Ohio advocates are looking to a new year that will include fighting for contraceptive access protections on a federal and state level as recent CDC data shows the amount of Americans using birth control methods.

Worldwide, there were an estimated 10.3 million cases of measles in 2023, a 20-percent increase from 2022, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Inadequate immunization coverage globally is driving the surge in cases.

A Louisiana resident has contracted the country’s first severe case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a human, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed a human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) (H5N1 bird flu) in a child in California.

President-elect Donald Trump announced his choices to lead two of the country’s top public health agencies late Friday, as well as his pick for surgeon general.

CDC has posted a Food Safety Alert regarding a multi-state outbreak linked to organic carrots.

New CDC population data from 2023 show that in 23 states more than one in three adults (35 percent) has obesity. Before 2013, no state had an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35 percent. Currently, at least one in five adults (20 percent) in each U.S. state is living with obesity.

A recent CDC Vital Signs report highlights the role that conditions in counties, such as insurance coverage, broadband internet access and household income, can play in lowering suicide risk.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should have results later this month that provide more insight into how a Missouri resident, who hadn’t had any contact with infected animals or food, contracted a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

CDC recently released the annual update to the Disability and Health Data System (DHDS), providing quick and easy online access to state-level health data on adults with disabilities. The latest data, from the 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), reveal that more than 1 in 4 — over 70 million — adults in the United States reported having a disability in 2022.

A CDC Investigation Notice regarding a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections has been posted at https://www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/delimeats-7-24/index.html.

Four human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) (“H5 bird flu”) virus infection in the state of Colorado have been confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

A new CDC Vital Signs study finds that only about 65 percent of women ages 50-74, with three or more health-related social needs, are up to date with their mammograms.

New data released recently in CDC’s MMWR show that nirsevimab, a long-acting monoclonal antibody product, was highly effective in protecting infants from hospitalizations associated with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). 

CDC this month released updated recommendations for how people can protect themselves and their communities from respiratory viruses, including COVID-19.