The U.S. maternal mortality rate decreased to 18.6 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2023, down from 22.3 in 2022, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A federal scientific publication has returned from a forced two-week hiatus with two papers examining the health effects of ...

The CDC on Thursday published its famed Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for the first time since the Trump administration ordered the nation’s various health agencies to freeze public ...

Leaders have been told urgently to rank thousands of their employees who are in probationary periods, with as many as 40 percent to be deemed not mission-critical.

Medicare beneficiaries often pay monthly premiums, copays, annual deductibles and prescription drug costs. But what you may ...

Scientists and public health leaders are taking stock of the Trump administration's abrupt decision to pull down web pages, ...

Whooping cough cases are rising across the country, with the CDC reporting a nearly 270% increase in Colorado between 2023 ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday warned doctors and other healthcare workers about an outbreak ...

Infectious-disease experts and former CDC officials have criticized the holdup, suggesting that there is political benefit to ...

When it comes to the potential of H5N1 avian flu, otherwise known as bird flu, picking up mutations that may lead to human-to ...