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In 2025, CDC databases faced unexplained pauses, affecting public health decision-making and transparency, with vaccination data particularly impacted. Factors contributing to these pauses included ...

Flu activity is continuing to climb across the U.S. as hospitalizations rise, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The percent of outpatient visits for ...

Flu season is off to a rough start this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the virus arrived as expected, cases are rising faster, compared with previous years.

Amid the disturbing news about public health in the United States, there may be some good news about sexually transmitted infections. On Sept. 24, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

After years of alarming increases, fatal drug overdoses have finally dropped in America, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 25,000 cases of whooping cough have been recorded in the U.S. so far this year, updated federal data shows. This marks ...

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