A new CDC study found that in recent months, consumers living in the most economically and socially disadvantaged communities were only one-half as likely as those in affluent areas to receive a prescription for oral antiviral medications against COVID-19.

A new study suggests that COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy has spilled over into flu vaccination hesitancy. Researchers from UCLA found that adult flu vaccination rates declined in states with low rates of COVID-19 vaccination, which the authors say may be an indication of declining trust in public health.

CDC investigators probing a rash of mysterious hepatitis illnesses in children across the country have one reassuring finding to report so far: cases are not occurring with any greater frequency now than before the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new study in eLife indicates that the brain in older adults with type 2 diabetes appears to age roughly 26% faster than normal. Researchers used brain scans, brain functioning tests, and other data from 20,314 people who were 50–80 years old to compare neurological differences in those who did and did not have type 2 diabetes.

The number of children reported to ingest melatonin, a sleep hormone, increased fivefold nationwide each year between 2012 to 2021, according to a new CDC study.