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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal health agencies are investing nearly $3 million in experimental wildlife-based tick control methods aimed at reducing the spread of Lyme disease, alpha-gal syndrome and other tickborne …
HHS Funds $3 Million Effort to Cut Tickborne Disease Risks Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. cancer death rates declined for both men and women from 2019 through 2023, extending a more than two-decade drop driven largely by faster progress against lung …
Lung Cancer Gains Push U.S. Cancer Death Rates Lower Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mental health measures among U.S. high school students improved substantially from 2023 to 2025, with the share seriously considering suicide falling to 14% from 20% even as …
CDC Data Show Sharp Drop in Teen Mental Health Struggles Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, long-term monitoring of more than 154,000 World Trade Center responders and survivors is showing higher cancer-screening rates and lower …
WTC Health Program Links Long-Term Care to Better Outcomes Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning clinicians and health departments about a nationwide rise in reported human rabies exposures and treatment errors after vaccine …
CDC Warns Rabies Exposures Are Rising Across U.S. Read More
ATLANTA, GA — Federal health officials have linked alfalfa sprouts sold under the Calco and Everything Sprouts brands to 55 E. coli and Salmonella infections across 15 states, prompting warnings …
CDC Links 55 Illnesses in 15 States to Alfalfa Sprouts Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal health officials are investigating a multistate Salmonella outbreak linked to jalapeño peppers from Sinaloa, Mexico, that has sickened 345 people across 27 states and hospitalized 36, …
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Jalapeños Sickens 345 Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A multistate Cyclospora outbreak linked to recalled Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce has expanded to Pennsylvania and three other states, raising the number of laboratory-confirmed illnesses to 1,947 …
Lettuce-Linked Cyclospora Outbreak Expands to Pennsylvania Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hospital-acquired infections declined in U.S. hospitals between 2015 and 2023, according to new federal data, though health officials estimate more than half a million patients still developed …
CDC Reports Decline in Hospital-Acquired Infections Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal health officials on Friday linked 1,644 Cyclospora infections and 94 hospitalizations across five states to shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell restaurants, prompting the supplier …
CDC Links 1,644 Illnesses to Taco Bell Lettuce Read More