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The incidence of fatal overdoses from the use of potent painkillers has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. The use of opioids like OxyContin and Vicodin are now the leading cause of fatal drug overdoses in the U.S..

A year ago, Digital Journal began a series of reports highlighting the scandal of contaminated medicines distributed across the U.S., an incident where over 700 people became infected . One year on, the U.S. CDC has published an in-depth review.

Antibiotics in our food and medicine cabinets have created a relentless monster: “nightmare” bacteria resistant to antibiotics. Professionals in the medical field are sending a critical warning, which has seemingly fallen on deaf ears.

As US health services, including the FDA, CDC and USDA limp along due to the federal government shutdown, a salmonella outbreak has occurred.

Louisiana - The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed that a deadly amoeba has been found in a North Louisiana water system.

The U.S. CDC estimates that at least 23,000 people in the U.S. die each year as a result of antibiotic-resistant infections.

If you're refusing to get your kids vaccinated, then you could be part of the key factor in the rising number of measles cases this year.

Seven-times Olympic medalist and mom Amanda Beard has teamed up with the U.S. CDC to promote a swimming campaign, with the aim of promoting ‘healthy’ swimming.

Sitting with my wife and newborn daughter at a local coffee shop, it was our family’s first outing since welcoming our first born just three weeks earlier.

As millions of Americans struggle with what the CDC calls a national epidemic of sleep deprivation, the latest research shows that prescriptions for sleep medications continue to grow at record pace.