While scientists have concerns about how this data was collected, health care providers say it's good to know about the condition.

A new federal estimate shows a rise in prediabetes among American adolescents, a finding that is spurring concerns about the ...

Suicide rate increased 60% since 2011 among US youth and young adults: CDC report The rate rose from 6.9 per 100,000 in 2001 to 11 per 100,000 in 2021.

cIn April, Kennedy referred to autism as a “preventable disease” and claimed environmental factors, rather than genetic predispositions, are the primary cause.

Birth rates have fluctuated through 2024, the CDC reported. Other data from the study focuses on fertility rate, or the number of live births per woman at reproductive age (15 through 44).

A new study from the CDC shows that the autism diagnosis rate has increased among U.S. children, which experts have largely attributed to better understanding of and screening for the condition.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Helen Tager-Flusberg, director of Boston University's Center for Autism Research Excellence, about CDC findings that autism rates have increased among children.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A new CDC report shows 1 in 31 children are diagnosed with autism by age 8, citing better diagnostic practices as the possible reason why there’s an increase in cases ...

About 1 in every 31 children was diagnosed with autism by age 8 in 2022, up from 1 in 36 in 2020, according to the CDC report published Tuesday.