Suicide rate falls slightly in 2024 to 13.7 per 100,000, marking a modest decline after the highest level since 1941, CDC reports.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC) has issued an updated map in its recent Influenza Surveillance Report for the week ending on November 29. According to CDC estimates, there have been at least 1.9 million illnesses, 19,000 hospitalizations, and 730 deaths from flu so far this season.

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The suicide rate in the US decreased slightly in 2024 after generally increasing in recent decades, with variance by region and age group.

A fresh study authored by CDC scientists is throwing water on the argument that children do not need the COVID-19 vaccine. Investigators examined electronic health records in nine states of emergency department or urgent care visits from Aug.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned in October that both RSV and walking pneumonia — a mild but very contagious illness — are on the rise, especially among very young kids. (Getty Images) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the autism diagnosis rate has increased among U.S. children, continuing a long-term trend that experts have largely attributed to better understanding of and screening for the ...

Medical experts say the CDC “is promoting the outdated, disproven idea that vaccines cause autism" and advise parents to consult clinicians for fact-based guidance.

Louisiana has the second-highest rate of gun-related deaths in the U.S., with a total of 1,261 deaths involving a firearm occurring in 2023.