More Americans are dying from fentanyl overdoses. Since 2016 alone, the death toll attributed to the drug has risen just shy of 300 percent, according to the CDC.
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Just as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it will stop tracking cases of COVID-19 in line with the end of the pandemic-induced public health emergency on May 11, 35 people tested positive for the disease after attending…
The U.S. has noted an increase in hospitalizations from eating disorders for the past few years. Here are six things to know:
Even before COVID-19, Missouri's life expectancy was in decline. While it is not the lowest in the nation, the state has consistently been trending worse for nearly four decades, according to a May 1 report from St. Louis Public Radio.
It's time for the U.S. to prioritize Americans' social connections and address the health implications of loneliness, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, wrote in an April 30 opinion piece for The New York Times.
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The CDC released its latest Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System study April 28. Here are 16 things to know from the research that spanned 2021 — when many high schools were operating virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic:
Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 continues its growth path in the U.S., with the latest CDC estimates showing it accounts for nearly 12 percent of cases.
A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee met April 27 to hear insight and recommendations from a panel of expert witnesses on how to improve U.S. biosafety and pathogen research in light of concerns surrounding the origins of COVID-19 stemming from…
Southern Nevada saw cases of rare, serious brain abscesses among children triple in 2022. Now the CDC is investigating what caused the increase, according to an April 28 report from CNN.
In this episode, we are joined by Samantha Olds Frey, CEO at Illinois Association of Medicaid Health Plans, to discuss her background, what she's seeing with Medicaid redeterminations and what health plans need to know, the big healthcare trends she's…