Learn how the Doomsday Clock serves as a potential indicator for health crises, including substance use disorders and Alzheimer's.

It’s been five years since COVID-19 arrived in the U.S., and in that time, adults age 50 and older have accounted for roughly 94 percent of the 1.2-plus million American deaths.

Three months into 2025, the United States has surpassed the total number of measles cases in the country for all of last year ...

The U.S. has seen at least 308 measles cases so far this year, according to figures published Friday by the Centers for ...

Bacterial foodborne outbreaks in the U.S. increased while viral outbreaks declined between 2014 and 2022, with environmental ...

Weekly numbers show that 2% of U.S. deaths for week 5 were due to the flu. COVID was responsible for 1.5% of deaths in the ...

The United States has been battling an opioid crisis for decades, marked by three distinct waves of rising overdose deaths.

One person has died in Texas, another in New Mexico. An infant with the virus came through LAX, and now there's an L.A. resident with the virus. Health officials are urging Californians to check their ...

As measles outbreaks grow in Texas and New Mexico, experts say lessons from New York’s 2019 crisis could help shape a better response ...

Measles outbreaks in West Texas and New Mexico have together surpassed 200 cases, as evidence points to a potential link between the two. Texas state health officials reported on Feb. 26 what was the ...