As of November 2024, over 70 million Americans were enrolled in Medicaid, the government health insurance program that offers free or low-cost health care to adults and families with limited income, ...

In 1971, the FDA approved the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, which combined three vaccines that had been approved previously—in 1963, 1967, and 1969, respectively. The vaccine has proven safe ...

As with any drug or medical product, when we decide to take a vaccine, we want to feel confident that its benefits outweigh any possible risks. Scientists and public health researchers take those ...

The U.S. has one of the lowest tuberculosis incidence rates in the world. So when there are outbreaks of this bacterial infection, like the one reported last month in Kansas, they get our attention.

From the beginning, President Bidenʼs administration faced major public health challenges: the COVID pandemic, spiraling health care and prescription costs, the overturning of Roe v. Wade, a worsening ...

A new report from the Bloomberg American Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds that life expectancy in the United States is, on average, 78.6 years versus 81.3 ...

The fluoride in our water has passively protected the oral health of Americans for decades by reducing cavities, tooth decay, and dental health disparities. So much so, that the CDC has declared ...

Outbreaks of H5N1 continue to rise in dairy cattle and poultry, as well as in other wild and domesticated animals, including the first confirmed infection in a pig. Human cases also continue to occur, ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. saw dramatic reductions in infections spread by the respiratory route, including measles and pertussis. These two diseases are also vaccine-preventable, and the ...

Editor’s note: This article was updated on September 3, 2024 to include information on the updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, which was authorized by the FDA on August 30, 2024. Amid an unexpectedly ...

COVID-19 uncovered catastrophic weaknesses in the international community’s ability to respond to a pandemic, from inequities in vaccine and test distribution to insufficient international ...

Fall and winter are known as the time when respiratory viruses surge. When COVID emerged in 2020, it joined flu and RSV as one of the common respiratory viruses that peaks during the colder months.