New study details gaps between actual and recommended use of statins and other lipid-lowering drugs—and estimates public ...

One of the striking features of the current measles outbreaks is the rate at which measles cases have been increasing. The rate at which measles cases have increased in 2025 is similar to the rate in ...

. Lyme disease is the most common, but there are a dozen or so lesser-known tickborne illnesses that are on the rise. In an April 28 episode of Public Health On Call, Nicole Baumgarth, DVM, PhD, spoke ...

, the government health insurance program that offers free or low-cost health care to adults and families with limited income, people with disabilities, pregnant people, and people in long-term care ...

led by researchers in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society (HBS) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health analyzes the latest marketing trends for oral nicotine pouches from ...

“Lawmakers now have a step-by-step plan to create the most effective Safe Storage law for their state,” says Tim Carey, JD, law and policy advisor at the Center and lead author of the guide. “This ...

at least three times per year, and “itʼs always a packed agenda,” says Karron. Following the Data ACIP considers a number of factors when developing a vaccine recommendation, including the safety and ...

In 1971, the FDA approved the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, which combined three vaccines that had been approved previously—in 1963, 1967, and 1969, respectively. The vaccine has proven safe ...

An outbreak of measles in West Texas and New Mexico has grown to over 250 cases and resulted in two deaths, including an unvaccinated child. Measles was considered eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ...

Editor's note: This article was updated on March 25. A measles outbreak in the southwestern United States continues to grow as public health officials work to contain the spread and boost vaccination ...

The U.S. has one of the lowest tuberculosis incidence rates in the world. So when there are outbreaks of this bacterial infection, like the one reported last month in Kansas, they get our attention.

On January 6, the Louisiana Department of Health announced that a patient hospitalized last month for H5N1 avian influenza had died, becoming the first U.S. death from the virus. To make matters worse ...