Public Health

Healthcare groups representing physicians, nurses and infection control professionals are criticizing President Donald Trump's plans to remove the U.S. as a member of the World Health Organization, saying the move will threaten the nation's ability to respond to future public…

The CDC is reporting high levels of respiratory virus activity across the U.S. While respiratory syncytial virus levels are beginning to peak in many areas of the country, flu-related emergency department visits are at very high levels and are still rising,…

Pennsylvania hospitals aim to tackle maternal health challenges with a new action plan from the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania. 

Women and patients with multiple COVID-19 infections face an increased risk of developing long COVID, recent studies suggest. 

HHS is investing more than $800 million in vaccine development and manufacturing capacity to strengthen the nation's response capabilities to emerging infectious disease threats, including bird flu. 

Respiratory illness activity remains elevated across the U.S., with emergency department visits and positive test rates rising for COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, according to the CDC. 

Clinicians serving influenza A patients should test them for bird flu, ideally within 24 hours of hospital admission, the CDC said Jan. 16. 

On Jan. 15, a group of international experts proposed new ways to define and diagnose obesity that place less emphasis on body mass index. 

A surge in norovirus infections this season has resulted in a 28% positivity rate, more than double 2024's high, alarming health officials, CBS News reported Jan. 14. 

The alcohol advisory released by Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, is "likely only one in an evolving history of landmark public health documents about the dangers of drinking; it's a document for the archives as well as the moment," Rachael…