More Americans than ever now live long enough to retire. But even as longevity improves, certain risks continue to shape what ...

With flu season already hitting hard in parts of the world and COVID-19 still going around, public health experts are sounding the alarm.

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As we approach cold and flu season, the ongoing government shutdown could cause delays in disease tracking by the Centers for ...

Preventable injuries and deaths kill more Americans in the first half of life than any other cause, including cancer. Yet the ...

Local health departments warn the shutdown could hinder preparations for what may be another active flu season.

A public health group and a top-tier journal will partner to publish an alternative to the CDC's flagship weekly publication ...

Two institutions are coming together to create an alternative to the CDC’s vaunted Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ...

Last year’s flu season was long, brutal, and ultimately tragic. By the time infections had subsided in May, as many as 1.1 million Americans were estimated to have been hospitalized and as many as 100 ...

The consequences of the CDC’s gutting will be diffuse, given the agency’s many different functions, and they could take some time to materialize. Public health trends are measured in decades, not in ...

For the first time in more than a decade, the number of states with rates of obesity of 35% or more has dropped, an encouraging sign that America's epidemic of excess weight might be improving. But ...