Obesity remains high in the US., but more states showing progress, a new report finds

Nineteen states had obesity rates of 35% or higher in 2024, down from 23 states the year before, according to an analysis of ...
Health Affairs

National Health Expenditures In 2023: Faster Growth As Insurance Coverage And Utilization Increased

Health care spending in the US reached $4.9 trillion and increased 7.5 percent in 2023, growing from a rate of 4.6 percent in 2022. In 2023, the insured share of the population reached 92.5 percent, ...
STAT

Some of CDC’s health statistics employees are still in the dark

The National Center for Health Statistics divisions lost about 100 people to RIFs. Here's what estimate about 100 jobs were ...
CNN

As depression becomes more common in the US, treatment rates vary, CDC reports show

Depression is becoming more common among adults and adolescents in the United States, but most are not getting therapy to help, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and ...
AZ Central

Cuts at CDC have eliminated more than a dozen US government health-tracking programs

NEW YORK — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s motto is “Make America Healthy Again,” but government cuts could make it harder to know if that's happening. More than a dozen data-gathering ...
Reuters

US health agencies scrub HIV, other data to remove 'gender ideology'

Missing web pages included statistics on HIV among transgender people, HIV testing Database tracking youth behaviors that increase health risks taken offline Advocates say basic health information is ...