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In 2023, 1,686 people in the city were newly diagnosed with HIV, an increase of 7.6% since 2022, according to new data from the Health Department.

The coronavirus continues to pose a grave threat to the 15,000 certified nursing homes in the United States where some 1.2 million people live. Despite this risk, a CDC report found that just 4 in 10 nursing home residents received an updated Covid vaccine in the winter of 2023-24.

When we see whooping cough increase, our response as a community is mainly aimed at protecting babies through vaccination and ensuring those around babies are vaccinated.

Rockdale County residents are joining a coalition from East Palestine, Ohio, to push for federal action after contamination from the BioLab fire and a Norfolk Southern train derailment.

The Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment Act — the first law of its kind in the nation — empowers civil court judges to order adults into monitored plans that include housing, social services, and treatment for addiction or mental illness.

A stark rise in severe anemia cases caused by human parvovirus B19 was reported among kids with sickle cell disease.