A new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers found that young people with cannabis use disorder were more likely than young people with other substance use disorders to later be diagnosed with a ...

among girls by age 15 years was 21% in 2024, up from 16% in 2020. In the WHO African Region, which carries a disproportionate cervical cancer burden, first-dose coverage among girls by age 15 ...

The U.S. fertility rate—the number of children born to women of childbearing age—reached a record low in 2024. The average American woman between ages 15 and 44 gave birth to less than two children, ...

As of mid-December, flu, COVID, and RSV activity are relatively low throughout most of the U.S., but rates of all three are climbing just as many Americans travel and gather for the holidays. And, for ...

Gun violence is a public health epidemic that affects the well-being and public safety of all Americans. In 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data shows, 46,728 individuals ...

The United States surpassed a milestone in reported measles cases, with 2025 now having the most cases since the disease was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000 and the most cases in more than ...

Alcohol use in the U.S. has been in decline since the late 1970s—54% of U.S. adults today say they consume alcohol—the lowest number in nearly 90 years and a 13% drop since just 2022. Fifty-three ...

Two people are standing in line at the grocery store. One has a cart full of instant ramen, hot dogs, ice cream, and soda, and the other has a cart full of whole grain bread, breakfast cereal, creamy ...

“By illustrating how costs escalate with outbreak size, this analysis reinforces the substantive burden declining MMR coverage can place on health budgets in the United States and how early response ...

The CDC also reports estimates of both medical and non-medical exemptions to vaccination requirements. While medical exemptions remained stable at 0.2% in 2024-25, non-medical exemptions reached an ...

Every year, typically at the end of January, teams of canvassers conduct a vital survey to count the number of people experiencing homelessness in America. This survey informs the U.S. Department of ...

On an 85-mile stretch of the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, communities exist alongside some 200 fossil fuel and petrochemical production plants. Since the 1980s, the area has ...