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 ...
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 ...
Overdose deaths decline for second year in a row, down 14% nationwide
Overdose deaths declined for the second year in a row, fanning health experts’ hopes that the opioid crisis could be turning ...
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 ...
Members of Congress review plans for response to future pandemics, threats with health officials
Members of U.S. Congress heard from federal agencies about lessons learned during the pandemic and what the federal ...
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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 ...
'Polio, Measles' Memes Flood Social Media After 'Anti-Vax' RFK Jr. Tapped For HHS Secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
‘It’s definitely in the community' | CDC lowers age recommendation for pneumonia vaccine
The Centers for Disease Control lowered the age recommendation for people who should get the pneumonia vaccine from 65 to 50.