Obesity-related cancer deaths increased more than threefold between 1999 and 2020, according to an analysis of the CDC WONDER ...

The CDC emphasizes the importance of routine cervical cancer screenings through Pap and HPV tests, which are vital for early ...