Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios Pennsylvania's fatal drug overdose rate plummeted by more than 9% in 2023 from the previous year, per new CDC data. The big picture: Overdose deaths seem to be falling across ...

During his presidential campaign, Trump distanced himself from the conservative governing plan after Democratic attacks. Now, his administration has embraced it.

Avian influenza poses a low risk to humans, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports, but officials in Pennsylvania are not taking chances as cases appear in other states.

Bates' ruling was called "so utterly lacking in intellectual honesty and basic integrity that he is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors." ...

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Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for an ailing Pope Francis, expressing sorrow for his suffering, ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging people to check their supplement shakes after a Listeria ...

The CDC said in a statement on Monday that it does not believe the new coronavirus found in bats poses a concern to public health currently.

The CDC expects roughly 11,000 to show up at its Atlanta offices daily. That will include about 5,800 at the Roybal Campus near Emory.

The CDC team in Fort Collins was researching improved detection methods for Lyme disease, the most common vector-borne illness in the United States, typically transmitted through tick bites. If left ...

Flu activity remains "elevated" in the U.S. but is starting to show signs of abating, according to new CDC data published ...