The number of gun deaths in the U.S. fell for the third consecutive year in 2024 but remained among the highest annual totals on record.

The expansion for the health screening follows a surge in Ebola cases and fatalities across Central and East Africa.

Maternal deaths have dropped in the U.S. with the exception of Black mothers, according to data released this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A report from the agency’s ...

Rates of violent death among young people in the U.S. have been on the rise over recent years, a new study confirms, with the youth suicide rate up nearly 60% in the past two decades and the youth ...

At least six Americans were exposed to a terrifying strain of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo — and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to withdraw the ...

Infant mortality rates in the United States increased last year for the first time in two decades, according to new federal provisional data. For the report, published early Wednesday by the Centers ...

Fewer U.S. women died around the time of childbirth in 2024, a government analysis shows, and provisional data suggests the trend may have continued last year. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

Guns and the violence associated with them are polarizing topics in the U.S., which has been a global outlier when it comes to both gun ownership and gun deaths. According to the Pew Research Center, ...

The CDC has issued an emergency Health Alert Network advisory after 18 American passengers from the hantavirus-stricken MV ...