The 10303 ZIP code, which covers Mariners Harbor, had the highest rate of obesity among adults at 36.1%, followed by the ...

The HHS head does not believe the rising rate of autism spectrum disorder is linked to improvements in diagnostic practices, contradicting what the CDC says in a ...

When they stop, calls go back down. The CDC estimates that in the first five years of the campaign alone, an estimated 1 million Americans quit smoking, preventing 129,100 premature deaths.

About 1 in every 31 children were diagnosed with autism in 2022, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), continuing a trend of increases from previous ...

Kennedy Jr. to keep a proposed Biden-era rule that would have allowed Medicare and Medicaid to cover drugs used to treat obesity after the Trump administration decided not to finalize it.

Helene and her CDC colleagues lost their jobs in Elon Musk's DOGE-directed layoffs of about 10,000 staff at federal health agencies. On April 1, Helene and about 55 other public health workers ...

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has emerged as a leader, having responded to emergencies, mobilized resources and coordinated vaccine distribution on the continent ...

This week, the CDC’s government-chartered advisory body is meeting to consider a new round of immunization recommendations for adults and children. This meeting of the Advisory Committee on ...

What is our current understanding of how differences in sex can affect obesity prevalence, comorbidities, and treatment options?

More than 1 in 8 people ages 12 and up in the US have been depressed in recent years, according to data published Wednesday by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. Depression ...

Boys have consistently had higher rates of autism diagnosis than girls: In 2022, there was a 3.4-fold difference in rates among 8-year-olds, according to the new CDC report. Although that ratio ...