The U.S. obesity rate is about 40%, according to a 2021-2023 survey of about 6,000 people. Nearly 1 in 10 of those surveyed ...

Opens in a new tab or window States increasingly struggling ... About 40% of adults in the U.S. have obesity, according to the CDC. Obesity can cause hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and high ...

Some of the more than a dozen states that cover GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic and Zepbound through Medicaid are scrambling ...

Obesity is at epidemic proportions in the United States where more than 40% of adults are obese and more than 70% are overweight. One common policy intervention to tackle this urgent issue is to try ...

Measles was declared eradicated in the USA in 2000, but recent sporadic outbreaks have been linked to international travelers and numerous unvaccinated people, based on CDC reports. States ...

It is unclear how much funding the state had been awarded and how much is now being pulled, but a 2023 news release shows that the CDC awarded the state a $37-million grant to help strengthen the ...

Currently, 13 states cover GLP-1 medications for obesity treatment, according to KFF, a nonprofit health policy research organization. However, the federal expansion would have cost Medicare an ...

ExploreMass layoffs at Atlanta-based CDC spread shock “CDC is in a state of chaos,” said Sonya Arundar, a former CDC employee who was cut in February along with hundreds of others.

when there were 285 cases reported for all of 2024 across 33 states, according to the CDC. The CDC noted that 90 percent of the 2025 cases were linked to three reported outbreaks — defined as ...