The U.S. obesity rate is about 40%, according to a 2021-2023 survey of about 6,000 people. Nearly 1 in 10 of those surveyed ...

Wastewater surveillance reveals influenza A and H5 subtype detections, providing critical insights into public health risks ...

Alaska had the biggest decline in average life expectancy of all U.S. states in 2021, a year when health outcomes were ...

More than 100 million American adults have obesity and more than 20 million adults have severe obesity, U.S. figures show.

The latest CDC survey found 4 in 10 adults in the U.S. were obese. A map shows the states with the highest and lowest rates.

Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S., but the proportion of those with severe obesity — especially women — has ...

New York's first person to contract Eastern equine encephalitis -- or EEE -- in almost a decade has died, the governor's ...

By Hugo Francisco de Souza U.S. adolescents face significant nutrient deficiencies, but new research highlights how a simple ...

Victim lived in upstate Ulster County, said Gov. Kathy Hochul as she announced that the state will add resources to battle mosquitoes that transmit the rare but potentially deadly disease.

Americans are losing their teeth more often in some states. Teeth loss is a problem in the U.S., largely because of ...

There's a new bulletin from Florida's surgeon general. Vaccine experts and historians interviewed for this article can’t ...

Federal officials are raising concerns about a possible link between declining vaccination rates and a surge in pediatric flu ...