Products like NARCAN are one way we’re helping to save lives and counter the fentanyl crisis. Illegal products such as counterfeit drugs and illicit Chinese vapes flood the U.S. and fuel the fentanyl crisis.
Communities United for Smart Policy (CUSP) Chairwoman Mary Bono released the following statement after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released the 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS).
These discussions with President Xi are important steps, but actions speak louder than words.
We cannot allow China to get away with targeting our children any longer. The FDA must lead and partner with state and local agencies to keep our kids safe.
The number of different electronic cigarette devices sold in the U.S. has nearly tripled to over 9,000 since 2020, driven almost entirely by a wave of unauthorized disposable vapes from China
A nationwide shortage of the antibiotic is making a particularly bad season of strep throat tougher.
The opioid epidemic began to take root more than a decade ago during the second term of President Barack Obama. But the response to the crisis largely fell on the shoulders of President Donald Trump, who responded swiftly to save lives.
The nationwide decline in opioid overdose deaths reported at the end of 2024 was promising. Still, the 80,000 Americans who died from this crisis remains too many.
When Texas health officials announced the third measles death in early April, the message also raised a sobering reality: the outbreak has now claimed as many U.S. lives in 11 weeks as in the previous 24 years.
That number is 884. That is the number of confirmed cases of measles in the United States this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control. So it's April, and we've already tripled the number of cases from last year.
There have been 8,064 reported cases of whooping cough in the U.S., compared with 3,835 for the same time in 2024, according to CDC data.
The recent measles outbreak in Texas is a stark and painful reminder that when vaccination rates decline, lives will be lost.
Drones are getting smarter, deadlier and more indispensable. Skydio believes America should make its own.
Unfortunately, polio and other horrific diseases still exist in the world today, and a number of them — even some considered eradicated in the U.S. — are returning among the unvaccinated at an alarming rate.
As Texas continues to battle a growing measles outbreak largely among its unvaccinated children, six other states have confirmed cases, as well. They include New Mexico, Alaska, Georgia and New York.
With President Trump’s inauguration coming up soon and Beijing already levying new export restrictions and sanctions, 2025 promises to be an eventful year for the U.S.-China trade war.
No matter who wins, the next president needs to ramp up the fight in tackling the crisis of illegal vape products flooding the U.S. market.
The seizures were part of a July joint operation to examine incoming shipments and prevent illegal e-cigarettes from entering the country.
As the Senate prepares to review tough-on-China legislation, a Pentagon-designated “Chinese military company” is working overtime to torpedo a bill aimed at protecting American data from falling into the hands of Beijing.
The United States may have made progress in reducing nationwide smoking rates, but the widespread use of illegal Chinese-made vapes among young people has emerged as a critical public health concern.
The US government vowed to crack down on the sale of illegal nicotine vapes. They only got cheaper, fancier, and more potent.
A 19-year-old college freshman from New York died of a fentanyl overdose after taking just one pill that she believed to be Percocet, according to her grieving family.
For four years, Democrats and Republicans have routinely clashed over funding to curb the Covid-19 pandemic and prepare for future crises.
A team of Bloomberg School experts has partnered with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to better understand why patients skirt regulated supply chains and how health care providers can communicate the hazards.
Drug overdose deaths fell in 2023, marking the first decrease in five years, new provisional federal data published Wednesday showed.
A group of House Republicans on Wednesday proposed legislation that would hike U.S. tariffs on Chinese-made drones by 30% and bar imports of drones that contain critical components made in China by 2030.
