There is no replacement for reliable data from federal government databases. You’re reading The Checkup With Dr. Wen, a ...

While sexually transmitted disease rates for U.S. adults fell last year, syphilis in newborns continued to rise, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the ...

Flu activity is continuing to climb across the U.S. as hospitalizations rise, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The percent of outpatient visits for ...

In 2025, CDC databases faced unexplained pauses, affecting public health decision-making and transparency, with vaccination data particularly impacted. Factors contributing to these pauses included ...

A CDC webpage detailing tuberculosis (TB) trends among Asian persons is no longer accessible on the agency's website. The page cited federal surveillance data showing that Asian persons had the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The latest CDC numbers show there have been 4.6 million cases so far, with 90% linked to one variant of the virus, which the CDC ...

Maternal mortality rates in the United States have dropped to their lowest levels in recent years, according to new data ...

Flu season is off to a rough start this year, according to new CDC data. The virus is spreading faster than in previous years and the surge is... Flu cases are surging and rates will likely get worse, ...

About 92% of cases are among people who are unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown, CDC data shows.

After years of alarming increases, fatal drug overdoses have finally dropped in America, the Centers for Disease Control and ...