New CDC website shows if COVID or flu is on the rise in 2024
It centers around a sweeping new weekly metric called "acute respiratory illness."
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It centers around a sweeping new weekly metric called "acute respiratory illness."
Two dairy workers in California were infected with bird flu, the 15th and 16th human cases detected in the U.S. this year.
Flu vaccine effectiveness in South America was 35% against hospitalization.
The FDA has until early 2026 to decide on the submission for a sunscreen ingredient branded as PARSOL Shield.
In the ongoing fight against opioid addiction, Gov. Gavin Newson has signed a bill aimed at expanding access to methadone treatment in California.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill into law that was prompted by a decade-long CBS News California investigation into the state's newborn genetic biobank.
Ten deaths have been linked to now-recalled Boar's Head products.
Thirteen states in Appalachia join others in placing free boxes of naloxine in metal dispensers once used for newspapers, as part of Save a Life Day.
With nearly seven million people currently living with Alzheimer's in the US, advocates stress the urgency of finding a cure, especially as that number is expected to double by 2050.
The latest CDC survey found 4 in 10 adults in the U.S. were obese. A map shows the states with the highest and lowest rates.
The government has already disbursed more than 900 million free at-home COVID-19 tests, and will be reopening its free test kit portal.
Regulators say the nation's largest pharmacy benefit managers are partly to blame for the soaring cost of insulin in the U.S.
A UC Davis study on the use of pesticides in the San Joaquin Valley found that 22% of adults and 10% of kids taking part in the research were exposed to at least one pesticide, including a banned chemical.
New reports reveal the most commonly prescribed inhaler in the U.S. may actually be contributing to climate change.
Many of the pertussis infections have been reported in older children and adults.
