Many more seniors are getting COVID shots this year, CDC reports
The data from the CDC's National Immunization Survey estimates that 37.6% of Americans ages 65 and older had gotten a shot of ...
US Overdose Deaths Down by 14%: CDC
CDC data released Wednesday shows there were approximately 97,000 U.S. deaths in the 12-month period ending June 30.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released 2023 STD case numbers that show improvement nationally, but Georgia lags
Georgia continues to see a high rate of sexually transmitted diseases, despite a drop in case numbers nationally, according to the CDC ...
Opioid overdose deaths drop for 12th straight month, now lowest since 2020
Opioid overdose deaths have now slowed to the lowest levels nationwide since 2020, according to new estimates from the ...
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CDC wants more bird flu testing for farm workers
Bird flu (H5N1) has been spreading across the country, among both animals and people, since April of this year. As the ...
What a GOP trifecta means for health care
Click in for more news from The Hill{beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story What a GOP trifecta means for health ...
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CDC calling for more H5N1 testing of dairy farm employees
A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that some dairy farm employees showed signs of ...
Soaring STI rate may be slowing, CDC says. One group is in 'crisis.'
In 2023, the U.S. reported over a million more sexually transmitted infections than in 2004, according to the CDC.Thousands ...
Black infant mortality rate more than double the rate among white infants: CDC
Infant mortality rates were relatively unchanged from 2022 to 2023, but racial disparities still persist, according to new ...