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 ...

Doctors and public health officials are concerned about the drop in health alerts from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Cervical cancer is deadliest among lower-income countries and is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Kenya, according to 2024 data from the World Economic Forum. This is a public health issue six ...

Dozens of routinely updated CDC databases have gone quiet. Here’s what states and medical societies are doing to preserve U.S ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ views of health issues facing the country today, the influence of various groups and institutions on health policy, and the federal ...

"Our study shows this is not a localized problem anymore." Officials issue warning as 'life-threatening' syndrome cases surge: 'Has gone from a medical curiosity to a major public health issue' first ...

In a week of hand-wringing and finger-pointing over what Democrats might have done differently in this year’s presidential election, one big topic has been absent from the conversation: Health care ...

In response to this, many states are abandoning federal leadership and forging their own path. Less than a week after an advisory committee at the CDC changed a recommendation on when infants should ...

Grief is a universal experience. But as the overdose epidemic continues to claim thousands of lives each year in the United States, we must confront an overlooked reality: Grief is also a public ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Raising kids today is so difficult that the U.S. surgeon general has issued an advisory on parents’ mental health, concluding that our American society must better support families.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. In the US: Call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Globally: The ...