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

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 ...

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 ...

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Rodent-borne disease that kills 5,000 every year could worsen. Here’s why - Lassa fever causes 5,000 deaths every year and it ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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