Dr. Leah Leisch with the University of Alabama at Birmingham said Jefferson County had 494 deaths in 2023. And in 2024, they’ve had 299 with 29 still pending. Dr.

According to the CDC, this alarming discovery is now listed as an Emerging Infectious Disease in the United States, raising ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that nationwide, the black maternal mortality rate was 69.9 deaths per 100,000 births. Hospital closures, lack of access to health care, ...

The CDC has confirmed 607 cases nationwide of measles this year ... diseases that you would just see it in the natural world, ...

Researchers found significant disparities in pregnancy-related death rates across states, races and ethnicities.

Montgomery is one of the nation’s worst cities for the rate of sexually transmitted infections, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. And Mobile, while lower on ...

The bill extends the existing religious exemption requirements from parents of K-12 students to college students.

(NEXSTAR) – New cases of a dangerous, drug-resistant fungus have been identified in at least two states’ hospital systems. Candida auris, also called C. auris, was first identified in the U.S ...

America received some great news last year when the federal government reported that youth tobacco usage was at historic lows ...

The CDC has called Candida auris “an urgent antimicrobial resistance threat” because it’s resistant to anti-fungal drugs, making it hard to treat an infection once it occurs. “If you get ...