The CDC found gun injury-related visits to emergency departments remained high for the fourth year in a row, especially among patients under 24.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force now recommends 26 hours of intensive behavioral intervention for kids 6 and older with a high body mass index.

Some experts warn that the bird flu is at least two mutations away from widespread human infection and health systems may see some patients this summer, Medscape reported June 19.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, is calling for health warnings on social media for adolescents. 

The FDA is now advising manufacturers to develop the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines using the KP.2 strain for the formula, the agency announced June 13.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has proposed a more precise definition of long COVID-19.

The "FLiRT" coronavirus variants account for more than two-thirds of all U.S. cases, according to the CDC's latest variant proportion estimates. 

An FDA committee voted unanimously June 5 on the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine makeup, recommending it should be one that targets the monovalent JN.1-lineage.

Long COVID can present more than 200 symptoms, and a positive COVID-19 test is not needed to make a long COVID diagnosis, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 

The average duration of drug shortages has increased by nearly a full year since 2020, according to a new report from U.S. Pharmacopoeia. 

Childbirth and pregnancy are statistically more dangerous for women in the U.S. than in many high-income nations, especially for Black women, according to a report published June 4 by the Commonwealth Fund.

Obesity rates have risen 11.4% in 20 years, with nearly 2 in 5 adults having obesity, the CDC said.

The CDC is reporting a steep increase in pertussis cases this year, according to ABC News.

Patients who were hospitalized within a month of having a severe COVID-19 infection still had a higher risk of death and other complications three years after, according to a study published May 30 in Nature.

A third human case of H5N1 avian flu has been confirmed in the U.S. according to a May 30 CDC update. The agency says it is linked to the ongoing national outbreak in livestock and poultry.

In 2022, WHO created a priority list of pathogenic fungi and noted invasive fungal diseases are on the rise worldwide, particularly in immunocompromised populations. Could fungi spur the next pandemic?

Healthcare delivery and efficacy is disproportionate across all conditions for women in every single country, according to an analysis from McKinsey & Co. and the World Economic Forum.

For the first time in seven years, the World Health Organization has updated its list of the most dangerous, antimicrobial resistant pathogens. The revised list includes 24 pathogens from 15 different families of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Throughout the last 10 years, stroke rates have risen by 15% among adults under the age of 65, according to data released May 23 by the CDC.

Focusing on pathogen reduction and treatments that restore beneficial bacteria in a patient's microbiome may be key in the fight against growing antibiotic resistance, a CDC report published May 22 found.