Public Health

Two residents in Michigan have contracted swine flu viruses, marking the first human cases in 2023, the CDC confirmed Aug. 4. 

Every year in the U.S., there may be more than 500,000 cases of fungal infections caused by Coccidioides — more than three times the amount of previous estimates, according to CDC data cited by CBS News in an Aug. 4…

The most recent CDC data continues to show a rise in COVID-19's presence across multiple national indicators including hospital admissions, emergency department visits, test positivity, and wastewater levels, but deaths due to the virus remain largely unchanged at 1 percent.

Seventeen states have reported cases of West Nile virus since 2023 began, according to CDC data. And while these have frequently occurred in the middle of the U.S. as well as in southern states, now, some experts are saying West…

Inching closer to respiratory virus season, physicians are starting to get a clearer picture of what to prepare for this fall — which will mark the first virus season where COVID-19 has not been a public health emergency. 

COVID-19 hospitalizations increased by 12.1 percent week over week per the most recent CDC data, which was last updated July 31.

Health officials have recently started tracking EG.5, an omicron relative that accounts for an estimated 11.4 percent of U.S. COVID-19 cases. 

Almost 6 percent of U.S. adults — about to 20.1 million people —  are experiencing long COVID, according to the CDC's most recent data. 

Access to maternity care in the U.S. is dwindling for millions of women, according to a newly released March of Dimes report. 

Health experts anticipate confusion over risk levels, COVID-19 fatigue and a number of other factors to hinder uptake of new vaccines this fall. Something that could help? Health officials and providers sharing the message that COVID-19 shots, like the flu…