Measles outbreaks have hit multiple U.S. states, vaccination & rapid reporting are critical to limit the spread & hospitalizations ...

: 1 in 4 infants live in fragile or conflict-affected countries, but these countries account for half of all zero-dose children. So where do we go from here? Now that global immunization coverage has ...

The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, in partnership with the Violence Prevention Project Research Center at Hamline University, has released a comprehensive guide to support the ...

Responsible gun ownership is not only about how, where, and when a person uses their firearm; it’s also about how they store it when not in use. However, only about half of gun owners practice safe ...

The United States surpassed a milestone in reported measles cases, with 2025 now having the most cases since the disease was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000 and the most cases in more than ...

Methadone is proven to reduce the likelihood of dying from an overdose by 50% or more. Why is it so hard to get?

Narrower streets with room for bike lanes and sidewalks could pay dividends for health and safety.

Syphilis cases in the U.S. are skyrocketing even as rates for other STIs like gonorrhea and chlamydia are flat or declining. Alarming numbers released by the CDC are the latest marker in a ...

Just a generation or so ago, tens of thousands of people in the U.S.—mainly children—were afflicted by paralytic poliovirus. In 1955, an inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), which contained a “killed” ...

Following a recent high-profile death, ketamine—for decades used as a popular party drug—came under public scrutiny for its use as a treatment for everything from psychiatric illnesses to autoimmune ...

The antiviral Paxlovid is very effective at preventing severe outcomes from COVID infection, but not enough people are taking it.

A new study has found that older adults at greater risk of dementia may be able to decrease their risk of cognitive decline by nearly half by using hearing aids.