The 2025 report does not mention LGBTQ+ students or sexual and gender identity. It also provides fewer detailed demographic ...

CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries provides money and technical assistance for population-based registries that collect information about cancer cases, allowing public-health officials to ...

Top Senate Democrats are pressing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) about an apparent delay in making COVID-19 shots available through a federal program for low-income children. In a ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 49,000 Americans died by suicide in 2024. The number of ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention functions as the primary federal agency responsible for protecting public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease. Operating ...

While having high blood pressure or high cholesterol may seem like more obvious heart disease risk factors, your skin may be ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Erica Schwartz to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC has been going through turmoil and several leadership ...

The workplace is a critical suicide prevention setting. Managers are not clinicians but must engage with their teams to ...

Sept. 22 marked Falls Prevention Awareness Day, and the numbers behind it deserve more attention than they get.