Measles is debilitating and deadly, and cases are surging, WHO and CDC warn
Global measles cases surged by more than 20% to an estimated 10.3 million last year, the World Health Organization and the US ...
Cramer says an RFK Jr.-run HHS ultimately won't tank junk food and drug industries
HHS houses major health agencies in the U.S., like the FDA, the CDC and the NIH, and it’s also responsible for Medicare and ...
Trump picks RFK Jr., anti-vaccine activist, for health and human services secretary
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist who dropped out of the ...
What to know about RFK Jr.'s stances on key health issues and what he could do at HHS
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick​ to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, has raised controversy on topics ...
RFK Jr. has been picked for HHS secretary. Here are the agencies he would oversee
With RFK Jr. nominated for Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services, these are all the agencies, including the ...
H5N1 bird flu infects five more humans in California, and one in Oregon
Health officials have announced six more H5N1 bird flu infections in humans: five in California and the first known case in ...
Opioid overdose deaths drop for 12th straight month, now lowest since 2020
Opioid overdose deaths have now slowed to the lowest levels nationwide since 2020, according to new estimates from the ...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released 2023 STD case numbers that show improvement nationally, but Georgia lags
Georgia continues to see a high rate of sexually transmitted diseases, despite a drop in case numbers nationally, according to the CDC ...
Cases of the bird flu are seeing an uptick in Texas and beyond. Here's what to know
Reports this week of a teen in British Columbia who tested positive for H5 avian influenza has renewed attention on the virus ...
Cases of highly infectious and preventable measles surged across the globe by 20 percent last year
Cases of measles, a highly contagious viral infection, rose across the world by 20 percent last year. While measles ...
First human case of bird flu in Oregon confirmed by CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday confirmed Oregon’s first case of a human contracting bird flu, ...
Legionnaires’ disease outbreak linked to cruise ship hot tubs, CDC says
Recent outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease have been linked to cruise ship hot tubs, according to CDC reports. Infectious ...