Drug overdose deaths are currently the leading cause of injury death in the U.S. This trend has largely been driven by prescription opioids, such as oxycodone and methadone, and their high rate of ...

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The CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report is part of a long history of efforts to fight death and disease with data – and it’s at risk. Over the weekend, 700 CDC staffers faced employment ...

A decades-old data set tracking the health of new moms and babies was disrupted by CDC layoffs last spring, and there are still unanswered questions about the program's future. A decades-old data set ...

Nearly half of CDC-run public databases on federal health surveillance stopped or delayed updates in 2025, including many webpages on vaccinations, according to a study published Jan. 27 in Annals of ...

A public health expert breaks down the most important public health issues on the agenda for the CDC's vaccine advisory committee meeting on March 18.