CDC data reveals states highest lowest mortality rates for 10 chronic diseases, highlighting regional health disparities and trends in 2024.

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Ashley Brandt knows what it feels like to get smacked in the face by politics. She knows what it’s like to be affected by a draconian law that doesn’t see nuance or reason. She knows what it’s like to ...

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Mothers across sub-Saharan Africa face a perfect storm of conflict, displacement and global aid cuts that are leaving them without the help they need in the most dangerous countries to give birth. Liz ...

Care will be in shorter supply, travel distances will stretch farther, and high-risk situations will more likely result in ...

From hidden elders to uncounted infants, colonial enumerators faced widespread public distrust during the first all-India ...

Since 2017, parental refusal of the newborn vitamin K shot has nearly doubled, climbing from 2.92% in 2017 to 5.18% in 2024, ...

The global birth rate is less than half what it was in the 1960s. See the countries where birth rates are the highest and ...

But Utah is now experiencing the biggest fertility rate drop in its modern history. After a peak in 2007, Utah’s rate has ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday that the United States has logged 2,318 measles cases in the first seven months of this year, surpassing last year’s total of 2,289. It’s ...

In 14,000 cases, Black families were flagged to law enforcement over unverified allegations that often begin with unreliable hospital drug tests.