The condition costs the US health care system nearly 173 billion dollars each year.Thirty-nine states reported obesity rates ...

While the US leads in early-phase obesity trials and investment, the country also faces challenges in disease burden, trial ...

Deaths attributed to both acute heart attack and obesity rose between 2007 and 2019, according to findings from the CDC ...

Queen Latifah opens up about obesity and heart health risks for public awareness campaign, Truth About Weight.

Nearly 1 in 10 infants (9.8%) were admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit in 2023, an increase of 13% from 2016, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were ...

A research team has adapted an intervention for childhood obesity prevention to better serve Latina mothers, non-maternal caregivers, and families of low-income backgrounds in Inland Southern ...

So far, seven people have fallen ill with salmonella after contact with backyard chickens and ducks, the CDC said. The illnesses have been reported in Florida (1), Illinois (1), Missouri (2 ...

People got sick in February and March of this year, the CDC said. They all had the same strain of salmonella — a version that has been traced to hatcheries in the past. The investigation is ...

As childhood obesity continues to rise, more and more people may be dealing with the consequences of this kind of treatment. The findings were published in the International Journal of Obesity and ...

Amid the largest measles outbreak in decades, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services is spearheading a new effort to find treatments for the infectious disease for Americans ...

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(NEXSTAR) – The latest measles update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports a total of 935 confirmed measles cases across dozens of states. That number is now ...