US officially doubles last year's measles numbersClick in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story US officially doubles last year's measles numbers The U.S. has officially doubled the number of measles cases it saw in 2025 according to the most up-to-date information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), marking the worst year the...The Hill1d agoWhole story →Health
Scott-HancockState and federal prosecutors responded to fentanyl overdoses by treating accidents as homicides.Reason1d agoWhole story →Health
Vivek Ramaswamy defends ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged motherRepublican Vivek Ramaswamy is defending his campaign ad featuring the estranged mother of Democratic rival, Dr. Amy Acton, in the Ohio governor's race. Speaking in northeast Ohio on Friday, he says the ad, which calls Acton “a liar,” is not about childhood abuse. Acton, Ohio’s former public health director, condemns the ad, saying it trivializes her past…The Atlanta Journal-Constitution1d agoWhole story →JusticeHealthMike DeWine
CDC: U.S. Fertility Rate Hit ‘Record Low’ in 2025The U.S. general fertility rate hit a new "record low" in 2025, according to final birth data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday. The post CDC: U.S. Fertility Rate Hit ‘Record Low’ in 2025 appeared first on Breitbart .Breitbart News Network1d agoWhole story →Health
DC man indicted in deadly fentanyl case involving 20A D.C. man has been indicted on a federal drug charge in connection with the death of a Virginia man in 2024 of a suspected drug overdose.WTOP2d agoWhole story →JusticeHealthfentanyl overdose indictment
The CDC hasn’t added 2 deaths to its measles database. Here’s why.The deaths have been at the heart of a bitter political dispute between RFK Jr. and the state’s Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro.Anchorage Daily News2mo agoWhole story →HealthJosh Shapiromeasles death tally dispute
Shapiro says he'll spurn federal measles aid until CDC confirms four deathsThe Pennsylvania governor blamed RFK Jr. for the outbreak's severity and claimed he was directing the CDC not to report the measles deaths.Washington Examiner1mo agoWhole story →Healthmeasles outbreak response
Bill Cassidy slams RFK Jr. over measles outbreaks but demurs on confirmation voteThe Louisiana Republican said vaccine skepticism that Kennedy and his MAHA backers promoted led to the recent measles deaths.POLITICO1mo agoWhole story →HealthBill Cassidymeasles outbreaks
Josh Shapiro rips RFK, Trump administration for not counting Pa.’s 4 measles deathsIndependent coroners in Pennsylvania and the state’s department of health have counted four deaths associated with measles as the disease makes a comeback after 25 years of eradication. But the federal government hasn’t acknowledged or counted those deaths on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Instead the CDCPittsburgh Tribune-Review1mo agoWhole story →HealthJosh Shapiromeasles outbreak response
CDC sending scientist to help fight Pa. measles outbreakAfter weeks of feuding between state and federal health officials, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will send a scientist to help Pennsylvania battle a measles outbreak that has so far infected more than 1,200 people. The so-called “disease detective” — part of the CDC’s Epi-Aid program —Pittsburgh Tribune-Review9d agoSources (2)Whole story →HealthJosh Shapiromeasles outbreak response
Experts alarmed by ‘less transparent’ CDC as US measles deaths riseAgency declines to reveal in which state latest measles death occurred as it delays reporting other measles deaths The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added a third measles death to its dashboard on Wednesday, but the agency would not reveal whether the death occurred in Pennsylvania or another state – which is “notable” as the agency…The Guardian3d agoWhole story →JusticeHealth
Measles deaths may have been 'fabricated,' RFK Jr claims after coroner raises questionsRFK Jr. alleged Pennsylvania's two measles-associated deaths may have been "fabricated" as a dispute with Gov. Josh Shapiro over the outbreak intensifies.NewsBreak2mo agoWhole story →HealthJosh Shapiromeasles outbreak dispute
CDC sends a ‘disease detective’ to Pennsylvania as measles cases top 1,200A Health and Human Services official said the federal agency is sending a “disease detective” to Pennsylvania later this week at the state’s request.The Philadelphia Inquirer6d agoSources (3)Whole story →Healthmeasles outbreak response
