) each reporting more than 200 cases so far this year. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is extremely contagious and is a particular concern for newborns and young infants, who are especially ...

A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions found that, overall, Baltimore’s Safe Streets violence prevention program is associated with a 42% reduction in ...

Abortion bans in the United States are likely associated with increases in deaths during or within one year of pregnancy, though data limitations and the rarity of the outcomes make definitive ...

in 80 malaria-endemic countries in 2024, a slight increase from the previous year. Still, prevention strategies such as widespread use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets and seasonal malaria ...

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger has acted on more than two dozen gun violence prevention bills that will soon become law in Virginia.

Find yourself wanting to dig deeper upon receiving health advice from a social media post, podcast, or news story? You may be one of many people heading directly to the scientific literature. “Not ...

ERPOs, also known as red flag laws, are a promising public health intervention that temporarily removes firearms from an individual behaving dangerously and at increased risk of harm to self or others ...

From protein lattes and protein Cheerios to the fitness influencers touting the “carnivore diet,” the message seems clear: More is better. Newly revised federal dietary guidelines underscore the ...

Daily finger-pricks to measure blood glucose were once a necessary norm for people with diabetes who use insulin—providing information essential to making real-time decisions about insulin use, food, ...

among girls by age 15 years was 21% in 2024, up from 16% in 2020. In the WHO African Region, which carries a disproportionate cervical cancer burden, first-dose coverage among girls by age 15 ...

The federally recommended vaccine schedule for American kids abruptly changed Monday when the Department of Health and Human Services removed several vaccines from the list of shots recommended for ...

The U.S. fertility rate—the number of children born to women of childbearing age—reached a record low in 2024. The average American woman between ages 15 and 44 gave birth to less than two children, ...