A Public Health Alerts report today notes that cigarette smoking in US adults dropped from 10.8% in 2023 to 9.9% in 2024, while the use of other tobacco products, such as cigars and e-cigarettes, ...

The Vaccine Integrity Project (VIP) at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy ...

California and Arizona are co-leading the suit, joined by 12 other state attorneys and Governor Shapiro of Pennsylvania. In addition to California, Arizona, and Pennsylvania, the multi-state lawsuit ...

A new Annenberg poll conducted in the first half of February shows Americans are placing their trust in career scientists and ...

Contrary to prevailing belief, an evolutionary analysis finds no evidence that most viruses with epidemic or pandemic potential that jumped from animals to people were shaped by selection in a lab or ...

Further analysis showed that workers who reported presenteeism earlier in the study period had significantly higher odds of being absent due to illness later in the study period. Employees who worked ...

After the pandemic began, most adults received a long-acting stimulant only (91.6%), usually lisdexamfetamine (48.1%) or long-acting methylphenidate (41.0%). Higher initial doses were also prescribed ...

Two states are reporting increased measles activity in recent days, with officials in Colorado warning that exposures at a ...

GAO also examined how HHS agencies review and oversee the pathogen research they fund or conduct. It found that while HHS shares some information about high-risk research with federal stakeholders, ...

The CDC notes that Texas has now recorded 93 cases this year after having the nation's largest outbreak last year.

A total of 90 US children have died from flu-related complications this season, according to the latest CDC update.

In spite of fears of immune evasion by a widely circulating H3N2 influenza variant called subclade K, a Public Health Alerts ...