Centers For Disease Control And Prevention

Firefighters who responded to the wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, had higher levels of some endocrine-disrupting chemicals in blood and serum samples than other types of responders, researchers wrote in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

The percentage of U.S. adults with obesity did not significantly rise from 2013 to 2023, though a small uptick in the rate of obesity was seen for children and adolescents, according to data published in JAMA.

Last week the CDC published Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for the first time since the Trump administration froze public communications from various national health agencies.

The CDC on Thursday published its famed Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for the first time since the Trump administration ordered the nation’s various health agencies to freeze public communications.

A recent executive order from President Donald J. Trump pausing trillions of dollars in federal grant and loan funding has led to widespread confusion across the medical community, as experts await the ultimate result of multiple lawsuits.

The CDC’s primary medical journal for disseminating public health information went unpublished this week — seemingly for the first time ever — amid a communications freeze issued by HHS to the nation’s various health agencies.

American Society of Hematology presented Advocacy Awards to two individuals at this year’s ASH Annual Meeting.

Researchers estimated that 6%, or one in 16, U.S. adults had an ADHD diagnosis, more than half of whom were diagnosed in adulthood, according to findings published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

The CDC issued a health advisory due to a disruption in the supply of peritoneal dialysis and IV solutions from Baxter International in North Carolina during Hurricane Helene.

The CDC issued a warning to health care officials, clinicians and patients about a potential risk for overdose among people ordering counterfeit prescription medications from online pharmacies.