Public Health

The annual number of deaths in the U.S. is projected to exceed the annual number of births beginning in 2030, according to a January report from the Congressional Budget Office. The projections are based on existing laws and policies as…

Flu activity remained elevated nationwide during the week ending Jan. 3, with pediatric deaths and overall hospitalizations continuing to climb, according to recent data from the CDC.  The latest flu report comes as some hospitals have begun postponing procedures and…

Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health is working to expand an innovative nursing program into the system’s newly integrated Lehigh Valley Health Network region in Pennsylvania. In 2022, the system formed its “Nursing SEAL Team” program, aiming to fill vacant shifts while reducing…

More than 33,000 people with influenza were hospitalized during the week ending Dec. 27, with experts anticipating at least several more weeks of increases, according to the CDC’s latest FluView report, which was published Jan. 5.  “Just looking at the…

The U.S. has recorded 7,045 clinical Candida auris cases as of Dec. 20 — a 56.1% increase from the 4,514 cases logged in 2023, according to CDC data.  About half of those cases are in Nevada and California, which each…

In 2025, federal health agencies dismantled precedents in vaccine guidance, fracturing state-federal alignment and fueling concerns about public health guidance. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed all 17 members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in June,…

A mutated version of an influenza A strain is dominating this year’s respiratory virus season, driving a record number of cases in some areas of the country. More than half of states reported “high” or “very high” levels of flu-like…

Flu deaths are significantly elevated this season, according to preliminary CDC data.

There has been a 95% decline in U.S. tetanus cases over the last 77 years, but as vaccination rates slip and climate change-related natural disasters increase, the annual tetanus case count is rising, NBC News reported Dec. 24.  A joint…

The flu season is off to a severe and early start, with outpatient visits for flu-like illness already reaching levels rarely seen this time of year. As of mid-December, the rate of outpatient visits for flu-like illness was tracking as…