Guns were the leading cause of death among American youth for the third year in a row in 2023, outpacing car accidents.

Researchers from the CDC and Colorado School of Public Health estimate that seven major pathogens caused 9.9 million ...

Firearm-related deaths among children and teenagers in the United States have risen sharply in recent years, increasing by 50% since 2019.

Firearm-related deaths among children and teenagers in the United States have risen sharply in recent years, increasing by 50 ...

Explore the alarming rise in avoidable death rates in the U.S. despite high healthcare spending and its global implications.

The opioid overdose death rate in Minnesota dropped by 24.4% between 2023 and 2024 – one of the steepest declines nationwide.

Craig Hedberg, PhD, a professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Minnesota and ...

Measles are spreading at an alarming rate across the US, with the largest outbreak in western Texas leading to the death of a ...

Washington is director of Mecklenburg County Public Health in North Carolina. Taylor is health officer and director of the Shelby County Health Department in Tennessee. As leaders of Mecklenburg ...

The total injury death rate in the United States increased from 2013 through 2021, then declined through 2023, according to a ...

Black infants have consistently faced a risk for mortality almost twice that of white infants in the United States over the ...