US overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen
There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.
New salmonella outbreak is linked to backyard poultry, CDC says
Health officials say at least seven people in six states have been affected in a new salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry.
CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season, the most in 15 years
More U.S. children have died this flu season than at any time since the swine flu pandemic 15 years ago.
US maternal death rate rose slightly last year, health officials say
New U.S. government data shows that more U.S. women died around the time of childbirth last year, reversing two years of decline.