For months, public health experts have been monitoring a trend equal parts promising and perplexing: a steep decline in ...

Strength training may be all the rage, but it doesn't have as many benefits for the heart as walking and other cardio.

Data: CDC; Note: 2024 data is provisional and may be underreported; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios Washington state may have begun to reverse its yearslong trend of rising drug overdose deaths, preliminary ...

New provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Vital Statistics System reveals a nearly 27% decline in predicted drug overdose deaths in 2024 compared to 2023. The ...

Americans live shorter and less healthy lives than people in other high-income countries.

Data: CDC; Note: 2024 may be underreported due to incomplete data; Chart: Axios Visuals Drug overdose deaths last year dropped to their lowest annual level since 2019, according to preliminary CDC ...

Americans spend about $3 billion a year on pollen-related medical costs, including for prescription medications.

The lines between fact, science, and uncertainty are increasingly blurred. Things once treated as dogma are being questioned.

The CDC began recommending Ixchiq last year for adults traveling to countries where chikungunya is common. The vaccine uses a ...

Knowing if measles is spreading in your community has become more challenging. The Florida Department of Health surveillance ...