On Tuesday, the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics released its latest report analyzing data on the state of obesity ...

Using advanced artificial intelligence algorithms, scientists are hoping to identify brain wave patterns associated with the ...

The overall rate of obesity in the United States ticked downward between August 2021 and August 2023, breaking a streak of ...

A factor that has changed over time is hospitalization due to severe COVID infections. On Aug. 1, the statewide seven-day ...

More than 4 in 10 U.S. adults have obesity, putting them at risk of chronic conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes, ...

Some states and hospital systems have updated their policies on drug testing for pregnant women and newborns, aiming to ...

A sentencing hearing set for Monday has been delayed for one week for an Orange County man who ran a company that marketed ...

For decades, public health officials and anti-tobacco activists have talked about the “endgame” in tobacco control.

The latest human case of bird flu in the U.S. occurred in a patient with no reported exposure to affected animals, sparking ...

Lyme disease is the most prevalent insect-borne disease in the US, with far more cases each year than other diseases such as ...

Health care providers say Iowans should get their COVID-19, influenza and RSV vaccines in September or October ...

The coronavirus subvariant XEC is drawing more attention as a potential threat heading into late autumn and winter — ...