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Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remain a major public health challenge in the United States. CDC estimates that there are approximately 19 million new STIs yearly. The country experienced a reduction in reported STIs early in the COVID-19 pandemic, likely due to reduction in care devoted to them, but rates have rebounded in ensuing years. [18]
The U.S. has been a part of WHO since 1948, the same year the organization launched, and the departure would make the nation the only major power that’s not a member of the 194-country body.
The United States' pause on foreign aid contributions is having a serious impact on global health, hitting programmes fighting polio, HIV and other threats, World Health Organization Director ...
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The US Census Bureau reported that 28.5 million people (8.8%) did not have health insurance in 2017, [47] down from 49.9 million (16.3%) in 2010. [48] [49] Between 2004 and 2013, a trend of high rates of underinsurance and wage stagnation contributed to a healthcare consumption decline for low-income Americans. [50]
As of June 2020, 40% of U.S. adults were experiencing adverse mental health symptoms, with 11% having seriously considered to attempt suicide. [16] The research data suggest that the pandemic has negative effects on both weight loss and food health monitoring but the effects were short lived results. [17]
Measles cases are rising in the U.S. with infections confirmed in at least five states so far this year. Cases have been reported in Alaska, Georgia, New York City, Rhode Island and Texas, mostly ...
In 2016, 6.7% of American Indian and Alaska Native adults reported having needs for mental health services that had been unmet in the last twelve months, compared to 5.4% of the non-Hispanic white population. 8.3% of American Indian and Alaska Native adults reported experiencing a major depressive episode in the past twelve months, whereas only ...