The overall drug overdose death rate in urban and rural U.S. counties nearly quadrupled from 1999 to 2017, according to new CDC data reported by STAT. The CDC based its data on the National Vital ...

The U.S. saw roughly 3.07 million deaths in 2024, with a notable 3.8% drop in the overall age-adjusted death rate compared to 2023. Mortality fell across most age, sex, and racial/ethnic groups, ...

This past week, high flu activity was reported in 25 states, New York City, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC estimates the flu ...

The United States death rate decreased by 3.8% in 2024 as COVID fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death for the first time in four years, new provisional federal data shows. The overall rate ...

The number of kids dying from influenza in the 2023-2024 season has set a new record for a regular flu season, after one new death was reported last week,according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

All viral activity benchmarks have gone down, except for a slight increase in the death rate. Here's what to know about the ...