Washington state sees 'sharp increase' in whooping cough cases, mirroring rise across US
Washington state officials warned of a "sharp increase" in whooping cough cases compared to this time last year, mirroring a ...
STD epidemic slows as new syphilis and gonorrhea cases fall in US
NEW YORK — The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained below ...
Autism May Be Caused by Air Pollution — Specifically, Car Exhaust, New Research Shows
Exposure to nitric oxide (NO)— which is produced when fuel is burned — while a mother is pregnant, or in the early months of ...
US epidemic of sexually transmitted infections shows signs of slowing, CDC says
The number of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in the United States in 2023 was down nearly 2% from the year before, a ...
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Syphilis cases see first substantial decline in 20 years: Federal data
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were more than 2.4 million STI infections in 2023.
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Pandemic-era increase in alcohol use persists, research shows
A new finds that heavy drinking among adult Americans increased more than 20 percent during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and continued for the following two years.