- + CDC Confirms First Severe Case of H5N1 Bird Flu in the United States—December 18, 2024-- A patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of avian influenza A(H5N1) [Category: CDC Newsroom, What's New]
- + CDC warns of a Salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers—A CDC food safety alert regarding a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections has been posted at https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/outbreaks/cucumbe...
- + CDC warns of Listeria linked to ready-to-eat meat and poultry products—Eleven people infected with this outbreak strain Listeria have been reported from four states. [Category: CDC Newsroom, What's New]
- + CDC confirms H5N1 Bird Flu Infection in a Child in California—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed a human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) (H5N1 bird flu) in a child in Califo...
- + CDC warns of new E. coli outbreak linked to organic carrots—CDC has posted a Food Safety Alert regarding a multi-state outbreak linked to organic carrots. [Category: CDC Newsroom, What's New]
- + California confirms first clade I mpox case—CDC to receive samples for addition viral characterization [Category: CDC Newsroom, What's New]
- + California confirms first clade I mpox case—CDC to receive samples for addition viral characterization [Category: CDC Newsroom, What's New]
- + Measles cases surge worldwide, infecting 10.3 million people in 2023—Measles cases surge worldwide, infecting 10.3 million people in 2023 [Category: CDC Newsroom, What's New]
- + 2023 CDC data suggest the STI epidemic may be slowing—The number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remains high in the United States, however the latest data from CDC show signs the epidemic could...
- + Transcript for MMWR Telebriefing: Evidence of Recent H5 Bird Flu Infections among Dairy Workers and CDC Guidance Updates—Transcript for MMWR Telebriefing: Evidence of Recent H5 Bird Flu Infections among Dairy Workers and CDC Guidance Updates [Category: CDC Newsroom, What...
- + Onions served at McDonald's are likely source of E. coli outbreak—An update to CDC's Food Safety Alert regarding an outbreak of E. coli infections linked to onions served at McDonald's [Category: CDC Newsroom, What...
- + Lassa Fever Suspected in Death of U.S. Traveler Returning from West Africa—The CDC and the Iowa Department of Health are investigating a suspected case of Lassa fever, which was diagnosed today in an Iowa resident who returne...
- + More cases reported in E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders; Taylor Farms recalls onions sent to restaurants—An update to CDC's Food Safety Alert regarding an outbreak of E. coli infections linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders has been posted [Category: CD...
- + CDC Recommends Second Dose of 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccine for People 65 Years and Older and for People Who are Moderately or Severely Immunocompromised—Today, CDC Director Mandy Cohen endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation for people 65 years and older and...
- + CDC Recommends Lowering the Age for Pneumococcal Vaccination from 65 to 50 Years Old—Today, CDC Director Mandy Cohen endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' (ACIP) recommendation for lowering the age for pneumoco...
- + Severe E. coli outbreak in Mountain West states linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders; McDonald's removes suspect ingredients temporarily—A CDC Food Safety Alert regarding an outbreak of E. coli infections linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders has been posted at https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli...
- + Youth Tobacco Product Use at a 25-Year Low, Yet Disparities Persist—Current tobacco product use among U.S. middle and high school students has dropped to the lowest recorded level in 25 years. [Category: CDC Newsroom, ...
- + CDC Confirms 3rd Human Case of H5 Bird Flu in California—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed a third human case of H5 bird flu in California. [Category: CDC Newsroom, What's Ne...
- + CDC Confirms New Human Cases of H5 Bird Flu in California—CDC Confirms New Human Cases of H5 Bird Flu in California [Category: CDC Newsroom, What's New]
- + Potential public health risk among individuals ordering counterfeit prescription medications from online pharmacies—Potential public health risk among individuals ordering counterfeit prescription medications from online pharmacies [Category: CDC Newsroom, What's Ne...
- + CDC Statement on Marburg Cases in Rwanda—CDC is aware of 26 individuals with Marburg virus disease, as confirmed by the Republic of Rwanda Ministry of Health. [Category: CDC Newsroom, What's ...
- + Reports of new illnesses slows; CDC continues to investigate the Listeria outbreak linked to deli meats—Reports of new illnesses slows; CDC continues to investigate the Listeria outbreak linked to deli meats [Category: CDC Newsroom, What's New]
- + CDC Awards Over $176 Million to Strengthen U.S. Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce—Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced more than $176 million in funding to support 48 public health partners to streng...
- + New CDC Data Show Adult Obesity Prevalence Remains High—New CDC population data from 2023 show that in 23 states more than one in three adults (35%) has obesity. Before 2013, no state had an adult obesity p...
- + Transcript for Vital Signs Telebriefing: Suicide risk is tied to local economic and social conditions—Transcript for Vital Signs Telebriefing: Suicide risk is tied to local economic and social conditions [Category: CDC Newsroom, What's New]
- + New CDC Report Shows Suicide Risk Tied to Local Economic and Social Conditions— Counties with higher health insurance coverage, broadband internet, and household income have lower suicide rates [Category: CDC Newsroom, What's Ne...
- + CDC warns of recalled eggs sold in Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, linked to Salmonella outbreak—CDC warns of recalled eggs sold in Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, linked to Salmonella outbreak [Category: CDC Newsroom, What's New]
- + CDC Confirms Human H5 Bird Flu Case in Missouri—CDC Confirms Human H5 Bird Flu Case in Missouri [Category: CDC Newsroom, What's New]
- + Youth E-Cigarette Use Drops to Lowest Level in a Decade—Youth E-Cigarette Use Drops to Lowest Level in a Decade [Category: CDC Newsroom, What's New]
- + More illnesses and deaths in Listeria outbreak linked to deli meats is reminder to avoid recalled products—More illnesses and deaths in Listeria outbreak linked to deli meats is reminder to avoid recalled products [Category: CDC Newsroom, What's New]
- + Biden-Harris Administration Awards Over $558 Million to Improve Maternal Health, including $440 Million to Support Pregnant and New Moms, Infants, and Children through Voluntary Home Visiting Programs Proven to Improve Maternal and Child Health, Child Dev—Biden-Harris Administration Awards Over $558 Million to Improve Maternal Health, including $440 Million to Support Pregnant and New Moms, Infants, and...
- + FACT SHEET: United States Response to the Clade I Mpox Outbreak in Several African Countries—FACT SHEET: United States Response to the Clade I Mpox Outbreak in Several African Countries [Category: CDC Newsroom, What's New]
- + CDC Investigation Notice: Tiny turtles, illegal to sell as pets, causing Salmonella illnesses again in young kids—CDC Investigation Notice: Tiny turtles, illegal to sell as pets, causing Salmonella illnesses again in young kids [Category: CDC Newsroom, What's New]
- + Transcript for Vital Signs Telebriefing: Vaccines for Children Program Celebrates 30 Years of Providing Lifesaving Vaccinations to Children at No Cost—Transcript for Vital Signs Telebriefing: Vaccines for Children Program Celebrates 30 Years of Providing Lifesaving Vaccinations to Children at No Cost...
- + Vaccines for Children Program Celebrates 30 Years of Providing Lifesaving Vaccines to Children at No Cost—Routine vaccinations are the best defense against illnesses. The VFC program was established to ensure that children below the federal poverty level a...
- + More Cases and Additional Death Reported in Listeria Outbreak Linked to Meats Sliced at Delis—Media Alert - A CDC Food Safety Alert update regarding a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections has been posted at https://www.cdc.g...
- + CDC Data Show Improvements in Youth Mental Health but Need for Safer and More Supportive Schools—New CDC data released today highlight improvements in mental health among some United States teens, including decreases in the percentage of students ...
- + CDC Investigating Multistate Outbreak of Listeria Infections Linked to Meats Sliced at Delis—A CDC Investigation Notice update regarding a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections has been posted at https://www.cdc.gov/lister...
- + CDC Confirms Three Human Cases of H5 Bird Flu Among Colorado Poultry Workers—Media Statement - Three additional human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) (“H5 bird flu”) virus infection have been confirmed b...
- + CDC Updates Dog Importation Process—CDC has clarified and simplified the process for bringing dogs into the United States from rabies-free and low risk dog rabies countries. CDC aims to ...
- + CDC Investigating Multistate Outbreak of Listeria Infections Linked to Meats Sliced at Delis—CDC Investigating Multistate Outbreak of Listeria Infections Linked to Meats Sliced at Delis [Category: CDC Newsroom, What's New]
- + CDC Data Shows Over 70 Million U.S. Adults Reported Having a Disability—Today CDC released the annual update to the Disability and Health Data System (DHDS), providing quick and easy online access to state-level health dat...
- + CDC Confirms Human Cases of H5 Bird Flu Among Colorado Poultry Workers—Four human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) (“H5 bird flu”) virus infection in the state of Colorado have been confirmed by the...
- + Colorado Reports Three Presumptive Positive H5 Cases in Poultry Workers—The state of Colorado has announced that three people have tested presumptive positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) (“H5 bird fl...
- + CDC Reports Fourth Human Case of H5 Bird Flu Tied to Dairy Cow Outbreak—A human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) (“H5 bird flu”) virus infection in the United States has been identified in the state o...
- + Readout of Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting Held June 26 – 28, 2024—CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met June 26 – 28 to discuss data on multiple vaccines. The agenda and presentations are on...
- + CDC Data Modernization Efforts Accelerate Nation’s Ability to Detect and Rapidly Respond to Health Threats—Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched its updated Public Health Data Strategy for 2024-2025 and a companion 2023 Lookbac...
- + CDC Data Modernization Efforts Accelerate Nation’s Ability to Detect and Rapidly Respond to Health Threats—Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched its updated Public Health Data Strategy for 2024-2025 and a companion 2023 Lookbac...
- + Provisional Suicide Deaths in the United States, 2022—CDC is releasing the latest provisional estimates for suicide deaths in the United States in 2022. The provisional estimates released today indicate t...
- + CDC Allows Novavax Monovalent COVID-19 Boosters for Adults Ages 18 and Older—Today, CDC’s Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., signed a decision memo allowing Novavax monovalent COVID-19 boosters for adults. [Category: ...
- + CDC Allows Novavax Monovalent COVID-19 Boosters for Adults Ages 18 and Older—Today, CDC’s Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., signed a decision memo allowing Novavax monovalent COVID-19 boosters for adults. [Category: ...
- + Federal Health Agencies Unveil National Tool to Measure Health Impacts of Environmental Burdens—Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), in partnership with the ...
- + Federal Health Agencies Unveil National Tool to Measure Health Impacts of Environmental Burdens—Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), in partnership with the ...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: CDC Update on Novel Coronavirus—This briefing to update you on CDC’s 2019 Novel Coronavirus response. We are joined today by Dr. Nancy Messonnier Director of CDC’s National Center f...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: CDC Update on Novel Coronavirus—This briefing to update you on CDC’s 2019 Novel Coronavirus response. We are joined today by Dr. Nancy Messonnier Director of CDC’s National Center f...
- + HHS Press Conference: Remarks at Coronavirus Press Briefing—HHS Press Conference: Remarks at Coronavirus Press Briefing [Category: CDC Newsroom, Coronavirus [CoV], Transcript, COVID-19]
- + HHS Press Conference: Update on 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)—Secretary Alex Azar will hold a press conference alongside CDC, NCIRD, and NIAID providing details on the Department’s coordinated public health respo...
- + 68th Annual EIS Conference—CDC will hold its annual gathering of past and present disease detectives April 29–May 2, 2019, in Atlanta. The 68th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Serv...
- + Lyme and Other Tickborne Diseases Increasing—Tickborne diseases increasingly threaten the health of people in the United States. The growing threat includes newly discovered disease-causing germs...
- + CDC Hosts International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases—Presentations include a wide range of health threats in U.S. and internationally [Category: CDC Newsroom, Press Release]
- + More US adolescents up to date on HPV vaccination—The number of adolescents who are up to date on HPV vaccination - meaning they started and completed the HPV vaccine series - increased five percentag...
- + CDC Releases 2018 Breastfeeding Report Card—Of the approximately 4 million babies born in 2015, most (83.2 percent) started out breastfeeding – but many stop earlier than recommended, according...
- + CDC: 1 in 4 US adults live with a disability—One in 4 U.S. adults – 61 million Americans – have a disability that impacts major life activities, according to a report in CDC’s Morbidity and Morta...
- + CDC Releases Graphic Novel on Variant Flu Dangers—CDC has released a graphic novel to help young people understand the potential health risks of human influenza viruses that normally circulate in swin...
- + CDC supporting response to new Ebola outbreak in North Kivu/Democratic Republic of the Congo—CDC has been responding and coordinating with the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since a new outbreak of Ebola in No...
- + The Number of Women with Opioid Use Disorder at Labor and Delivery Quadrupled from 1999-2014—The number of pregnant women with opioid use disorder (OUD) at labor and delivery more than quadrupled from 1999 to 2014, according to a new analysis ...
- + Transcript for VitalSigns Teleconference: Zika in Babies in US Territories - Transcript—Transcript for VitalSigns Teleconference: Zika in Babies in US Territories [Category: CDC Newsroom, Transcript]
- + Babies with Zika-related Health Problems Continue to Need Attention—About 1 in 7 babies now 1 year or older who were born to women with Zika virus infection during pregnancy had one or more health problems possibly cau...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report—About 1 in 7 babies had health problems possibly caused by Zika: New data underscore continued need for follow-up care of babies exposed to Zika befor...
- + CDC Hosts International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Task Force for Global Health, Inc., will host the 2018 International Conference on Emergi...
- + Contaminated Hy-Vee Spring Pasta Salad Update—CDC continues to advise consumers and retailers not to eat, serve, or sell recalled Hy-Vee Spring Pasta Salad, which has been linked to a multistate o...
- + CDC Final Investigation Update of a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to pre-cut melon—A CDC final investigation update of a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to pre-cut melon has been posted: https://www.cdc.gov/salmon...
- + New Data Show Dramatic Progress in Namibia Toward HIV Epidemic Control and Substantial Gaps in Cote d'Ivoire and Cameroon—The Government of the Republic of Namibia, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prev...
- + Statement from CDC Regarding Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Declaration on Official End of Ninth Ebola Outbreak—The U.S. Centers for Disease control and Prevention (CDC) commends the dedicated efforts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ministry of Public ...
- + CDC launches the nation’s first vision and eye health surveillance system—CDC has developed the nation’s first Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System (VEHSS). Launched in collaboration with the National Opinion Research C...
- + CDC investigation Update of a Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Linked to Contact With Live Poultry—A CDC investigation update of a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to contact with live poultry in backyard flocks has been posted. [...
- + CDC Investigation Notice: Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Raw Turkey Products—A CDC investigation notice regarding a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to raw turkey products. [Category: CDC Newsroom, Media Stat...
- + CDC advises consumers and retailers not to eat, serve, or sell Hy-Vee Spring Pasta Salad—CDC advises consumers and retailers not to eat, serve, or sell Hy-Vee Spring Pasta Salad, which has been linked to a multistate outbreak of Salmonella...
- + CDC is investigating a multistate outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections linked to fresh crab meat imported from Venezuela—CDC, state and local health officials, and the S. Food and Drug Administration are investigating a multistate outbreak of Vibrio parahaemolyticus infe...
- + CDC is investigating a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis linked to McDonald’s salads—CDC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and state and local public health partners are investigating a multistate outbreak of Cyclospora infection...
- + CDC investigation update of the multistate outbreak of E. coli—A final CDC investigation update of the multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to romaine lettuce has been posted [Category: CDC New...
- + New ME/CFS Web Content for Healthcare Providers—The new website notes that anyone can get ME/CFS. While most common in people between 40 and 60 years old, the illness affects children, adolescents, ...
- + Tobacco-Free Policies on the Rise Across US Colleges and Universities—More than twice as many U.S. college and university campuses were smoke free or tobacco free in 2017 as in 2012, according to a study by the Centers f...
- + CDC Investigation Update: Cyclosporiasis—CDC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and state and local public health partners are investigating a multistate outbreak of Cyclospora infection...
- + CDC Announcement: Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Kellogg’s Honey Smacks Cereal—CDC is investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Mbandaka infections linked to Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal. [Category: CDC Newsroom, Media S...
- + CDC: More obesity in U.S. rural counties than in urban counties—Adults living in non-metropolitan (rural) counties are still more likely to be obese than adults in metro (urban) counties, according to a Centers for...
- + Fewer U.S. High School Students Having Sex, Using Drugs—The 2017 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) paints a promising picture about the drug and sexual behaviors U.S. high school students report, b...
- + Transcript for VitalSigns Teleconference: Suicide Prevention - Transcript—CDC Vital Signs report on Trends in Suicide Rates and contributing circumstances to suicide. [Category: CDC Newsroom, Transcript]
- + Youth tobacco use drops during 2011-2017—Yet 3.6 million middle and high school students still use tobacco products [Category: CDC Newsroom, Press Release]
- + Suicide rates rising across the U.S.—Comprehensive prevention goes beyond a focus on mental health concerns [Category: CDC Newsroom, Press Release]
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Suicide Prevention—According to the latest Vital Signs report, suicide increased in nearly every U.S. state from 1999 through 2016. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + 1 in 3 swimming-related disease outbreaks occur at hotels—Crypto parasite continues to cause most outbreaks and illnesses linked to pools and water playgrounds [Category: CDC Newsroom, Press Release]
- + New Rapid Rabies Test Could Revolutionize Testing and Treatment—Test could save lives and lead to fewer unnecessary rabies shots [Category: CDC Newsroom, Press Release]
- + Half of mental health facilities and a third of substance abuse treatment facilities have smoke-free campuses—Opportunity to enhance tobacco cessation treatment in these settings [Category: CDC Newsroom, Press Release]
- + Three CDC scientists named as 2018 Service to America Medal Finalists—The Partnership for Public Service has announced its nominees for the 2018 Service to America Medals, known as the “Sammies.” CDC has three finalists ...
- + Transcript for Vital Signs Teleconference: Vector Borne Diseases—Transcript for Vital Signs Teleconference - Vector Borne Diseases: More than 640,000 cases reported, 2004-2016: Illnesses from tick, mosquito, and fle...
- + Mosquito Bites: Everyone is at Risk!—Almost everyone in the world has been bitten by a mosquito. Although most kinds of mosquitoes are just nuisance mosquitoes, some kinds of mosquitoes s...
- + Illnesses from Mosquito, Tick, and Flea Bites Increasing in the US—Cases triple; better tools needed to fight mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas [Category: CDC Newsroom, Press Release]
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Vector Borne Diseases—The number of illnesses from tick, mosquito, and flea bites has more than tripled in the US, with over 640,000 cases reported from 2004 through 2016. ...
- + Autism prevalence slightly higher in CDC’s ADDM Network—About 1 in 59 eight -year-old children in 11 communities across the United States were identified as having autism in 2014, according to a report publ...
- + CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers: Anti-smoking campaign launches seventh year - Media Advisory—CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers campaign resumes for 25 weeks on April 23, 2018. [Category: CDC Newsroom, Media Advisory]
- + Boots on the Ground: Reports from CDC’s Disease Detectives - Press Release—The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold its 67th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference April 16-19, 2018 i...
- + 67th Annual EIS Conference - Media Advisory—CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) will host the 67th Annual EIS Conference from April 16-19 in Atlanta. During the event, EIS officers—also kn...
- + Newsroom Category - HIV-AIDS—Digital press kits regarding HIV & AIDS [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Transcript for VitalSigns Teleconference: Antibiotic Resistant Germs - Transcript—Transcript of CDC telebriefing [Category: CDC Newsroom, Transcript]
- + CDC Telebriefing - New Vital Signs Report: Antibiotic Resistant Germs - Media Advisory—221 instances of dangerous antibiotic resistant germs: What can state and local health departments do to protect the public? [Category: CDC Newsroom, ...
- + Germs with Unusual Antibiotic Resistance Widespread in U.S. - Press Release—Ramped-up CDC strategy helps providers stop spread of new germs, prevents large outbreaks [Category: CDC Newsroom, Press Release]
- + U.S. drug overdose deaths continue to rise; increase fueled by synthetic opioids - Press Release—An in-depth analysis of 2016 U.S. drug overdose data shows that America’s overdose epidemic is spreading geographically and increasing across demograp...
- + World TB Day - Press Release—Latest analysis of tuberculosis trends shows continued decline in the U.S., but progress toward elimination is slowing. [Category: CDC Newsroom, Press...
- + Unique Program Improves Rapid Detection of Deadly Outbreaks in Uganda - Press Release—Between 2010 and 2017, CDC and Ugandan scientists identified 16 outbreaks of viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) in an average of 2.5 days – down from the...
- + High Blood Pressure and High Cholesterol Associated with Noisy Jobs - Press Release—High blood pressure and high cholesterol are more common among workers exposed to loud noise at work according to a CDC study published this month in ...
- + Telebriefing Transcript: CDC Update on Outbreak of Yellow Fever in Brazil, Vaccination Recommendations - Transcript—CDC Update on Outbreak of Yellow Fever in Brazil, Vaccination Recommendations [Category: CDC Newsroom, Transcript]
- + CDC Warns Of Deadly Outbreak of Yellow Fever in Brazil - Media Statement—Travelers to Brazil should get Yellow Fever vaccine [Category: CDC Newsroom, Media Statement]
- + CDC Update on Outbreak of Yellow Fever in Brazil, Vaccination Recommendations - Media Advisory—CDC will host a media teleconference to discuss a deadly outbreak of yellow fever in Brazil described in the March 16 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly R...
- + During binges, U.S. adults have 17 billion drinks a year - Press Release—U.S. adults consumed more than 17 billion binge drinks in 2015, or about 470 binge drinks per binge drinker, according to a first-of-its-kind study re...
- + Statement To The Media From Acting CDC Director RADM Anne Schuchat, MD - Media Statement—Today marks one month since Commander (CDR) Timothy Cunningham was last seen, and we have not given up hope that he will soon be found. [Category: CDC...
- + Transcript for VitalSigns Teleconference: Opioid Overdoses Treated in Emergency Departments - Transcript—Transcript for VitalSigns Teleconference, titled "Opioid Overdoses Treated in Emergency Departments" [Category: CDC Newsroom, Transcript]
- + 2018 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections - Press Release—A new CDC analysis suggests HIV prevention pill is not reaching most Americans who could benefit – especially people of color. [Category: CDC Newsroom...
- + Emergency Department Data Show Rapid Increases in Opioid Overdoses - Press Release—Data from emergency departments (EDs) show that the U.S. opioid overdose epidemic continues to worsen, according to the latest Vital Signs report by t...
- + How can health departments respond to the 30% increase in Emergency Department visits for suspected opioid overdoses? - Media Advisory—Emergency Department visits for suspected opioid overdoses increased 30 percent from third quarter 2016 to third quarter 2017 in 16 states that have b...
- + CDC releases report to Congress detailing the impact of traumatic brain injury on children, families - Media Advisory—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a Report to Congress on The Management of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in Children, deta...
- + Is the U.S. Export Economy at Risk from Global Infectious Outbreaks? - Press Release—In addition to tragic loss of life, the next global infectious disease outbreak could harm the U.S. export economy and threaten U.S. jobs-even if the ...
- + CDC update on widespread flu activity - Transcript—This is a transcript of the February 9, 2018 CDC teleconference on current U.S. flu activity. [Category: CDC Newsroom, Transcript]
- + CDC Update on Widespread Flu Activity - Media Advisory—CDC will provide an update on the current flu season. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + Investigation of a Salmonella Infection Linked to Rattlesnake Pills - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment have linked one person's Salmonella Oranienburg inf...
- + Children with Congenital Zika Virus Infection Face Serious Challenges as They Age - Press Release—Most children born with microcephaly - small head size for age - and evidence of congenital Zika virus infection face severe health and developmental ...
- + Seasonal flu death estimate increases worldwide - Press Release—According to new estimates published today, between 291,000 and 646,000 people worldwide die from seasonal influenza-related respiratory illnesses eac...
- + Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease at Birth Saves Lives - Press Release—Infant deaths from critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) decreased more than 33 percent in eight states that mandated screening for CCHD using a te...
- + HHS/CDC/CMS Update on Public Health Emergencies - Media Advisory—On Monday, December 4, Health and Human Services Acting Secretary Eric Hargan will travel to Atlanta, Georgia, where he will meet with CDC Director Br...
- + Vital Signs Teleconference: HIV Testing Frequency - Transcript—Transcript of teleconference [Category: Transcript]
- + Frequency of HIV Testing and Time from Infection to Diagnosis Improves - Digital Press Kit—A new CDC Vital Signs report published today finds that HIV is being diagnosed sooner after infection than was previously reported. According to the r...
- + Frequency of HIV Testing and Time from Infection to Diagnosis Improve - Press Release—Overall, 85 percent of the estimated 1.1 million people living with HIV in 2014 knew their HIV status. CDC estimates about 40 percent of new HIV infec...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report How long do people have HIV before it is diagnosed? - Media Advisory—CDC estimates the amount of time that people live with HIV before they receive a diagnosis and examines recent HIV testing behavior among people who a...
- + Nearly half of the world's busiest airports have smoke-free policies - Press Release—Among the 50 busiest airports in the world, 23 have smoke-free indoor policies. This means air travelers and employees at 46 percent of the world's bu...
- + People in Four States May Be Drinking Contaminated Raw Milk - Press Release—CDC and partners urge families at risk to see their doctor for antibiotics. [Category: Press Release]
- + Only 1 in 10 Adults Get Enough Fruits or Vegetables - Press Release—Just 1 in 10 adults meet the federal fruit or vegetable recommendations, according to a new study published today in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Wee...
- + CDC Encourages Safe Antibiotic Prescribing and Use - Press Release—Each year, at least 2 million Americans become infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and at least 23,000 people die as a result. [Category: Pre...
- + One in five US adults still using tobacco products in 2015 - Press Release—About 1 in 5 U.S. adults used some form of tobacco product in 2015, according to new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
- + Million Hearts® Recognizes the 2017 Hypertension Control Champions - Press Release—24 Champions achieved high rates of blood pressure control for their patients [Category: Press Release]
- + Fentanyl involved in over half of opioid overdose deaths in 10 states - Media Statement—Over half of people in 10 states who died of opioid overdoses during the second half of 2016 tested positive for fentanyl, according to new data publi...
- + Getting Ahead of the Next Pandemic: Is the World Ready? - Press Release—When a deadly mystery illness was detected in Liberia in April 2017, first responders were on the ground within 24 hours. Through the Ministry of Heal...
- + New app helps parents track child's developmental milestones - Press Release—Is your child's development on track for his or her age? Now you can find out with CDC's new free Milestone Tracker app. The app makes it easy for par...
- + CDC Reports Rising Rates of Drug Overdose Deaths in Rural Areas - Press Release—Drug overdose death rates now higher in rural areas than in urban areas [Category: Press Release]
- + CDC updates guidance for infants born to mothers with possible Zika virus infection during pregnancy - Press Release—This update includes information that has become available since the August 2016 release of the previous guidance. [Category: Press Release]
- + Americans in rural areas more likely to die by suicide - Press Release—Suicide rates for rural counties consistently higher than urban counties from 2001-2015 [Category: Press Release]
- + CDC HIV Expert Wins Samuel J. Heyman Award for Career Achievement - Media Statement—Last week, the Partnership for Public Service named CDC's Tedd V. Ellerbrock, M.D., the 2017 winner of the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal f...
- + Vital Signs: Teleconference on Obesity and Cancer - Transcript—Transcript of teleconference [Category: Transcript]
- + Cancer and Obesity - Digital Press Kit—Overweight and obesity are associated with increased risk of 13 types of cancer. These cancers account for about 40 percent of all cancers diagnosed i...
- + Cancers Associated with Overweight and Obesity Make up 40 percent of Cancers Diagnosed in the United States - Press Release—Overweight and obesity are associated with increased risk of 13 types of cancer. These cancers account for about 40 percent of all cancers diagnosed i...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Why is the overall cancer rate declining, while cancer rates associated with overweight and obesity are on the rise? - Media Advisory—Overweight and obesity are associated with at least 13 different types of cancer. According to the latest CDC Vital Signs report, cancers associated w...
- + CDC Is Deactivating the Emergency Operations Center for the Zika Response - Press Release—CDC is deactivating its emergency response for Zika virus (Zika) to transition efforts to normal program operations on September 29, 2017. [Category: ...
- + New study shows Tdap vaccination during pregnancy can prevent whooping cough in babies - Press Release—A new CDC study published today in Clinical Infectious Diseases reported that vaccination with whooping cough vaccine, Tdap, during the third trimeste...
- + Just Over Half of Adults with Work-Related Asthma Report Having Received a Pneumococcal Vaccine - Press Release—Adults with asthma are at increased risk for pneumococcal disease, yet according to a new CDC study published today in the American Journal of Prevent...
- + STDs at record high, indicating urgent need for prevention - Press Release—More than two million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis were reported in the United States in 2016, the highest number ever, according to the...
- + CDC launches campaign to help states fight prescription opioid epidemic - Press Release—Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is launching Rx Awareness, a powerful communication campaign featuring real-life accounts o...
- + Rural Americans less likely to wear seat belts, more likely to die in crashes - Press Release—Adult motor vehicle drivers and passengers in America's most rural counties had motor-vehicle death rates 3 to 10 times higher than those in the most ...
- + Why Global Health Security Is Essential to U.S. National Security - Press Release—How does CDC fulfill its mission to keep America safe from health threats? The first-ever special supplement to CDC's Emerging Infectious Diseases (EI...
- + Sustaining Global Health Security is Critical to Protecting America's National Security—SARS in 2003. Influenza in 2009. Ebola in 2014. Zika in 2015. In the fight against infectious diseases, no nation can stand alone. In today's intercon...
- + Essentials for Parenting Toddlers and Preschoolers—Essentials for Parenting Toddlers and Preschoolers helps parents interact positively with children. It provides proven answers to common challenges so...
- + 5 African countries approach control of their HIV epidemics as U.S. government launches bold strategy to accelerate progress - Press Release—Latest survey results show Lesotho's significant success with HIV viral load suppression and stabilization of Uganda's previously expanding epidemic [...
- + CDC Hurricane Support - Press Release—Practical information for affected communities, displaced people, and responders [Category: Press Release]
- + CDC and Texas Health Officials Warn About Illness Linked to Raw Milk from Texas Dairy - Press Release—People who consumed raw milk or raw milk products from one Texas dairy should contact their health care provider immediately, warn health investigator...
- + Stay Safe after Hurricanes, Flooding - Media Advisory—Hurricanes can cause dangerous and destructive high winds, flooding, heavy rain, and storm surges. Keep your family safe after a hurricane has made la...
- + CDC Emergency Operations Center activates to support response to Hurricane Harvey - Media Statement—CDC's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is now activated to bring together CDC staff to work efficiently in responding to public health needs in the a...
- + CDC Releases New Data on the Connection between Health and Academics - Press Release—As millions of students across the United States head back to school, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released new data confirm...
- + Transcript: Preventing Stroke Deaths - Transcript—After decades of decline, progress has slowed in preventing stroke deaths. Almost 800,000 people have a stroke each year, more than 140,000 die and ma...
- + Back-to-School: A Time to Think about Health and Academics—As students go back to school, it is important that parents and students recognize key health and safety information that will help ensure a great sta...
- + Progress has stalled in US stroke death rates after decades of decline - Press Release—After more than four decades of decline, progress has slowed in preventing stroke deaths, according to the latest Vital Signs report by the Centers fo...
- + Preventing Stroke Deaths—After decades of decline, progress has slowed in preventing stroke deaths. Not only has progress in preventing deaths slowed, but there has also been ...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report: Why have 40 years of declines in stroke deaths slowed? How do we regain momentum? - Media Advisory—Progress has slowed in preventing stroke deaths. According to the latest CDC Vital Signs report, progress in stroke death rates has stalled in 3 out o...
- + CDC awards $28.6 million to help states fight opioid overdose epidemic - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is awarding more than $28.6 million in additional funding to 44 states and the District of Columb...
- + New CDC Data Shows US Adults Still Struggling with Obesity - Media Advisory—The 2016 maps show that the proportion of adults with obesity in the United States remains high. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + CDC urges early recognition, prompt treatment of sepsis - Press Release—This initiative emphasizes the importance of early recognition and timely treatment of sepsis, as well as the importance of preventing infections that...
- + Forum on the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management of Zika Virus Infection among Infants - Media Advisory—This Forum will be an opportunity to convene experts to review emerging evidence and collect individual expert input regarding the diagnosis, evaluati...
- + Some Infants still not receiving the recommended screenings and interventions for hearing loss and critical congenital heart disease at birth - Press Release—About 1 in 500 infants are born with CCHD, which includes the more severe forms of congenital heart disease (CHD). [Category: Press Release]
- + Most U.S. teens are getting cancer-preventing vaccine - Press Release—Six out of 10 U.S. parents are choosing to get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for their children, according to a report published in this week...
- + Most adolescent contact lens wearers report habits that could cause eye infection - Press Release—More than 6 in 7 adolescents (85 percent) who wear contact lenses report at least one habit that increases the chance of an eye infection, according t...
- + New CDC Report: More Americans have epilepsy than ever before - Press Release—The number of U.S. adults and children with epilepsy is increasing, with at least 3.4 million people living with the disorder, according to data relea...
- + First Fungal Disease Awareness Week Encourages Patients, Doctors To "Think Fungus" - Media Advisory—CDC organized the first Fungal Disease Awareness Week to highlight the importance of recognizing serious fungal diseases early enough to provide life-...
- + CDC invests more than $200 million to help states respond to infectious disease threats - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded more than $200 million through the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectiou...
- + New Prediabetes Awareness Campaign Features Unexpected Animal Videos to Encourage Americans to Learn Their Risk - Press Release—American Diabetes Association, American Medical Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Ad Council launch new creative awarene...
- + Country with world's highest HIV prevalence is now controlling its HIV epidemic - Press Release—New findings from Swaziland, supported by the Swazi Ministry of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the Presi...
- + CDC reminds travelers to Europe: Protect against measles - Press Release—With the peak summer travel season under way, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reminding travelers to Europe and other global d...
- + New CDC report: More than 100 million Americans have diabetes or prediabetes - Press Release—More than 100 million U.S. adults are now living with diabetes or prediabetes, according to a new report released today by the Centers for Disease Con...
- + CDC awards $12 million to help states fight opioid overdose epidemic - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be awarding this week more than $12 million to 23 states and the District of Columbia to sup...
- + Transcript : Vital Signs Opioid Prescription Changes - Transcript—Trends and opioid prescribing and how the amount of opioids prescribed to patients varies widely from county to county in the United States [Category:...
- + New CDC Report shows deaths from cancer higher in rural America - Press Release—Despite decreases in cancer death rates nationwide, a new report shows slower reduction in cancer death rates in rural America (a decrease of 1.0 perc...
- + Opioid prescribing is still high and varies widely throughout the U.S. - Press Release—The amount of opioids prescribed in the United States peaked in 2010 and then decreased each year through 2015, but remains at high levels and varies ...
- + Opioid Prescribing is Still High and Varies from County to County—There has been an overall decline in the amount of opioids prescribed in the United States. But the amount is still extremely high, with the amount of...
- + Statement From CDC Regarding the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Declaration To End Of Ebola Outbreak - Media Statement—The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) commends the dedicated efforts of those in the DRC whose hard work and commitment stopped th...
- + 40th Annual Report on the Health of the Nation Features Long-Term Trends in Health and Health Care Delivery in the United States—CDC today released Health, United States, 2016, the 40th annual report on the health of the nation from the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HH...
- + CDC files petition for annexation into City of Atlanta - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, has filed a petition for its Edward R. Roybal Campus on Clifton Road t...
- + Life at Ground Zero: The Story of the West African Ebola Outbreak - Press Release—What was it like at ground zero of the worst outbreak of Ebola in history? This month, CDC's David J. Sencer Museum will be the first U.S. museum to o...
- + CDC Hosts Media Availability for New Ebola Exhibition - Media Advisory—CDC will host a media availability on June 28, 2017, for reporters who want to tour the new exhibition, EBOLA: People + Public Health + Political Will...
- + CDC surveys find increase in the number of U.S. counties with Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes that can spread Zika - Media Statement—The Southern United States shows a substantial increase in the number of counties that reported evidence of the mosquitoes that can spread chikungunya...
- + Youth tobacco product use, including e-cigarettes, drops during 2015-2016 - Press Release—The number of middle and high school students who say they are current tobacco users - defined as having used a tobacco product in the past 30 days - ...
- + Updated CDC Travel Health Book Now Online - Press Release—CDC's 2018 Yellow Book, the definitive guide for healthy international travel, is now available for free online and for order in hard copy. [Category:...
- + Transcript : CDC Telebriefing - Update on Zika pregnancy outcomes in U.S. Territories - Transcript—Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Update on Zika pregnancy outcomes in U.S. Territories [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC analysis of data from US territories finds serious birth defects in about 1 in 12 fetuses or infants of pregnant women with Zika infection in the first trimester - Press Release—In the U.S. territories, 5 percent of women who had confirmed Zika virus infection during pregnancy had a baby or fetus with Zika virus-associated bir...
- + Vital Signs Legionnaires' Transcript—Transcript from the June 6th, 2017 Vital Signs - Legionnaires' Disease telebriefing [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC Telebriefing: Update on Zika pregnancy outcomes in U.S. Territories - Media Advisory—CDC is hosting a telebriefing to discuss recent findings about birth defects associated with Zika virus infection in the U.S. territories [Category: M...
- + Multiple Multistate Outbreaks of Human Salmonella Infections Linked to Live Poultry in Backyard Flocks—Salmonella infections don't just come from contaminated food-they can come from contact with animals, too. Many Salmonella infections occur in people ...
- + Legionnaires' Disease—Legionnaires' disease is a risk in health care facilities across the United States, according to a new CDC Vital Signs report. Unfortunately, this ser...
- + Patients in health care facilities at risk for Legionnaires' disease - Press Release—A new CDC analysis finds that among the 21 U.S. jurisdictions studied, 76 percent reported health care-associated cases of Legionnaires' disease, a co...
- + Community Mitigation Guidelines to Prevent Pandemic Influenza - United States, 2017—On April 20, 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released updated pre-pan...
- + NIOSH and OSHA Introduce Improved Heat Safety App for Outdoor Workers - Press Release—An updated app for smart phones and other mobile devices can help workers stay safe when working outdoors in hot weather. [Category: Press Release]
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - What can be done to lower the risk of Legionnaires' disease for patients in healthcare facilities? - Media Advisory—A new CDC analysis finds that among 21 jurisdictions studied, 76 percent reported cases of Legionnaires' disease associated with healthcare facilities...
- + CDC updates Zika guidance for Miami-Dade County, Florida - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated guidance for people who travel to or live in Miami-Dade County to lift the Zika cauti...
- + US Death Rates from Alzheimer's Disease Increased 55 Percent from 1999 to 2014 - Press Release—Death rates from Alzheimer's disease (AD) increased 55 percent between 1999 and 2014, according to data released today in the CDC's Morbidity and Mort...
- + Crypto outbreaks linked to swimming have doubled since 2014 - Press Release—Outbreaks of a parasitic infection linked to swimming pools and water playgrounds are increasingly being reported to CDC, with twice as many outbreaks...
- + New Hepatitis C Infections Nearly Tripled over Five Years—Deadly virus concentrated among baby boomers and increasing rapidly among new generations of Americans [Category: Press Release]
- + CDC finalizes vaccine recommendation for adults traveling to areas with cholera - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendation for the use of a cholera vaccine in adults traveling to areas with cholera is now fina...
- + CDC updates guidance on interpretation of Zika testing results for pregnant women - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today issued a Health Alert Notice with updated guidance for healthcare professionals to interpre...
- + Lyme and other Tickborne Diseases—Tickborne diseases are on the rise and prevention should be on everyone's mind, particularly during the spring, summer, and early-fall when ticks are ...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Transcript for Vital Signs African American Health - Transcript—New Vital Signs Report - African Americans are living longer. The death rate for African Americans has declined about 25% over 17 years, primarily for...
- + African-American Death Rate Drops 25 Percent - Press Release—The death rate for African-Americans (blacks) declined 25 percent from 1999 to 2015, according to a new CDC Vital Signs report released today. [Catego...
- + African American Health: Creating Equal Opportunities for Health—The death rate for African Americans dropped 25% from 1999-2015, but they are still more likely to die at a young age than white Americans. [Category:...
- + U.S.-licensed yellow fever vaccine supply to be depleted by mid-2017 - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlines a plan to ensure a continuous yellow fever vaccine supply in the United States following the a...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - African-American Health: What can public health professionals and community organizations do to help achieve better health outcomes? - Media Advisory—Death rates for African-Americans have declined about 25 percent over 17 years, primarily for those ages 65 years and older. [Category: Media Advisory...
- + U.S. Cancer Statistics Data Visualization Website—CDC releases NEW, interactive U.S. Cancer Statistics data displays that improve the access to and look of the official federal cancer statistics. [Cat...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: EIS Conference - Transcript—Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: EIS Conference [Category: Transcript]
- + Dispatches from the Front Lines: CDC's Disease Detective Conference - Press Release—The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold its 66th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference April 24-27, 2017, ...
- + Campylobacter, Salmonella led bacterial foodborne illnesses in 2016 - Press Release—Campylobacter and Salmonella caused the most reported bacterial foodborne illnesses in 2016, according to preliminary data published today in CDC's Mo...
- + Rates of new diagnosed cases of type 1 and type 2 diabetes on the rise among children, teens - Press Release—Rates of new diagnosed cases of type 1 and type 2 diabetes are increasing among youth in the United States, according to a report, Incidence Trends of...
- + 66th Annual EIS Conference - Media Advisory—CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) will host the 66th Annual EIS Conference from April 24-27 in Atlanta. During the event, EIS officers-also kn...
- + CDC assisting investigation of animal material found in packaged salad - Media Statement—Experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are working with the Florida Department of Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis...
- + Zika Virus: Protecting Pregnant Women and Babies—About 1 in 10 U.S. pregnant women with confirmed Zika had a fetus or baby with birth defects in 2016. Nearly 1,300 pregnant women with evidence of pos...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Zika Virus - Transcript—New Vital Signs Report - Possible Zika virus infections in 44 U.S. states: What can healthcare providers do to help protect pregnant women and their b...
- + About 1 in 10 U.S. pregnant women with confirmed Zika infection had a fetus or baby with birth defects in 2016 - Press Release—Of the 250 pregnant women who had confirmed Zika infection in 2016, 24 - or about 1 in 10 of them - had a fetus or baby with Zika-related birth defect...
- + CDC Study Finds Flu Vaccine Saves Children's Lives - Press Release—A new CDC study published today in Pediatrics is the first of its kind to show that flu vaccination significantly reduced a child's risk of dying from...
- + Annual Report to the Nation: Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline - Press Release—Overall cancer death rates continue to decrease in men, women, and children for all major racial and ethnic groups, according to the latest Annual Rep...
- + One in four U.S. middle and high school students say they've been exposed to secondhand aerosol from e-cigarettes - Press Release—About one in four U.S. middle and high school students- nearly 6.5 million youths -report being exposed to secondhand aerosol from e-cigarettes at lea...
- + CDC Foundation's New Business Pulse Focuses on Opioid Overdose Epidemic - Media Advisory—Business Pulse: Opioid Overdose Epidemic, launched today by the CDC Foundation, explores how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is w...
- + CDC identifies potential risk of Zika virus transmission since June 15, 2016, in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties - Media Statement—CDC has identified a potential risk of Zika virus transmission starting on June, 15, 2016, to present in Miami-Dade County, Florida, that also could a...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Zika update - Media Advisory—CDC and FDA provide an update on potential increased risk of Zika virus in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + CDC updates Zika travel guidance for pregnant women to not travel to any area with Zika risk - Media Statement—CDC has updated its Zika travel guidance and now recommends that pregnant women not travel to any area where there is a risk of Zika virus infection, ...
- + CDC adds 4 countries to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing spread of Zika virus?. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Angol...
- + CDC: Outbreak of North American avian influenza A(H7N9) in poultry poses low risk to people - Media Statement —CDC is working closely with USDA APHIS and the Tennessee Department of Health to minimize any human health risk posed by the avian influenza outbreak ...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Arthritis in America - Transcript—CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Arthritis in America - Transcript [Category: Transcript]
- + Arthritis in America—Arthritis limits daily activities of 24 million adults in the United States, making it hard for them to hold a cup, lift a grocery bag, or walk to the...
- + Arthritis Limits Daily Activities of 24 million US Adults - Press Release—More than 24 million adults with arthritis have activity limitations from their disease. The percentage of adults with arthritis who have activity lim...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Why is the Number of US Adults Struggling with Arthritis Continuing to Climb? - Media Advisory—According to the latest CDC Vital Signs, more than 54 million US adults have arthritis - 24 million of whom are limited in performing daily activities...
- + Nation sees near doubling in colorectal cancer screening in 2015 compared with 2000 - Press Release—More adults are getting recommended screening tests for colorectal cancer, but not for breast or cervical cancers, according to data released today in...
- + CDC, FDA, and states investigating multistate E. coli outbreak - Media Statement—CDC, FDA, and several states are investigating an outbreak of 12 illnesses of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O157:H7 reported from several state...
- + CDC study estimates 20-fold increase in certain types of birth defects in pregnancies with possible Zika infection compared with pre-Zika years - Media Statement—The proportion of Zika-affected pregnancies with birth defects is approximately 20-fold higher compared with the proportion of pregnancies seen in 201...
- + '500 Cities' website: Users can explore neighborhood health data - Press Release—Users of a new, interactive web application can view and explore city-and neighborhood-level health data for America's 500 largest cities. [Category: ...
- + CDC review finds acceptable air quality supplied by air hoses in laboratories - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has completed its examination of the quality of the air that comes through breathing hoses used b...
- + CDC hosts vector control experts to discuss strategies to combat Aedes aegypti - Media Advisory—CDC, in collaboration with the CDC Foundation, will convene a two-day meeting February 27-28, 2017, to exchange facts and information about options an...
- + CDC reviewing air quality associated with air hoses in some laboratories - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has begun a review of air quality associated with the use of air hoses attached to protective sui...
- + CDC Museum Exhibition-Then & Now: Reinventing Quarantine for Globalization - Media Advisory—A new CDC museum exhibit, Then & Now: Reinventing Quarantine for Globalization, presents the untold story - contrasting the Then and Now - of rein...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Too loud! For Too long! - Transcript—CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Too loud! For Too long! [Category: Transcript]
- + New Vital Signs study finds noise-related hearing loss not limited to work exposure - Press Release—Unless your hearing is tested, it's really hard to know if it's damaged. That's the message of a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CD...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Too loud! For Too long! - Media Advisory—According to the latest CDC Vital Signs report, many adults don't hear as well as they think they do. About 40 million Americans ages 20 to 69 have he...
- + CDC Assisting Illinois and Wisconsin Investigation of Seoul Virus Outbreak Associated with Home-based Rat-Breeding Facilities - Media Statement—Experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are working with the Illinois Department of Health and the Wisconsin Department of Health ...
- + South African Study Provides Compelling New Evidence on Role of Person-to Person Transmission in Drug-Resistant TB Epidemics - Press Release—A study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine provides compelling evidence that extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) is s...
- + NIOSH launches hearing loss prevention app - Media Advisory—CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announces the availability of a new mobile application (app) for iOS devices that ...
- + Rural Americans at higher risk of death from five leading causes - Press Release—A new CDC study demonstrates that Americans living in rural areas are more likely to die from five leading causes than their urban counterparts. [Cate...
- + CDC and SHAPE America Release New Resources to Improve Recess in Schools - Media Advisory—Strategies for Recess in Schools identifies 19 effective strategies schools can implement to increase student physical activity and academic achieveme...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Transcript—What approaches from the Indian Health Service can be applied to other populations to reduce kidney failure and prevent diabetes deaths? [Category: Tr...
- + Native Americans with Diabetes—Remarkable progress made reducing kidney failure from diabetes in Native American populations. Federal data show diabetes-related kidney failure among...
- + Remarkable progress made reducing kidney failure from diabetes in Native American populations - Press Release—Federal data show diabetes-related kidney failure among Native American adults (American Indians/Alaskan Natives) decreased 54 percent between 1996 an...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Media Advisory—What approaches from the Indian Health Service can be applied to other populations to reduce kidney failure and prevent diabetes deaths? [Category: Me...
- + Native Americans with diabetes - Digital Press Kit—Remarkable progress made reducing kidney failure from diabetes in Native American populations. Federal data show diabetes-related kidney failure among...
- + Tips From Former Smokers™: landmark anti-smoking campaign begins sixth year January 9 - Media Advisory—CDC's Tips From Former Smokers campaign will be back on the air for at least 20 weeks in 2017. The 15- and 30-second ads will run nationally on cable ...
- + CDC Highlights Significant Contributions in the Fight against Zika in 2016 - Press Release—Seventy years after CDC was founded to fight mosquitoes that carried malaria, CDC found itself entrenched in combat with another mosquito-borne illnes...
- + CDC awards nearly $184 million to continue the fight against Zika - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today it is awarding nearly $184 million in funding to states, territories, local juris...
- + New data show continuing opioid epidemic in the United States - Press Release—Drug overdose deaths, including opioid overdose deaths, continue to increase in the United States, according to new data published today in CDC's Morb...
- + CDC Releases Preliminary Estimates of Birth Defects Following Zika Virus Infection in Pregnancy - Press Release—In a new report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, CDC scientists used preliminary data from the US Zika Pregnancy Registry...
- + CDC Issues Zika Virus Guidance for Brownsville, Texas - Media Statement—CDC has issued Zika-related travel and testing guidance for Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, following reports from Texas public health officials o...
- + CDC in 2016: Keeping America Safe From Health Threats New And Old - Press Release—The health threats of 2016 came in all sizes, ranging from drug-resistant superbugs to Zika-carrying mosquitoes to a powerful hurricane. In a digital ...
- + Study Finds Zika Virus Replicates and Persists in Fetal Brains and Placentas - Press Release—Zika virus can make thousands of copies of itself in fetuses' brains and in the placentas of pregnant women, which may help explain how the virus caus...
- + Flu vaccine coverage remains low this year - Press Release—As of early November, only about 2 out of 5 people in the United States reported having gotten this season's flu vaccine, yet flu vaccine offered subs...
- + CDC updates Zika guidance for South Miami Beach (FL) area - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated guidance for people who travel to or live in the previously identified area of South ...
- + Evidence that Microcephaly Risk is Highest among Pregnant Women Infected Early in Pregnancy - Media Statement—Colombia has experienced a 4-fold increase overall in microcephaly following the Zika virus outbreak in 2016, according to a study published today in ...
- + CDC Reports Winnable Battles Results - Press Release—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released the final report on the Winnable Battles program, an effort to make the biggest health...
- + CDC updates guidance for Little River (FL) area with active Zika transmission - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated Zika guidance for people who travel to or live in the previously identified 1-square-...
- + New Vital Signs Report - HIV & Injection Drug Use - Transcript—CDC hosted a telebriefing for Vital Signs on HIV and injection drug use.. [Category: Transcript]
- + Use of syringe services programs increases, but access must improve for greater HIV prevention - Press Release—Use of syringe services programs (SSPs) has increased substantially during the past decade, but most people who inject drugs still don't always use st...
- + CDC supporting Texas investigation of possible local Zika transmission - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been informed by Texas health officials that Zika virus infection has been diagnosed in a res...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report How can expanded syringe services programs protect gains in HIV prevention? - Media Advisory—One consequence of the nation's devastating opioid epidemic is the increased risk of HIV and hepatitis B and C transmission through unsafe injection d...
- + CDC updates guidance for Miami Beach (FL) area with active Zika transmission - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated guidance for people who travel to or live in the previously identified 4.5-square-mil...
- + CDC updates guidance for Miami Beach (FL) area with active Zika transmission - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated guidance for people who travel to or live in the previously identified 4.5-square-mil...
- + CDC, US and Brazilian researchers find evidence of onset of Zika-associated microcephaly and other neurologic complications after birth - Media Statement—CDC researchers in collaboration with researchers from the United States and Brazil investigated the first series of infants with laboratory evidence ...
- + CDC adds Montserrat to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing spread of Zika virus?. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Monts...
- + CDC estimates preventable deaths from 5 leading causes - Press Release—The number of potentially preventable deaths - premature deaths that could have been avoided - declined from 2010 to 2014 for three of the five leadin...
- + CDC Reports Improvement in Childhood Obesity among Young Children Enrolled in WIC - Media Statement—Obesity among low-income children (ages 2-4 years) enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) decre...
- + CDC Reports Improvement in Childhood Obesity among Young Children Enrolled in WIC - Press Release—Obesity among low-income children (aged 2-4 years) enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) decre...
- + CDC adds Palau to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing spread of Zika virus?. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Palau...
- + New Vital Signs Report - Cancer and Tobacco Use - Transcript—CDC hosted a telebriefing for Vital Signs on cancer and tobacco use. [Category: Transcript]
- + Cancers linked to tobacco use make up 40% of all cancers diagnosed in the United States - Press Release—Forty percent of cancers diagnosed in the U.S. may have a link to tobacco use, according to this month's Vital Signs Report. Tobacco use is the leadin...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - What can be done to help prevent smokers and nonsmokers from getting more than 12 cancers associated with tobacco use and secondhand smoke? - Media Advisory—Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of cancer and cancer deaths. Cancers linked to tobacco use make up 40% of all cancers diagnosed. [Categor...
- + First cases of Candida auris reported in United States - Press Release—Thirteen cases of Candida auris (C. auris), a serious and sometimes fatal fungal infection that is emerging globally, have been identified in the Unit...
- + National Prematurity Awareness Month: Celebrating Successes and Taking Action - Media Statement—About 1 in 10 babies are born preterm, or before completing the normal 37 to 40 weeks of pregnancy. These babies miss out on the important growth and ...
- + First annual One Health Day highlights link between people's health and animals, environment - Media Advisory—The first annual global One Health Day will be held Thursday, November 3, to raise awareness worldwide about the One Health concept, which recognizes ...
- + CDC, Miami-Dade and Miami Beach collaborate and make progress on better understanding and stopping the Zika outbreak - Media Statement—CDC continues to support local efforts to prevent new infections of Zika in Miami-Dade County. To see the latest situation firsthand, Dr. Frieden trav...
- + CDC Foundation's New Business Pulse Focuses on Reducing Tobacco Use - Media Advisory—"Business Pulse: Tobacco Use", launched today by the CDC Foundation, focuses on how employers can improve employee health by reducing tobacco use and ...
- + Transcript for CDC Press Conference: Can polio be eradicated despite recent setbacks? - Transcript—Transcript and audio recording of World Polio Day Press Conference [Category: Transcript]
- + Can polio be eradicated despite recent setbacks? - Media Advisory—The world is at the brink of a historic moment: eradication of polio, one of the most feared scourges of humanity; yet, recent setbacks threaten this ...
- + CDC announces supplemental funding opportunity for continued Zika response in 2017 - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is announcing the availability of about $70 million in supplemental funding to states, cities, an...
- + CDC Restores Emergency Preparedness Funds to States and Territories - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has increased by $44.25 million the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agree...
- + CDC recommends only two HPV shots for younger adolescents - Press Release—CDC today recommended that 11- to 12-year-olds receive two doses of HPV vaccine at least six months apart rather than the previously recommended three...
- + CDC updates guidance related to local Zika transmission in Miami-Dade County, Florida - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to work with Florida health officials to investigate new cases of locally transmitted Z...
- + New Vital Signs Report - Dental Sealants Prevent Cavities - Transcript—CDC hosted a telebriefing for Vital Signs on dental sealants. [Category: Transcript]
- + New CDC Vital Signs: Dental Sealants Prevent Cavities - Digital Press Kit—Dental cavities are one of the most common chronic conditions among children and teens. Left untreated, cavities can cause pain and infection and prob...
- + School dental-sealant programs could prevent most cavities, lower treatment costs in vulnerable children - Press Release—Research shows dental sealants to shield the back teeth could prevent up to 80 percent of cavities in school-aged children. They are quick, easy, and ...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Media Advisory—According to the new Vital Signs report, dental sealants prevent 80% of cavities in school-age children, particularly for the back teeth, where 9 in 1...
- + CDC working with Florida to respond to new active Zika transmission area in Miami-Dade County - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to work with Florida health officials to investigate new cases of locally transmitted Z...
- + New CDC study shows changes in breast cancer death rates by age group - Press Release—Breast cancer death rates among women decreased during 2010-2014, but racial differences persisted, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Co...
- + Contaminated Devices Putting Open-Heart Surgery Patients at Risk - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning healthcare providers and patients about the potential risk of infection from certain d...
- + CDC funds 34 innovative projects to combat antibiotic resistance - Press Release—CDC has awarded more than $14 million to fund new approaches to combat antibiotic resistance, including research on how microorganisms naturally prese...
- + CDC updates interim guidance for pre-pregnancy counseling and prevention of sexual transmission of Zika - Media Statement—CDC today announced updates to its interim guidance for pre-pregnancy counseling and prevention of sexual transmission of Zika based on ongoing assess...
- + CDC issues Zika special travel considerations for 11 Southeast Asian countries—Today, CDC posted Zika virus-related special travel considerations for 11 Southeastern Asian countries. CDC now recommends that pregnant women should ...
- + Influenza Outlook 2016-2017: What You Should Know about Flu Prevention This Season - Media Advisory—Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), joined by other medical and public health experts, will a...
- + Dialysis organizations team up with CDC to protect patients - Press Release—CDC is teaming up with a broad coalition of kidney and dialysis organizations to reduce the number of bloodstream infections in dialysis patients. Eac...
- + CDC awards $13 million to establish the first Vector Control Unit in Puerto Rico - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced that it has awarded $13 million to the Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Resea...
- + CDC adds St. Kitts and Nevis to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing spread of Zika virus?. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for St. K...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Zika Telebriefing Update - Transcript—CDC hosted a telebriefing on Zika [Category: Transcript]
- + Florida health officials report on response to Zika in Wynwood; evidence shows aerial spraying likely helped interrupt local transmission - Media Statement—Florida health officials' response this summer to the first identified cases of local transmission and the first identified outbreak of Zika virus inf...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Zika Virus Update - 09-23-2016 - Media Advisory—Florida health officials' response this summer to the first identified cases of local transmission and the first identified outbreak of Zika virus inf...
- + Falls are leading cause of injury and death in older Americans - Press Release—Every second of every day in the United States an older adult falls, making falls the number one cause of injuries and deaths from injury among older ...
- + Celebrating 70 years: 12th annual Smithsonian magazine Museum Day Live! - Media Advisory—Celebrating 70 years: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will take part in the 12th annual Smithsonian magazine Museum Day Live! event. The Da...
- + CDC continues to build US laboratory capacity to rapidly detect Zika virus infection - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has purchased approximately $2.5 million in laboratory supplies and equipment in August to enhanc...
- + CDC updates guidance for Wynwood (FL) neighborhood with active Zika transmission - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated guidance for people who travel to or live in the approximately 1-square-mile area in ...
- + CDC works with Florida as Miami Beach active Zika transmission area expands—The Florida Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed through its ongoing investigation that there is active mosquito-borne spread of Zika virus in a l...
- + Adults Need More Activity - Digital Press Kit—Regular physical activity is vital for healthy aging. It can help delay, prevent, or manage many costly chronic diseases. Physical activity can also r...
- + More than 1 in 4 US adults over 50 do not engage in regular physical activity - Press Release—Despite the many benefits of moderate physical activity, 31 million Americans (28 percent) age 50 years and older are inactive - that is, they are not...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Poor blood-pressure control puts more than 5 million people at risk: How can health care systems help people take their medicine as directed? - Media Advisory—According to the latest CDC Vital Signs report, about 70% of US adults age 65 or older have high blood pressure - but only about half have it under co...
- + CDC awards $2.4 million to five jurisdictions to fight Zika - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $2.4 million to Chicago, Houston, New York City, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles County...
- + CDC and the Instituto Nacional de Salud of Colombia collaborate to understand long-term effects of Zika virus infection during pregnancy - Press Release—CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, and Martha Lucía Ospina Martínez, MD, MPH, MBA, Director General of Colombia's Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS), h...
- + New Obesity Maps Show US Adults Still Struggle with Obesity - Media Advisory—CDC today released 2015 state- and territory-specific data on adult obesity prevalence using self-reported information from the Behavioral Risk Factor...
- + Two thirds of US adults believe pharmacies should not sell tobacco - Press Release—Two-thirds of American adults believe pharmacies should not be allowed to sell tobacco, while 14 percent strongly oppose such a policy, according to d...
- + Traces of Ebola Virus Linger Longer than Expected in Semen - Press Release—Initial data from a Liberian public health program show about 9 percent (38) of 429 male Ebola survivors had fragments of Ebola virus in their semen. ...
- + CDC adds Singapore to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus transmission. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Sin...
- + CDC adds The British Virgin Islands to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus? transmission. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Th...
- + CDC releases genetic data on antibiotic resistant Salmonella infections - Media Statement—For the first time, the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) annual report includes whole genome sequencing (WGS) data of bacte...
- + CDC continues to support Florida in response to Zika outbreak - Press Release—CDC has and will continue to provide support to Florida to address the Zika outbreak. CDC experts in epidemiology, surveillance, and vector control ha...
- + CDC Foundation's New Business Pulse Focuses on On-the-Job Vehicle Crashes - Media Advisory—Business Pulse: Motor Vehicle Safety at Work, launched today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Foundation, focuses on how busine...
- + CDC awards $6.8 million to partners to support Zika response - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $6.8 million to national public health partners to assist state, tribal, local, and t...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - How can we save patients from sepsis? - Transcript—CDC hosted a telebriefing on sepsis. [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC adds The Bahamas to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus? transmission. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Th...
- + Saving patients from sepsis is a race against time - Press Release—Sepsis is caused by the body's overwhelming and life-threatening response to an infection and requires rapid intervention. It begins outside of the ho...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - How can we save patients from sepsis? - Media Advisory—CDC will release a Vital Signs report focusing on sepsis, emphasizing the importance of prevention and early recognition. Sepsis is a complication cau...
- + Breastfeeding Rates Continue To Rise - Press Release—In the United States, more than 8 in 10 mothers (81.1 percent) begin breastfeeding their babies at birth - but many stop earlier than is recommended, ...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Zika Virus Update - August 19 - Transcript—CDC hosted a telebriefing to provide an update on the Zika virus [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC Telebriefing: Zika Virus Update - 8-19-2016 - Media Advisory—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been working with Florida health officials on investigating cases of locally transmitted Zika...
- + Additional area of active Zika transmission identified in Miami Beach - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been working with Florida health officials on investigating cases of locally transmitted Zika...
- + CDC Updates Guidance for Care of Infants Born to Mothers with Possible Zika Virus Infection During Pregnancy - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today issued updated interim clinical guidance for health care providers caring for infants born ...
- + Improper care of contact lenses can cause serious eye infections - Press Release—Nearly 1 in 5 contact lens-related eye infections reported to a federal database involved a patient who experienced eye damage, according to a report ...
- + Statement from CDC Director Tom Frieden on the passing of Shane Todd, former Tips From Former Smokers campaign participant - Media Statement—We are deeply saddened by the passing of our friend Shane Todd from complications of cancer at the age of 49. Shane was just 34 years old when he was...
- + Two Cases of Polio Detected in Nigeria - Media Statement—Two children have been diagnosed with polio in Nigeria, after two years without any polio recognized in that country. Polio is a terrible disease that...
- + CDC adds Cayman Islands to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus? transmission. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Ca...
- + National ALS Registry Releases Updated Prevalence Estimates - Press Release—The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's (ATSDR) National ALS Registry today released its second report on the prevalence of amyotrophic...
- + Some racial, ethnic groups continue smoking cigarettes at higher rates - Press Release—Despite a significant decline in overall adult cigarette smoking since 1964, disparities in cigarette smoking remain among racial and ethnic populatio...
- + CDC adds Antigua and Barbuda and Turks and Caicos Islands (U.K.) to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus transmission. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Ant...
- + CDC Announces new director of Division of Select Agents and Toxins - Media Statement—CDC announces today the selection of Samuel S. Edwin, Ph.D., to become the new director of the agency's Division of Select Agents and Toxins (DSAT). [...
- + CDC awards $16 million to states and territories to fight Zika - Press Release—Funding provided for states and territories to respond to the emerging threat, quickly identify cases of microcephaly and other adverse birth outcomes...
- + CDC issues travel guidance related to Miami neighborhood with active Zika spread - Press Release—New assessments of mosquito populations and test results this past weekend by Florida public health officials, as part of a community survey in the Mi...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Zika Virus Update - August 1 - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telebriefing to provide an update on the Zika virus [Category: Media Advisory]
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Zika Virus Update - July 29 - Transcript—Transcript for CDC telebriefing that to provided an update on the Zika virus. [Category: Transcript]
- + Florida investigation links four recent Zika cases to local mosquito-borne virus transmission - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been informed by the State of Florida that Zika virus infections in four people were likely c...
- + Zika infections increasing rapidly in Puerto Rico - Press Release—As of July 7, Zika has been diagnosed in 5,582* people, including 672 pregnant women, in Puerto Rico according to a new report published today in the ...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Zika Virus Update - July 29 - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telebriefing to provide an update on the Zika virus [Category: Media Advisory]
- + CDC funding accelerates antibiotic resistance efforts - Media Statement—CDC is providing $67 million to help health departments nationwide tackle antibiotic resistance and other patient safety threats, including healthcare...
- + CDC adds Saba to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus? transmission. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Sa...
- + CDC Issues Updated Zika Recommendations: Interim Guidance for healthcare providers caring for pregnant women with possible exposure to Zika virus; Interim Guidance for the prevention of sexually transmitted Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC today issued updated guidance and information to prevent Zika virus transmission and health effects. [Category: Media Statement]
- + CDC awards $60 million to help states and territories battle Zika - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will begin making awards totaling nearly $60 million to states, cities, and territories to suppor...
- + Webcast: Clinical Evaluation & Management of Infants with Congenital Zika Infection - Media Advisory—CDC will host a meeting in collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + Transcript for CDC Media Availability: Support for Utah investigation of Zika - Transcript—Transcript for CDC Media Availability: Support for Utah investigation of Zika - Transcript [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC assisting Utah investigation of Zika virus infection apparently not linked to travel - Media Statement—CDC is assisting in the investigation of a case of Zika in a Utah resident who is a family contact of the elderly Utah resident who died in late June....
- + CDC Media Availability: Support for Utah investigation of Zika - Media Advisory—CDC will host a media availability to answer questions from reporters about the case of Zika reported by Utah health officials. [Category: Media Advis...
- + CDC Joins Global Leaders in New Partnership to End Violence Against Children - Media Advisory—The new partnership supports individuals and groups working to prevent and respond to violence; protect childhood; and make societies safe for childre...
- + First female-to-male sexual transmission of Zika virus infection reported in New York City - Media Statement—The New York City report of female-to-male sexual transmission of Zika virus infection is the first documented case of sexual transmission of Zika fro...
- + CDC adds St. Eustatius to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus? transmission. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for St...
- + CDC Models Risk of Zika Virus Importation Resulting from Travel to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games - Media Statement—According to the Brazilian Tourism Board, approximately 350,000 - 500,000 international visitors and athletes from 207 countries are expected to trave...
- + Tobacco use, involuntary secondhand smoke exposure high in multiunit housing residents - Press Release—Americans living in multiunit housing, such as apartments and condominiums, are more likely to use tobacco products and less likely to have smoke-free...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Motor Vehicle Crash Deaths - Transcript—Transcript and audio file of CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Where does the U.S. stand in crash death rates compared with other high-income...
- + CDC Releases Detailed History of the 2014-2016 Ebola Response in MMWR - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today will release a detailed account of the agency's work on the largest, longest outbreak respo...
- + U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Environmental Protection Agency Urge Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to Consider Aerial Spraying as Part of Integrated Mosquito Control to Reduce Zika-Associated Birth Defects - Media Statement—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommend the people and the government of Puerto Rico ...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Where does the U.S. stand in crash death rates compared with other high-income countries? - Media Advisory—CDC Telebriefing on the new Vital Signs focused on where the US stands in crash deaths, in relation to other high-income countries. [Category: Media A...
- + Motor vehicle crash fatalities in the U.S. could drop by half with proven strategies - Press Release—About 90 people die each day from motor vehicle crashes in the United States, resulting in the highest death rate among 19 high-income comparison coun...
- + CDC Awards $30 Million to 23 state injury and violence prevention programs - Media Advisory—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today it will award $30 million to 23 state health departments over the next five years...
- + CDC Awards Funds for States and Territories to Prepare for Zika - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $25 million in funding to states, cities, and territories to support efforts to prote...
- + Federal Select Agent Program first annual report released - Media Advisory—The Federal Select Agent Program (FSAP) released today its first annual report of data on the regulation and oversight of laboratories that work with ...
- + CDC adds Anguilla to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus transmission. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Ang...
- + New study sheds light on how some survive Ebola - Press Release—Finding points way to new approaches to Ebola treatment [Category: Press Release]
- + CDC Awards $26 Million to Academic Medical Centers, Drives Innovation to Protect Patients - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $26 million to support applied research at five academic medical centers as part of a...
- + Global Health Security - Liberia—Building Response Capabilities in Liberia after Ebola [Category: CDC Newsroom, Diseases & Conditions]
- + CDC investigation: Blood lead levels higher after switch to Flint River water - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released the results of its investigation into the potential health impact that lead contam...
- + Southeastern states not protected by comprehensive smoke-free laws - Press Release—Ten years after the Surgeon General's report on the dangers of exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke, no states in the Southeast have a statewide compr...
- + ACIP votes down use of LAIV for 2016-2017 flu season - Media Statement—CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) today voted that live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV), also known as the "nasal spray" f...
- + CDC Foundation's New Business Pulse Focuses on Rising Health Care Costs - Media Advisory—Business Pulse: Lowering Costs, Improving Productivity, launched today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Foundation, focuses on ...
- + U.S. healthcare facilities have capacity to meet colorectal cancer screening goals - Press Release—US government agencies and their colorectal cancer prevention partners have set a goal that at least 80% of adults ages 50-75 will be screened for col...
- + CDC launches first national reporting system for harmful algal blooms and associated illnesses - Media Advisory—CDC launched the first national reporting system for harmful algal blooms, as well as a new website with important information for health officials an...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Zika Update - Transcript—Transcripts for CDC Telebriefing Zika Screening Blood Donations for Zika Virus to Protect Blood Update [Category: Transcript]
- + Advancements in Sickle Cell Disease - Media Advisory—New supplement from the American Journal of Preventive Medicine describes the state of sickle cell disease related care in the United States. [Categor...
- + Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices - Media Advisory—Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [Category: Media Advisory]
- + CDC Telebriefing: Zika Update - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telephone briefing to provide an update on screening of blood donations for Zika virus infection using an investigational nucleic acid...
- + CDC Begins Reporting Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes of Women Affected by Zika Virus During Pregnancy - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will begin reporting poor outcomes of pregnancies with laboratory evidence of possible Zika virus...
- + More Men Using Family Planning Services - Press Release—More men are visiting Title X Family Planning Program sites, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) an...
- + CDC Telebriefing: National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) -Transcript—Transcripts for CDC Telebriefing YRBS: 2015 national youth risk behavior survey [Category: Transcript]
- + Cigarette smoking among U.S. high school students at an all-time low, but e-cigarette use a concern - Press Release—Cigarette smoking among high school students dropped to the lowest levels since the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) began in 1991, but the ...
- + CDC Telebriefing New Vital Signs Report - Can effective water management programs prevent building-associated Legionnaires' disease outbreaks? - Transcripts—Transcripts for CDC Telebriefing New Vital Signs Report - Can effective water management programs prevent building-associated Legionnaires' disease ou...
- + CDC Telebriefing: National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)- Media Advisory—CDC will host a telephone briefing to discuss and answer questions about findings from the 2015 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). [Category:...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Can effective water management programs prevent building-associated Legionnaires' disease outbreaks? - Media Advisory—This briefing will discuss and answer questions about a new Vital Signs report on how effective water management in buildings can help prevent Legionn...
- + Better water system maintenance needed to prevent Legionnaires' disease outbreaks - Press Release—New toolkit offers practical tips for reducing germ's growth, spread in building water systems [Category: Press Release]
- + CDC releases interim guidance on Zika testing and interpretation of results - Media Statement—CDC published interim guidance for Zika virus antibody testing and interpretation of results. Because of the differences in recommended clinical manag...
- + Discovery of first mcr-1 gene in E. coli bacteria found in a human in United States - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is part of a coordinated public health response after the Department of Defense (DoD) announced the dis...
- + New NIOSH resource helps older workers navigate safe driving - Media Advisory—CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released a new web resource to help employers and workers adopt practices that kee...
- + CDC Director Addresses National Press Club - Transcript—CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., discussed the latest news and developments in the Zika virus outbreak today at the National Press Club. [Categ...
- + CDC Director Addresses National Press Club: Video Availability - Media Advisory—CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., will discuss the latest news and developments in the Zika virus outbreak today at the National Press Club. He...
- + CDC adds Argentina to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Argentina. Local transmission of Zika virus infection (Zika) has been reported in Tucumán Province, A...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Zika Virus Update - 5-20-2016 - Transcript—Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Zika Virus Update - 5-20-2016 [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC Changes Reporting of Numbers of Pregnant Women affected by Zika Virus - Media Statement—To gain a more complete picture of the impact of Zika virus infection during pregnancy, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today wil...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Zika Virus Update - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telebriefing to provide an update on the Zika Virus [Category: Media Advisory]
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Serious violations lead to closures of U.S. public pools & other aquatic venues - Transcript—Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Serious violations lead to closures of U.S. public pools & other aquatic venues [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC Telebriefing: Serious violations lead to closures of U.S. public pools & other aquatic venues - Media Advisory—Thousands of public pools and other aquatic venues across the United States are closed each year due to serious health and safety violations, includin...
- + Thousands of public pools, hot tubs closed due to serious violations - Press Release—Every year, serious health and safety violations force thousands of public pools, hot tubs, and water playgrounds to close, according to a report publ...
- + CDC expanding groundbreaking disease identification tool - Press Release—MicrobeNet provides laboratorians with unprecedented access to CDC's virtual microbe library of more than 2,400 rare and emerging infectious bacteria ...
- + CDC Announces Funds for States and Territories to Prepare for Zika - Press Release—U.S. states and territories can now apply to CDC for funds to fight Zika locally. More than $85 million in redirected funds identified by the Departme...
- + CDC adds Grenada to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Grenada. CDC has issued travel notices (level 2, "practice enhanced precautions") for people travelin...
- + CDC study: Former NFL players not at increased risk of suicide - Press Release—Retired National Football League (NFL) players are at no greater risk of suicide when compared with the general U.S. population, according to a new st...
- + CDC adds Saint Barthelemy to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Saint Barthelemy. CDC has issued travel notices (level 2, "practice enhanced precautions") for people...
- + CDC adds Peru to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Peru. CDC has issued travel notices (level 2, "practice enhanced precautions") for people traveling t...
- + Control Is Their Goal: Million Hearts Recognizes the 2015 Hypertension Control Champions - Press Release—Facts About CDC expand Contact Media Relations expand Get Email Updates To receive email updates about this page, enter your email address:...
- + New CDC Campaign Reminds Docs, Nurses that "Clean Hands Count" - Press Release—Today, World Hand Hygiene Day, CDC is launching the new "Clean Hands Count" campaign urging healthcare professionals, patients, and patients' loved on...
- + Clean Hands Count - Digital Press Kit—This World Hand Hygiene Day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched "Clean Hands Count," a new hand hygiene campaign focused on impro...
- + Hepatitis C Kills More Americans than Any Other Infectious Disease - Press Release—Deaths associated with hepatitis C reached an all-time high of 19,659 in 2014, according to new surveillance data released today by the Centers for Di...
- + More Young Children with ADHD Could Benefit from Behavior Therapy - Press Release—More young children 2 to 5 years of age receiving care for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) could benefit from psychological services -...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report-What is the recommended first-line treatment for young children with ADHD? - Media Advisory—About half of young children 2-5 years of age with an attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis are not receiving psychological servic...
- + CDC: 1 in 3 antibiotic prescriptions unnecessary - Press Release—At least 30 percent of antibiotics prescribed in the United States are unnecessary, according to new data published today in the Journal of the Americ...
- + Inside Investigations: CDC's Disease Detective Conference - Press Release—Epidemic Intelligence Service officers present findings on Zika, e-cigarettes, violent death, and more [Category: Press Release]
- + CDC adds Papua New Guinea to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus? transmission. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Pa...
- + Teen birth rates fall nearly 50 percent among Hispanic and black teens, dropping national teen birth rate to an all-time low - Press Release—Births among Hispanic and black teens have dropped by almost half since 2006, according to a new analysis published by CDC. This mirrors a substantial...
- + A new study shows link between e-cigarette ads and use among youth - Press Release—There is a link between exposure to e-cigarette advertisements and the use of e-cigarettes by middle and high school students, according to a new stud...
- + CDC and OSHA Issue Interim Guidance for Protecting Workers from Occupational Exposure to Zika Virus - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued new guidance and inform...
- + Workers' Memorial Day 2016 - Media Advisory—Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data regarding injuries, deaths, and illness faced by millions every year in ...
- + CDC Disease Detectives Conference - Media Advisory—CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) - better known as CDC's disease detective program - will hold its annual conference May 2-5 in Atlanta. The ...
- + CDC adds Belize to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus? transmission. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Be...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Zika Virus Update - 4-13-2016 - Transcript—Transcript for a CDC hosted telebriefing which provided an update on the Zika Virus. [Category: Transcript]
- + No decline in overall youth tobacco use since 2011 - Press Release—Overall tobacco use by middle and high school students has not changed since 2011, according to new data published by the Centers for Disease Control ...
- + Increased use of type of diagnostic test poses challenge to tracking of foodborne illness - Press Release—Changes in the tests that diagnose foodborne illness are helping identify infections faster but could soon pose challenges to finding outbreaks and mo...
- + CDC Concludes Zika Causes Microcephaly and Other Birth Defects - Media Statement—Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have concluded, after careful review of existing evidence, that Zika virus is a cau...
- + CDC Adds Saint Lucia to Interim Travel Guidance Related to Zika Virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus? transmission. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Sa...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Zika Virus Update - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telebriefing to provide an update on the Zika Virus [Category: Media Advisory]
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Zika Summit Press Conference - Transcript—Transcript for CDC telebriefing of the Zika Summit Press Conference [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC Adds Fiji to Interim Travel Guidance Related to Zika Virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus? transmission. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Fi...
- + CDC Adds Kosrae to Interim Travel Guidance Related to Zika Virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus? transmission. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Fi...
- + Zika Virus - Vital Signs: Zika and Pregnancy - Digital Press Kit—In past Zika outbreaks, most people have not gotten sick, so people may not even know they are infected. Based on current knowledge, the greatest risk...
- + National Zika Summit Focused on Coordinated U.S. Response - Press Release—Today, more than 300 local, state, and federal government officials; health experts; and non-government partners are gathering at the Centers for Dise...
- + Potential Laboratory-acquired Salmonella Infection at CDC - Media Statement—CDC is investigating how one of its laboratory workers who was recently diagnosed with Salmonella infection may have acquired their infection due to w...
- + CDC estimates 1 in 68 school-aged children have autism; no change from previous estimate - Press Release—An estimated 1 in 68 (14.6 per 1,000) school-aged children have been identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a CDC report publish...
- + Announcing the Healthcare-Associated Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Challenge Champions: Hospital Systems Saving Lives through Innovative Prevention Efforts - Press Release—The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today recognized eight hospitals and healthcare systems as Healthcare-Associated Venous Thro...
- + U.S. Zika Action Plan Summit and Press Conference - Media Advisory—Hosted by CDC, the one-day Zika Action Plan Summit will bring together officials from local, state and federal jurisdictions and non-government organi...
- + New Resources for Infection Prevention in Dental Settings - Media Advisory—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released a new resource designed to help dental health care professionals prevent infections. ...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Updates on CDC recommendations related to Zika virus - Transcript—Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Updates on CDC recommendations related to Zika virus [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC Issues Updated Zika Recommendations: Timing of Pregnancy after Zika Exposure, Prevention of Sexual Transmission, Considerations for Reducing Unintended Pregnancy in Areas with Zika Transmission - Media Statement—CDC today issued new guidance and information to prevent Zika virus transmission and health effects. [Category: Media Statement]
- + CDC Telebriefing: Updates on CDC recommendations related to Zika virus - Media Advisory—Updates on CDC recommendations related to Zika virus [Category: Media Advisory]
- + Impact of first federally funded anti-smoking ad campaign remains strong after three years - Press Release—The latest outcomes measuring the impact of CDC's national tobacco education campaign are as strong as those achieved in its first year, and suggest t...
- + Changes in the CDC/ATSDR Formaldehyde in Laminate Flooring Report - Media Statement—On February 10, 2016, CDC/ATSDR released a report entitled Possible Health Implications from Exposure to Formaldehyde Emitted from Laminate Flooring S...
- + CDC/ATSDR Revises Report of Possible Health Effects Associated with Formaldehyde in Select Laminate Flooring—The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Environmen...
- + CDC adds Dominica to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus? transmission. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Do...
- + CDC adds Cuba to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus transmission. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Cub...
- + New CDC Laboratory Test for Zika Virus Authorized for Emergency Use by FDA - Media Statement—In response to a request from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday issued an Emergenc...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain - Transcript—The release of the CDC guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain [Category: Transcript]
- + JAMA's publication of five perceptive and practical opinions - Media Statement—In our effort to reach primary care providers, the respected voice of JAMA is instrumental. We are encouraged by JAMA's publication of five perceptiv...
- + CDC Foundation's New Business Pulse Focuses on Five Ways CDC Protects Employee Health - Media Advisory—Business Pulse: 5 Ways CDC Protects the Health of Your Business, launched today by the CDC Foundation, provides America's employers with CDC guidance ...
- + CDC Releases Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain—As part of the urgent response to the epidemic of overdose deaths, CDC issued new recommendations for prescribing opioid medications for chronic pain,...
- + CDC Releases Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain - Press Release—As part of the U.S. government's urgent response to the epidemic of overdose deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today is iss...
- + CDC Telebriefing: CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain - Media Advisory—Today, CDC is issuing new recommendations for prescribing opioid medications for chronic pain, excluding cancer, palliative, and end-of-life care [Cat...
- + PulseNet Saves Lives and Money: A 20-year Success Story - Digital Press Kit—PulseNet, a national network of public health laboratories, prevents an estimated 270,000 cases of food poisoning and saves half a billion dollars eve...
- + PulseNet saves lives and money by reducing foodborne illness - Press Release—A national network of public health laboratories prevents an estimated 270,000 cases of food poisoning and saves half a billion dollars every year, ac...
- + CDC's revised travel notices estimate Zika risk using elevation information - Media Statement—Mosquitoes linked to Zika virus not likely in areas above 6,500 feet (2,000 meters) [Category: Media Statement]
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Updates on Zika response efforts - Transcript—Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Updates on Zika response efforts [Category: Transcript]
- + Updates on Zika response efforts - Media Advisory—CDC Director Tom Frieden traveled to Puerto Rico March 7-9 to assess firsthand CDC's support for the Zika response. He will provide an assessment of t...
- + CDC adds 1 destination to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus? transmission. Today, CDC added the following destination to the Z...
- + Annual Report to the Nation: Cancer death rates continue to decline - Press Release—The Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer (1975-2012) shows that death rates continued to decline for all cancers combined, as well as for most...
- + Zika Action Plan Summit - Media Advisory—CDC is hosting a one-day Zika Action Plan Summit as the nation faces likely local mosquito-borne transmission of Zika virus in some places in the cont...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Making Health Care Safer - Protect patients from antibiotic resistance - Transcript—Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Making Health Care Safer - Protect patients from antibiotic resistance - Transcript [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC Director travels to Puerto Rico to assess Zika response - Media Advisory—CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, will travel to Puerto Rico March 7-9 to assess first-hand CDC's support for the Zika response. [Category: Media Adv...
- + Superbugs threaten hospital patients - Digital Press Kit—CDC's latest Vital Signs report urges healthcare workers to use a combination of infection control recommendations to better protect patients from hea...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report What role is antibiotic resistance playing in healthcare-associated infections? - Media Advisory—Many of the most urgent and serious antibiotic-resistant bacteria threaten patients while they are being treated in healthcare facilities for other co...
- + Superbugs threaten hospital patients - Press Release—America is doing a better job of preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), but more work is needed - especially in fighting antibiotic-resis...
- + CDC adds 2 destinations to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus? transmission. Today, CDC added the following destinations to the ...
- + New CDC Laboratory Test for Zika Virus Authorized for Emergency Use by FDA—Emergency action expected to bolster US laboratory capacity for Zika testing [Category: Media Statement]
- + CDC Telebriefing: Zika Virus - Transcript—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will discuss updates on CDC's Zika virus response efforts. [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC issues advice for travel to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games - Media Statement—Today, CDC issued advice for people planning travel to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from August 5 to August 21, 2016, and ...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Updates on CDC's Zika virus response efforts - Media Advisory—Updates on CDC's Zika virus response efforts. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + Flu Vaccine Nearly 60 Percent Effective - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today reported preliminary overall influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) of 59 percent this season. Thes...
- + CDC adds 2 destinations to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus transmission. Today, CDC added the following destinations to the Z...
- + CDC encourages following guidance to prevent sexual transmission of Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC has committed to sharing the latest information on Zika virus as it becomes available. On February 5, 2016, CDC published interim recommendations ...
- + Updated Guidelines for Healthcare Providers Caring for Infants or Children with Possible Zika Virus Infection - Media Statement—CDC has updated its interim guidelines for healthcare providers who care for infants and children with possible Zika virus infection. [Category: Media...
- + Enhanced Entry Airport Screening and Routing for Ebola to End for Travelers from Guinea to the United States - Media Statement—On Feb. 19, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will remove Guinea from the list ...
- + CDC adds 2 destinations to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus? transmission. Today, CDC added the following destinations to the ...
- + CDC Highlights Programs that Reduce U.S. Health Disparities - Press Release—A supplement to the CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report, published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, highlights programs that r...
- + ATSDR and CDC Analysis Finds Possible Health Effects Associated with Formaldehyde in Select Laminate Flooring - Media Statement—The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Environmen...
- + ATSDR and CDC Analysis Finds Possible Health Effects Associated with Formaldehyde in Select Laminate Flooring - Media Advisory—The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Environmen...
- + CDC Emergency Operations Center moves to highest level of activation for Zika response - Media Statement—To further enhance its response to the Zika virus outbreak, CDC's Emergency Operations Center is moving to a Level 1 activation-reflecting the agency'...
- + New Lyme-disease-causing bacteria species discovered- Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with Mayo Clinic and health officials from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota, re...
- + Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month - Digital Press Kit—Dating violence can happen to teens in a romantic or sexual relationship anytime, anywhere. But it doesn't have to happen at all. A healthy relationsh...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Zika Virus - Transcript—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will discuss the latest on Zika virus. [C...
- + Zika Virus - Digital Press Kit—Zika virus is spread to people through mosquito bites. The most common symptoms of Zika virus disease are fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis ...
- + CDC issues Interim Guidelines for Preventing Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus and Updated Interim Guidelines for Health Care Providers Caring for Pregnant Women and Women of Reproductive Age with Possible Zika Virus Exposure - Media Statement—CDC has issued new interim guidance on preventing sexual transmission of Zika virus after confirming through laboratory testing, in collaboration with...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New and Updated Interim Guidance for Zika virus - Media Advisory—CDC is issuing interim guidelines for preventing sexual transmission of Zika virus and updated interim guidance for health care providers caring for p...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Why are millions of US women at risk of alcohol-exposed pregnancies? - Transcript—Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Why are millions of US women at risk of alcohol-exposed pregnancies? [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC adds 2 destinations to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus? transmission. Today, CDC added the following destinations to the ...
- + More than 3 million US women at risk for alcohol-exposed pregnancy- Press Release—An estimated 3.3 million women between the ages of 15 and 44 years are at risk of exposing their developing baby to alcohol because they are drinking,...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Why are millions of US women at risk of alcohol-exposed pregnancies? - Media Advisory—More than 3 million women between the ages of 15 and 44 years are at risk of exposing their developing baby to alcohol because they are drinking and n...
- + CDC adds 4 destinations to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus? transmission. Today, CDC added the following destinations to the ...
- + Transcript: Zika Virus Travel Alert—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will discuss the latest on Zika virus. [C...
- + CDC-NIAID Telebriefing: Zika 101 - Media Advisory—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases will discuss the latest on Zika virus.. [...
- + CDC adds 2 destinations to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus? transmission. Today, CDC added the following destinations to the ...
- + CDC Museum to Host Places & Spaces: Mapping Science Exhibition - Media Statement—From January 25 to June 17, 2016, the David J. Sencer CDC Museum will feature the Places & Spaces: Mapping Science exhibition showing how data vis...
- + CDC adds countries to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus - Media Statement—CDC is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus? transmission. Today, CDC added the following destinations to the ...
- + Continued increase in birth defect of abdominal wall - Press Release—Cases of a serious birth defect of the abdominal wall called gastroschisis continues to increase over time, according to a report in CDC's Morbidity a...
- + First-of-its-Kind PSA Campaign Targets the 86 Million American Adults with Prediabetes - Press Release—American Diabetes Association, American Medical Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Ad Council Join Forces to Reduce the I...
- + Powerful new ads mark the 5th year of the successful "Tips From Former Smokers" campaign - Press Release—A brand-new series of emotionally powerful ads kick off the fifth year of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "Tips From Former Smokers" ...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Zika Virus Travel Alert - Transcript—CDC issues interim travel guidance related to Zika virus for 14 Countries and Territories in Central and South America and the Caribbean [Category: Tr...
- + CDC issues interim travel guidance related to Zika virus for 14 Countries and Territories in Central and South America and the Caribbean - Media Statement—Facts About CDC expand Contact Media Relations expand Get Email Updates To receive email updates about this page, enter your email address:...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Interim travel guidance for Zika virus - Media Advisory—CDC is issuing interim travel guidance for areas with ongoing Zika virus transmission. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + New Research: Excess Sodium Intake Remains Common in the United States - Press Release—Nearly all Americans - regardless of age, race, gender or whether they have high blood pressure (hypertension) - consume more sodium than is recommend...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Why is youth e-cigarette advertising harmful for youth? - Transcript—Transcript of the Vital Signs report telebriefing on e-cigarette advertising to middle and high school students. [Category: Transcript]
- + New CDC Vital Signs: E-cigarette Ads and Youth - Digital Press Kit—About 7 in 10 middle and high school students - more than 18 million young people - see e-cigarette advertising in stores, online, in newspapers and m...
- + E-cigarette ads reach nearly 7 in 10 middle and high-school students - Press Release—About 7 in 10 middle and high school students - more than 18 million young people - see e-cigarette advertising in stores, online, in newspapers and m...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Why is youth e-cigarette advertising harmful for youth? - Media Advisory—In 2014, e-cigarettes became the most commonly used tobacco product among youth, surpassing conventional cigarettes. During 2011 to 2014, current e-ci...
- + First case of Zika virus reported in Puerto Rico - Media Statement—The Puerto Rico Department of Health reported today the first locally acquired case of Zika virus infection in Puerto Rico. Zika was confirmed in a r...
- + Enhanced Entry Airport Screening for Ebola Modified for Travelers from Guinea to the United States—On Dec. 29, 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will modify enhanced Ebola port-o...
- + CDC Year in Review: What's Next? - Press Release—In a digital press kit released today, CDC reviews the most pressing public health challenges of 2015 and previews plans for 2016. [Category: Press Re...
- + CDC To Play Key Role in National Multidrug-Resistant TB Plan - Media Statement—Today, the White House released the "National Action Plan to Combat Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB)". This plan is a crucial step to address...
- + Enhanced Entry Airport Screening for Ebola to End for Travelers from Sierra Leone to the United States - Media Statement—On Dec. 22, 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will remove Sierra Leone from the...
- + Drug overdose deaths hit record numbers in 2014 - Press Release—From 2000 to 2014 nearly half a million Americans died from drug overdoses. Opioid overdose deaths, including both opioid pain relievers and heroin, h...
- + Half of those who need them not taking cholesterol-lowering medications - Press Release—More than a third of American adults are eligible to take cholesterol-lowering medications under the current guidelines or were already taking them - ...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Daily Pill Prevents HIV - Transcript—New CDC estimates underscore the need to increase awareness of a daily pill that can prevent HIV infection [Category: Transcript]
- + Daily Pill Prevents HIV - Reaching People Who Could Benefit From PrEP—CDC's latest Vital Signs report finds a continuing need to raise awareness of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) - a daily pill that can prevent HIV infe...
- + New CDC estimates underscore the need to increase awareness of a daily pill that can prevent HIV infection - Press Release—A new Vital Signs report published today estimates that 25 percent of sexually active gay and bisexual adult men, nearly 20 percent of adults who inje...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report When is a daily pill the right option to prevent HIV? - Media Advisory—Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is one essential component in the nation's high-impact prevention strategy for HIV. Many people at very high risk for ...
- + CDC Foundation's New Business Pulse Focuses on Workplace Safety - Media Advisory—Business Pulse: Workplace Safety and Health, launched today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Foundation, focuses on innovative ...
- + CDC responds to broad challenges facing US cancer survivors - Press Release—The number of cancer survivors - people who live after a cancer diagnosis - is expected to grow substantially over the next few decades as the U.S. po...
- + Get Smart About Antibiotics Week 2015 - Digital Press Kit—GET SMART ABOUT ANTIBIOTICS WEEK, an annual one-week observance starting on Monday, November 16, raises awareness of the threat of antibiotic resistan...
- + More than 120 Partners Join CDC to Fight Antibiotic Resistance - Press Release—The President has proclaimed Nov. 16-22 "Get Smart About Antibiotics Week." Get Smart Week builds on the momentum generated at the White House Foru...
- + Smoking rates for uninsured and adults on Medicaid more than twice those for adults with private health insurance - Press Release—American adults who are uninsured or on Medicaid smoke at rates more than double those for adults with private health insurance or Medicare, according...
- + Modifications to Enhanced Entry Airport Screening for Travelers from Sierra Leone to the United States - Media Statement—On November 10, 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will modify enhanced Ebola po...
- + World Health Organization Declares Sierra Leone Free of Ebola Virus Transmission - Media Statement—CDC Spokesperson expand Facts About CDC expand Contact Media Relations expand Get Email Updates To receive email updates about ...
- + New 'Parents for Healthy Schools' Website - Media Advisory—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with federal, professional, and non-profit organizations, has developed a set of reso...
- + CDC researchers link cancer cells from parasite to human tumors - Press Release—Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have discovered cancer cells originating in a common tapeworm may take root in people wit...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Safer Food Saves Lives - Transcript—Multistate foodborne disease outbreaks sicken thousands, highlight need for action [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC challenge: Find better ways to prevent healthcare-associated blood clots - Press Release—To identify best practices and to increase use of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated blood clots, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent...
- + Multistate foodborne disease outbreaks sicken thousands, highlight need for action - Press Release—Multistate outbreaks cause more than half of all deaths in foodborne disease outbreaks despite accounting for only a tiny fraction (3 percent) of repo...
- + Safer Food Saves Lives—Millions of Americans get sick from foodborne germs each year. Most foodborne outbreaks occur among small groups in a local setting. Outbreaks that ma...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - How can the government and the food industry prevent multistate foodborne outbreaks? - Media Advisory—Multistate outbreaks caused 56% of deaths in all reported foodborne outbreaks from 2010 to 2014, although they accounted for just 3% of all such outbr...
- + CDC resumes weekly flu activity reports - Media Statement—Information about influenza activity in the United States is collected, compiled and analyzed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...
- + CDC releases combined summary of notifiable infectious, noninfectious diseases - Press Release—Beginning with the Oct. 23, 2015, Supplements to Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), CDC will publish the summaries of all notifiable condit...
- + CDC launches improved online foodborne outbreak search tool - Media Advisory—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released a redesigned online tool making it easier to search data on foodborne disease outb...
- + Excessive alcohol use continues to be drain on American economy - Press Release—Excessive alcohol use continues to be a drain on the American economy, according to a study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
- + Clues to opioid abuse from state prescription drug monitoring programs - Press Release—CDC study shows urgent need for improved prescribing practices [Category: Press Release]
- + Preliminary study finds that Ebola virus fragments can persist in the semen of some survivors for at least nine months - Press Release—Preliminary results of a study into persistence of Ebola virus in body fluids show that some men still produce semen samples that test positive for Eb...
- + Healthy Pets Healthy People—CDC's redesigned website Healthy Pets Healthy People provides a wealth of information about zoonotic diseases, illnesses that can spread to people fro...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Breastfeeding Support Improves in Many U.S. Hospitals - Transcript—Breastfeeding Support Improves in Many U.S. Hospitals [Category: Transcript]
- + Hospital Support for Breastfeeding—Hospitals play a vital role in supporting moms to breastfeed, and that support has improved. The percentage of US hospitals using a majority of the Te...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - What more can hospitals do to encourage and support breastfeeding? - Media Advisory—Hospital practices in the first hours and days after a birth make the difference in whether and how long babies are breastfed. In the United States, h...
- + Breastfeeding Support Improves in Many U.S. Hospitals - Press Release—Hospital support for breastfeeding has improved since 2007, according to the latest CDC Vital Signs report released today. The percentage of U.S. hosp...
- + CDC Names Six New Medical Research Centers to Accelerate Health Care Innovations - Press Release—New funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today more than doubled the number of CDC Prevention Epicenters. Six new America...
- + CDC Unveils Redesigned Healthy Pets Healthy People Website - Press Release—CDC today launched its redesigned Healthy Pets Healthy People website, with expanded information about diseases people can catch from pets, farm anima...
- + CDC Supports New WHO Early Release HIV Treatment and PrEP Guidelines - Media Statement—CDC welcomes today's announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) of new Early Release HIV Treatment and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) guidel...
- + CDC awards $22,800,000 to increase colorectal cancer screening - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today it has awarded a total of $22,800,000 to 24 state health departments, as well as six un...
- + Injuries cost the US $671 billion in 2013 - Press Release—The total cost of injuries and violence in the United States was $671 billion in 2013, according to two Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR) ...
- + 7 in 10 students who currently use tobacco used a flavored product - Press Release—An estimated 70 percent of U.S. middle and high school students who have used a tobacco product in the past 30 days have used at least one flavored to...
- + Every 9 Minutes, Someone in the World Dies of Rabies - Press Release—A human death from rabies is a tragic but rare thing in the United States and most developed nations. It's just as tragic but sadly common in parts of...
- + One in 10 pregnant women in the United States reports drinking alcohol - Press Release—One in 10 (10.2 percent) pregnant women in the United States ages 18 to 44 years reports drinking alcohol in the past 30 days. In addition, 3.1 percen...
- + 2014 CDC Maps now available detailing adult obesity prevalence in the US - Media Advisory—The latest CDC maps detailing the prevalence of adult obesity in the United States based on 2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) st...
- + David J. Sencer CDC Museum Joins Smithsonian Magazine's National Museum Day Live! - Release—On Saturday, September 26, 2015, the David J. Sencer CDC Museum at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, will open its d...
- + Enhanced Airport Entry Screening To End for Travelers from Liberia to the United States - Media Statement—On September 21, 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will remove Liberia from the...
- + CDC Director, Medical Experts Address 2015-2016 Flu Outlook at NFID News Conference - Media Advisory—Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, joined by other leading medical and public health experts, will...
- + Return Home from Work Safely and with Dignity—The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has released a series of illustrated communication products for organizations that s...
- + New NIOSH materials for organizations serving immigrant workers - Media Advisory—In anticipation of Hispanic Heritage Month, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has released a series of illustrated com...
- + Injuries Cost the U.S. $671 Billion in 2013—In 2013 in the United States, injuries, including all causes of unintentional and violence-related injuries combined, accounted for 59% of all deaths ...
- + Stephan Monroe Named CDC Associate Director for Laboratory Science and Safety - Media Statement—Stephan Monroe, PhD, has been appointed CDC's first associate director for laboratory science and safety. He has served as acting associate director f...
- + CDC Recommends All Nursing Homes Implement Core Elements to Improve Antibiotic Use - Press Release—New recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advise all nursing homes to improve antibiotic prescribing practices and...
- + CDC funding helps states combat prescription drug overdose epidemic - Press Release—Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the launch of Prescription Drug Overdose: Prevention for States, a new program t...
- + Liberia Travel Alert Revised from Level 2 to Level 1: "Practice Usual Precautions" - Media Statement—Effective Sept. 3, 2015, CDC has downgraded the travel notice for Ebola in Liberia to a Watch Level 1, which means CDC recommends U.S. residents pract...
- + High school athletes using smokeless tobacco more than non-athletes - Press Release—High school athletes who play on sports teams smoke tobacco products at a lower rate than non-athletes, but use smokeless tobacco at a higher rate, ac...
- + Early flu treatment reduces hospitalization time, disability risk in older people - Press Release—Early treatment of flu-hospitalized people 65 and older with flu antiviral medications cuts the duration of their hospital stay and reduces their risk...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Most Americans' hearts are older than their age - Transcript—Transcript for CDC Telebriefing:Most Americans' hearts are older than their age [Category: Transcript]
- + Analyzing America's Heart Age - Digital Press Kit—A majority of U.S. adults have a heart age that is older than their chronological age-evidence that they could be at greater risk for heart attacks an...
- + Most Americans' hearts are older than their age - Press Release—Your heart may be older than you are - and that's not good. According to a new CDC Vital Signs report, 3 out of 4 U.S. adults have a predicted heart a...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Heart age: Is your heart older than you? - Media Advisory—Your heart may be older than you are - and that's not good. This new CDC Vital Signs report shows that heart age varies by race/ethnicity, gender, reg...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: CDC officials to discuss vaccine exemption levels and infant vaccination coverage—CDC hosted a media telebriefing to discuss estimates of vaccine exemption levels among children entering kindergarten for the 2014-2015 school year. T...
- + America's schools make positive changes to create healthier school meals - Press Release—Most schools in the U.S. are implementing healthy practices to help meet federal school meal standards by offering whole grains, more fruits and veget...
- + State exemption levels low, national vaccination rates high - Press Release—Vaccine exemption levels for kindergarteners are low for most states and infant vaccination rates are high nationally, according to data from two repo...
- + CDC Telebriefing: CDC officials to discuss vaccine exemption levels and infant vaccination coverage - Media Advisory—CDC will host a media telebriefing to discuss estimates of vaccine exemption levels among children entering kindergarten for the 2014-2015 school year...
- + Nearly all contact lens wearers in national survey report risky eye care behaviors that can lead to eye infections - Press Release—Almost all of the 41 million estimated contact lens wearers in the United States may be engaging in at least one behavior known to increase their risk...
- + Emerging Infectious Diseases Conference to Draw Scientists to Atlanta - Media Advisory—Since 1998, ICEID has brought together international scientists and public health professionals to foster an exchange of innovative research and ideas...
- + New CDC tool illustrates changes in antibiotic resistance - Media Advisory—CDC is unveiling an interactive tool that makes it quicker and easier to see how antibiotic resistance for four bacteria transmitted commonly through ...
- + Make all Public Places 100% Smoke-free to Protect Public Health - Press Release—Smoke-free environments are crucial for protecting the public from the harms of secondhand smoke, and there is very strong public support for making p...
- + Million Hearts launches annual blood pressure control challenge - Press Release—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today launched an annual challenge designed to identify and honor clinicians and health care teams th...
- + Most US middle and high schools start the school day too early - Press Release—Fewer than 1 in 5 middle and high schools in the U.S. began the school day at the recommended 8:30 AM start time or later during the 2011-2012 school ...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: With improved infection control, how many antibiotic-resistant related infections and deaths does CDC predict could be averted in 5 years? - Transcript—The latest CDC Vital Signs report includes mathematical modeling showing that the spread of drug-resistant infections and Clostridium difficile (C. di...
- + CDC modeling projects growth of drug-resistant infections and C. difficile - Press Release—The latest CDC Vital Signs includes mathematical modeling that projects increases in drug-resistant infections and Clostridium difficile (C. difficile...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - With improved infection control, how many antibiotic-resistant related infections and deaths does CDC predict could be averted in 5 years? - Media Advisory—We're at a tipping point: an increasing number of germs no longer respond to the drugs designed to kill them. The latest CDC Vital Signs report includ...
- + CDC funding helps states address infectious disease threats - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced awards of nearly $110 million to help states and communities strengthen their cap...
- + Many adolescents still not getting HPV vaccine - Press Release—The number of 13- to 17-year-old boys and girls getting the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine increased slightly for the second year in a row, accord...
- + CDC: 53 million adults in the US live with a disability - Press Release—In the United States, one out of every five adults has a disability, according to a new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent...
- + CDC Telebriefing: CDC officials to discuss National Immunization Survey-Teen results - Media Advisory—CDC will host a media telebriefing to discuss the latest coverage rate estimates for vaccines recommended for adolescents in the United States. [Categ...
- + New CDC study highlights burden of pneumonia hospitalizations among US adults - Press Release—When U.S. adults are hospitalized with pneumonia, viruses are more often to blame than bacteria. However, despite current diagnostic tests, neither v...
- + CDC Releases 2016 Edition of the Yellow Book - Media Advisory—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released the 2016 edition of "CDC Health Information for International Travel," commonly known as t...
- + CDC versus Ebola: The Road to Zero - Press Release—The Ebola epidemic that began in West Africa in early 2014 continues today. With more than 27,000 reported Ebola cases and more than 11,000 deaths, th...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: New research reveals the trends and risk factors behind America's growing heroin epidemic - Transcript—Transcript for new Vital Signs report: Today's Heroin Epidemic [Category: Transcript]
- + Three out of 4 American adults favor making 21 the minimum age of sale for tobacco products - Press Release—Three out of 4 American adults-including 7 in 10 cigarette smokers-favor raising the minimum age of sale for all tobacco products to 21, according to ...
- + New research reveals the trends and risk factors behind America's growing heroin epidemic - Press Release—Heroin use has increased across the United States among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels. The greatest increases have occurred in...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - What are the risk factors and trends behind today's heroin epidemic? - Media Advisory—Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels. The greatest increases occurred in demographic gro...
- + New CDC Museum Exhibition Examines Georgia's Refugee Communities - Media Advisory—The new CDC museum exhibit, Resettling in America: Georgia's Refugee Communities, explores the challenges of resettlement and the resiliency of refuge...
- + Prevention and early treatment of RMSF in Arizona may save millions by preventing premature death and disability - Press Release—The mounting costs of an epidemic of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) among several American Indian tribes in Arizona suggests that prevention and ...
- + CDC Foundation's New Business Pulse Focuses on Food Safety—Business Pulse: Food Safety, launched today by the CDC Foundation, focuses on how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) fights foodborn...
- + New Entry Screening and Monitoring Guidelines for Travelers Entering the United States from Liberia - Media Statement—The United States government is modifying its enhanced Ebola entry screening and monitoring program for travelers from Liberia. [Category: Media State...
- + New report shows increase in reported adverse health effects from synthetic cannabinoid use - Media Advisory—The June 12, 2015, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) includes an article that discusses the increase and the adverse health effects associa...
- + Antibiotic resistance in foodborne germs is an ongoing threat - Media Advisory—Antibiotic resistance in foodborne germs, an ongoing public health threat, continued to show both positive and challenging trends in 2013, according t...
- + High rates of sexual violence against children: A global problem - Press Release—Sexual violence against children is a significant problem in many low- and middle-income countries. At least 25 percent of females and 10 percent of m...
- + Rates of new melanomas - deadly skin cancers - have doubled over last three decades - Press Release—Melanoma rates doubled between 1982 and 2011 but comprehensive skin cancer prevention programs may prevent 20 percent of new cases between 2020 and 20...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - What role do communities have in skin cancer prevention efforts? - Media Advisory—Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the U.S., and melanoma is the most deadly form. It affects everyone regardless of skin color and can ...
- + CDC investigating unintentional DoD shipment of anthrax - Media Statement—CDC is investigating the unintentional transfer of anthrax from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to labs in multiple states and overseas. At this ...
- + Lassa Fever Confirmed in Death of U.S. Traveler Returning from Liberia - Press Release—The CDC and the New Jersey Department of Health have confirmed a death from Lassa fever which was diagnosed earlier today in a person returning to the...
- + Supplement provides comprehensive analysis of national cancer screening program - Media Advisory—An in-depth analysis of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) examine...
- + Transcript - CDC Telebriefing: CDC data show progress in reducing some foodborne infections in 2014 - Transcript—Transcript for the telebriefing on a report the CDC is releasing today on incidents and trends in foodborne disease. [Category: Transcript]
- + CDCs ongoing scientific progress in the rapidly evolving field of traumatic brain injury - Media Advisory—The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation special May/June issue features research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its p...
- + Study Highlights Risk of Norovirus from Swimming - Media Advisory—When most people think of norovirus, they think of people marooned on a cruise ship with raging stomach and intestinal illness, unable to leave their ...
- + CDC data show progress in reducing some foodborne infections in 2014 - Press Release—In 2014, rates of infection from a serious form of E. coli and one of the more common Salmonella serotypes decreased compared with the baseline period...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Release of FoodNet Data - Media Advisory—Release of "Preliminary Incidence and Trends of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly through Food - Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Ne...
- + Many people are not getting the recommended cancer screening tests - Press Release—Many adults in the U.S. are not getting the recommended screening tests for colorectal, breast and cervical cancers, according to data published in th...
- + Transcript - CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Health risks differ among the Hispanic population in the U.S. - Transcript—Transcript for the telebriefing on this month's Vital Signs, which focuses on Hispanic Health. This is CDC's first national study of leading causes o...
- + Hispanic Health—The latest CDC Vital Signs is CDC's first national study on Hispanics' leading causes of death, disease prevalence, risk factors, and access to health...
- + Hispanics' health in the United States - Press Release—The first national study on Hispanic health risks and leading causes of death in the United States by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (...
- + Liberia Travel Alert Revised from Level 3 to Level 2: "Practice Enhanced Precautions" - Media Statement—CDC has downgraded the travel notice for Ebola in Liberia to an Alert, Level 2, which means that CDC no longer recommends U.S. residents avoid nonesse...
- + CDC Foundation's New Business Pulse Focuses on Heart Health - Media Advisory—Business Pulse: Heart Health, launched this week by the CDC Foundation, shares how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) works to prote...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Health risks differ among the Hispanic population in the U.S. - Media Advisory—One in 6 people living in the U.S. are Hispanic, and this is expected to grow to 1 in 4 by 2035. This month's Vital Signs focuses on Hispanic Health....
- + Public Health Response May Have Prevented Hundreds of Illnesses, Deaths in Fungal Meningitis Outbreak - Media Advisory—Quick action by thousands of public health officials and clinicians may have averted more than 153 cases of meningitis or stroke and 124 deaths during...
- + Microneedle Patch for Measles Vaccination Could Be a Game Changer - Press Release—A new microneedle patch being developed by the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) could make it ...
- + Expanding Naloxone use could reduce drug overdose deaths and save lives - Press Release—Allowing more basic emergency medical service (EMS) staff to administer naloxone could reduce drug overdose deaths that involve opioids, according to ...
- + Boots on the Ground: CDC's Disease Detective Conference - Press Release—The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold its 64th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) conference April 20-23 in Atla...
- + Boots on the Ground: CDC's Disease Detective Conference - Digital Press Kit—The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold its 64th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) conference April 20-23 in Atla...
- + Transcript for CDC press briefing: E-cigarette use triples among middle and high school students in just one year - Transcript—There are now 2.5 million kids using e-cigarettes and 1.5 million using hookah. In just one year, the number of kids using hookah doubled, and the num...
- + E-cigarette use triples among middle and high school students in just one year - Press Release—In 2014, the products most commonly used by high school students were e-cigarettes (13.4 percent), hookah (9.4 percent), cigarettes (9.2 percent), cig...
- + Puerto Rico has lower rates of new cases of lung and breast cancer than the rest of US - Press Release—Puerto Rico has the lowest incidence rate of new lung cancer compared with all other races and ethnic groups in the United States, according to a stud...
- + CDC Telebriefing on 2014 National Youth Tobacco Survey Results - Media Advisory—CDC will discuss the 2014 National Youth Tobacco Survey results, highlighting the use of e-cigarette use and hookah use among middle and high school s...
- + Ebola vaccine trial begins in Sierra Leone - Press Release—Facts About CDC expand Contact Media Relations expand Get Email Updates To receive email updates about this page, enter your email address: ...
- + Launch of STRIVE Ebola Vaccine Trial - Media Advisory—A senior CDC health official will give an overview of the Sierra Leone Trial to Introduce a Vaccine against Ebola (STRIVE). CDC is launching the tria...
- + EIS Save The Date - Media Advisory—CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) - better known as CDC's disease detective program - kicks off its annual conference in Atlanta, GA. The even...
- + African Union and U.S. CDC Partner to Launch African CDC - Press Release—Washington, DC -A Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) signed today by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, M.B. Ch.B., chairpers...
- + CDC hosts historic summit honoring 100 years of moving minority health forward - Media Advisory—"National Negro Health Week to National Minority Health Month: 100 Years of Moving Public Health Forward," a historical summit of minority health lead...
- + Transcript for CDC press briefing: Few Teens Use the Most Effective Types of Birth - Transcript—Thank you all for joining us today for the release of another CDC Vital Signs. This one on the use of long acting reversible contraception, also calle...
- + Teen Pregnancy—According to the latest CDC Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, teen births continue to decline in the U.S., but s...
- + Few teens use the most effective types of birth control - Press Release—Teen births continue to decline in the U.S., but still more than 273,000 infants were born to teens ages 15 to 19 in 2013. Childbearing during the tee...
- + Multidrug-resistant Shigellosis Spreading in the US - Press Release—Cipro-resistant Shigella is very contagious and is spreading in the United States and abroad. Thorough handwashing can help prevent shigellosis. When ...
- + CDC publishes first national study on use of behavioral therapy, medication and dietary supplements for ADHD in children - Press Release—The first national study to look at behavioral therapy, medication, and dietary supplements to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) a...
- + New analysis of breast cancer subtypes could lead to better risk stratification - Press Release—For the first time, researchers have used national data to determine the incidence of the four major molecular subtypes of breast cancer by age, race/...
- + Transcript for CDC press briefing: CDC launches powerful new ads in "Tips From Former Smokers" campaign - Transcript—CDC hosted a media briefing to reveal its next installment of the successful Tips From Former Smokers campaign, featuring former smokers who suffer fr...
- + Ebola in West Africa: The Importance of "Getting to Zero" - Press Release—One year after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began the largest international emergency response in agency history, the goal is the sa...
- + Powerful new "Tips From Former Smokers" ads focus on living with vision loss and colorectal cancer - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is launching its 2015 "Tips From Former Smokers" campaign with a series of powerful new ads featuring f...
- + Few teens use the most effective types of birth control - Media Advisory—CDC will host a media briefing to coincide with the latest Vital Signs release. The topic is teen pregnancy and effective birth control methods availa...
- + Misperceptions Keep Kids from Getting Lifesaving Treatment for Tickborne Diseases - Press Release—Short-term doxycycline use does not stain kids' teeth, CDC/IHS study finds. [Category: Press Release]
- + CDC Study Shows Updated Overseas TB Screening Guidelines Identify More Cases - Media Advisory—A CDC study published today shows that because of new screening guidelines issued in 2007, physicians overseas identified 629 additional cases of tube...
- + Update: CDC investigating potential exposures of American citizens to Ebola in West Africa - Media Statement—CDC continues to investigate potential Ebola exposure among individuals in Sierra Leone, including several American citizens, following the identifica...
- + CDC investigating potential exposures of American citizens to Ebola in West Africa - Media Statement—On March 13, an American volunteer healthcare worker in Sierra Leone who tested positive for Ebola virus returned to the U.S. by medevac and was admit...
- + Conclusion of Select Agent Inquiry into Burkholderia pseudomallei Release at Tulane National Primate Research Center - Media Statement—Officials with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with the U. S. Department of ...
- + 2 out of 3 people with invasive cancer are surviving 5 years or more - Press Release—Two out of 3 people diagnosed with cancer survive five years or more, according to a CDC study published in today's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Rep...
- + New AMA, CDC Initiative Aims to "Prevent Diabetes STAT" - Press Release—With more than 86 million Americans living with prediabetes and nearly 90 percent of them unaware of it, the American Medical Association (AMA) and th...
- + AMA, CDC to Announce Urgent National Initiative to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes - Media Advisory—With more than 86 million Americans living with prediabetes and nearly 90 percent of them unaware of it, the American Medical Association (AMA) and th...
- + Community Health Status Indicators Website Launch - Media Advisory—Facts About CDC expand Contact Media Relations expand Get Email Updates To receive email updates about this page, enter your email address: ...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: What actions could reduce 40% of death and injury among truck drivers? - Transcript—Transcript for the telebriefing - for this month's Vital Signs, which focuses on proven interventions employers and truck drivers can use to help redu...
- + Crashes are the leading cause of on-the-job death for truck drivers in the US - Press Release—Our nation depends on truck drivers to deliver goods and services safely and efficiently. Yet, crashes involving large trucks continue to take a toll ...
- + Truck Crashes—Using a seatbelt is the single most effective intervention to prevent truck drivers from being injured or killed in a motor vehicle crash. According t...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - What actions could reduce 40% of death and injury among truck drivers? - Media Advisory—Truck drivers are essential to the transportation of goods in the nation, but also have a risky job. This month's Vital Signs focuses on proven interv...
- + Global hypertension treatment will save millions of lives - Press Release—In just 10 years, 10 million heart attacks and strokes could be averted worldwide by treating just half the people with uncontrolled hypertension, com...
- + Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) reaffirms recommendation for annual influenza vaccination - Media Statement—Today the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted on its annual influenza vaccine recommendations for 2015-2016. ACIP voted to conti...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Study on Clostridium difficile infection - Transcript—Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Study on Clostridium difficile infection [Category: Transcript]
- + New CDC study highlights burden of pneumonia hospitalizations on U.S. children - Press Release—Children younger than 5 years of age accounted for 70 percent of pneumonia hospitalizations among children, the Centers for Disease Control and Preven...
- + Nearly half a million Americans suffered from Clostridium difficile infections in a single year - Press Release—Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) caused almost half a million infections among patients in the United States in a single year, according to a stud...
- + Clostridium difficile infection - Media Advisory—CDC will discuss new national burden estimates for infections and deaths from C. difficile, a deadly diarrheal infection associated with antibiotic us...
- + Nearly half a million Americans suffer from C. difficile infections in single year—An estimated 15,000 deaths are directly attributable to C. difficile infections, making it a substantial cause of infectious disease death in the Unit...
- + Million Hearts Recognizes 2014 Hypertension Control Champions - Press Release—Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Million Hearts initiative recognized 30 public and private health care practices and systems a...
- + CDC, Federal Partners Develop Improved Method for Attributing Foodborne Illness - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (F...
- + Ebola containment strategy succeeding in Liberia - Press Release—The Rapid Isolation and Treatment of Ebola (RITE) strategy is helping to end the Ebola epidemic in Liberia, according to new data reported in this wee...
- + CDC and Partners Investigate Newly Discovered Virus - Media Advisory—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is today reporting on the discovery of a new virus that may have contributed to the death of a pr...
- + Ongoing Inquiry into Melioidosis Illness at Tulane National Research Center - Media Statement—The Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the...
- + CDC Releases Report on Recent Lab Incident - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has completed an internal investigation of an incident that occurred in December within the agenc...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Secondhand smoke exposure kills - Transcript—Telebriefing transcript for February Vital Signs: Secondhand smoke exposure kills [Category: Transcript]
- + Secondhand Smoke Exposure—Although secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure in the United States dropped by half between 1999-2000 and 2011-2012, one in four nonsmokers -- 58 million pe...
- + 58 million nonsmokers in US are still exposed to secondhand smoke - Press Release—Although secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure in the United States dropped by half between 1999 to 2000 and 2011 to 2012, one in four nonsmokers -- 58 mill...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Secondhand smoke exposure kills - Media Advisory—Although secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure in the US dropped by half between 1999 to 2000 and 2011 to 2012, one in four nonsmokers - 58 million people -...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Measles in the United States, 2015 - Transcript—CDC provided information on current U.S. measles outbreak and guidance for health protection. [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC Telebriefing: Measles in the United States, 2015 - Media Advisory—CDC will provide information on current U.S. measles outbreak and guidance for health protection. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + CDC Foundation's New Business Pulse Focuses on a Healthy Workforce - Media Advisory—Business Pulse: Healthy Workforce, launched today by CDC Foundation, provides employers and workers with access to resources and information to help i...
- + Opioid painkillers widely prescribed among reproductive age women - Press Release—More than a third of reproductive-aged women enrolled in Medicaid, and more than a quarter of those with private insurance, filled a prescription for ...
- + Protection from Flu Vaccination Reduced this Season - Press Release—A report published in the January 16 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) estimates that getting a flu vaccine this season reduced a person's ...
- + Progress Being Made in Infection Control in U.S. Hospitals; Continued Improvements Needed - Press Release—Progress has been made in the effort to eliminate infections that commonly threaten hospital patients, including a 46 percent decrease in central line...
- + 2013 Drug Overdose Mortality Data Announced - Press Release—Today, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) is announcing the 2013 drug overdose mortality data from the Centers for Disease...
- + Remarkable Progress Five Years after Haiti Earthquake - Press Release—Five years after the devastating earthquake in 2010 left millions in need of urgent medical care, Haiti has made significant progress toward rebuildin...
- + Statement from CDC Director Tom Frieden on the passing of Rosemary V. Hernandez, former Tips From Former Smokers ad participant - Media Statement—We are deeply saddened by the passing of our friend Rosemary V. Hernandez, known to many as Rose. When smoking gave her lung cancer, she gave her sto...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Update on Flu Season 2014-15 - Transcript—CDC provided an update on the 2014-2015 influenza season. [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC Telebriefing: Update on Flu Season 2014-15 - Media Advisory—CDC will provide an update on the 2014-2015 influenza season. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Too many people die of alcohol poisoning in the US - Transcript—Transcript for CDC Telebriefing on the new Vital Signs report. There is an average of 6 alcohol poisoning deaths every day in the US. Most deaths occu...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Too many people die of alcohol poisoning in the US - Media Advisory—There is an average of 6 alcohol poisoning deaths every day in the US. Most deaths occur among middle-aged adults. Alcohol poisoning deaths are preven...
- + Alcohol poisoning kills six people in the US each day - Press Release—More than 2,200 people die from alcohol poisoning each year in the United States - an average of six deaths each day - according to a new Vital Signs ...
- + Enhanced Airport Entry Screening To End for Travelers from Mali to the United States - Press Release—On Tuesday, January 6, 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will remove Mali from ...
- + Lab Safety Report on Ebola Virus Transfer - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting today that a small amount of material from an Ebola virus experiment that was securely tra...
- + Ebola epidemic continues to spread, requiring intensified effort - Press Release—After more than a year of Ebola transmission in Guinea and more than 7 months of transmission in Liberia and Sierra Leone, there is still much to be d...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Update on the CDC Response to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa - December 22, 2014 - Transcript—This CDC media telebriefing included a public health assessment of the current status of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. [Category: Transcript]
- + Update on the CDC Response to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa: December 22, 2014 - Media Advisory—Media telebriefing will include a public health assessment of the current status of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + School-Based Obesity-Prevention Program Helps to Decrease Parents' BMI - Media Advisory—A study released today shows that benefits of a school-and community-based childhood obesity intervention program can spill over to parents, decreasin...
- + CDC Year in Review: "Mission: Critical" - Press Release—It's been an unprecedented year for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as America's public health agency continues its emergency re...
- + More than 300 million people in at least 70 countries use smokeless tobacco - Press Release—The first-ever report on the global use and public health impact of smokeless tobacco finds that more than 300 million people in at least 70 countries...
- + Supporting West African Ebola Survivors - Press Release—The case fatality rate in West Africa's ongoing Ebola epidemic - estimates range from 60 percent to 70 percent of those hospitalized - hides a hopeful...
- + More than 16 million children live in states where they can buy e-cigarettes legally - Press Release—Forty states have enacted laws prohibiting the sale of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), including e-cigarettes, to minors, but 10 states a...
- + New Study Shows Increase in Raw Milk-Associated Outbreaks - Media Advisory—A study published today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal shows that the average annual number ...
- + CDC's Tips From Former Smokers campaign provided outstanding return on investment - Press Release—The 2012 Tips From Former Smokers campaign spent only $480 per smoker who quit and $393 per year of life saved, according to an analysis by the Center...
- + Results from the second annual National Health Security Preparedness Index - Media Advisory—Today, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Update on Flu Season 2014-15 - Transcript—CDC hosted a media briefing to discuss Update on Flu Season [Category: Transcript]
- + Early Data Suggests Potentially Severe Flu Season - Press Release—Early data suggests that the current 2014-2015 flu season could be severe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urges immediate vaccin...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Update on Flu Season 2014-15 - Media Advisory—CDC will provide an update on the use of this year's influenza vaccine and the potential need for antiviral medications. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + Adult cigarette smoking rate overall hits all-time low - Press Release—Cigarette Smoking Overall Among Adults in the U.S. is Down. Entire Infographic "There is encouraging news in this study, but we still have much more...
- + Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - How can increased HIV care and treatment prevent new infections and save lives? - Transcript—CDC hosted a media briefing to discuss a new Vital Signs report containing updated estimates on HIV diagnosis, care, and treatment among Americans wit...
- + HIV Stages of Care—CDC's latest Vital Signs Report finds just 30 percent of the 1.2 million Americans living with HIV have the virus under control. Among those who don...
- + Only 3 in 10 Americans with HIV have virus in check - Press Release—Just 30 percent of Americans with HIV had the virus under control in 2011, and approximately two-thirds of those whose virus was out of control had be...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - How can increased HIV care and treatment prevent new infections and save lives? - Media Advisory—CDC will host a media briefing to discuss a new Vital Signs report containing updated estimates on HIV diagnosis, care, and treatment among Americans ...
- + CDC and USAID update on Liberia Ebola Response - Transcript—Telebriefing: CDC and USAID update on Liberia Ebola Response [Category: Transcript]
- + Most people who drink excessively are not alcohol dependent - Press Release—Nine in 10 adults who drink too much alcohol are not alcoholics or alcohol dependent, according to a new study released by the Centers for Disease Con...
- + Enhanced Airport Entry Screening to Begin for Travelers to the United States from Mali - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) added Mali to the list of Ebola-affected nations fo...
- + CDC Releases New Reports on Ebola Cases in Liberia and the United States - Press Release—The effort to contain the Ebola epidemic in Liberia is showing preliminary signs of progress in some counties, but maintaining and extending these tre...
- + Transcript: CDC Telebriefing: Eye Health - Transcript—Tanscript for the telebriefing on Eye Health [Category: Transcript]
- + Youth tobacco smoking rates putting millions at risk of premature death - Press Release—Almost 23 percent of high school students currently use a tobacco product, according to new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prev...
- + Nearly one million doctor visits for eye infections annually in US - Press Release—Each year, Americans make nearly a million doctor visits for eye infections, resulting in $175 million in direct health care costs, the Centers for Di...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Eye Health - Media Advisory—CDC is releasing the first national estimates of doctor visits and healthcare costs associated with keratitis, an eye condition that can lead to blind...
- + US skin cancer costs rise from 2002 through 2011 - Press Release—The costs associated with skin cancer increased five times as fast as treatments for other cancers between 2002 and 2011, according to a CDC study pub...
- + CDC Increasing Supply of Ebola-specific Personal Protective Equipment for U.S. Hospitals - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ordered $2.7 million in personal protective equipment (PPE) to increase Strategic National St...
- + Health Experts to Explore Antibiotic Use In Animals at Symposium - Media Advisory—2014 Antibiotics Symposium hosted by National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) [Category: Media Advisory]
- + Chikungunya outbreak progresses in Caribbean, Central and South America - Press Release—United States means residents in most of the country will see fewer mosquitoes and less risk of the diseases they spread. However, the chikungunya out...
- + Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - How can we stop deaths from cervical cancer? - Transcript—Telebriefing on the new Vital Signs Report: How can we stop deaths from cervical cancer? [Category: Transcript]
- + Get Smart About Antibiotics Week 2014 - Digital Press Kit—Infections caused by resistant bacteria have become more common, and many bacteria have become resistant to multiple antibiotics. In fact, each year m...
- + Millions of US women are not getting screened for cervical cancer - Press Release—Despite evidence that cervical cancer screening saves lives, about eight million women ages 21 to 65 years have not been screened for cervical cancer ...
- + New Vital Signs Report: How can we stop deaths from cervical cancer? - Media Advisory—Despite evidence that cervical cancer screening saves lives, in 2012 about eight million women ages 21 to 65 years had not been screened for cervical ...
- + Update: CDC Ebola Response and Interim Guidance - Transcript—CDC hosted a telebriefing on the CDC Ebola Response and Interim Guidance [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC Issues Revised Interim U.S. Guidance for Monitoring and Movement of Persons with Potential Ebola Virus Exposure - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued today revised Interim U.S. Guidance for Monitoring and Movement of Persons with Ebola Viru...
- + Monitoring Symptoms and Controlling Movement to Stop Spread of Ebola - Fact Sheet—This fact sheet explains CDC's updated guidance to protect America from Ebola. This updated guidance focuses on strengthening how we monitor people wh...
- + Update: CDC Ebola Response and Interim Guidance: 10-27-2014 - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telebriefing on the CDC Ebola Response and Interim Guidance [Category: Media Advisory]
- + Update: New York City and CDC Report Positive Tests for Ebola in Volunteer International Aid Worker - 10-24-2014 - Media Statement—A hospitalized medical aid worker who volunteered in Guinea, one of the three West African nations experiencing an Ebola epidemic, and since returned ...
- + New York City Reports Positive Test for Ebola in Volunteer International Aid Work - Media Statement—A hospitalized medical aid worker who volunteered in Guinea, one of the three West African nations experiencing an Ebola epidemic, and since returned ...
- + CDC update on Ebola Response : 10-22-2014 - Transcript—CDC hosted a telebriefing to update CDC Ebola response activities in the United States and West Africa. [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC Announces Active Post-Arrival Monitoring for Travelers from Impacted Countries - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that public health authorities will begin active post-arrival monitoring of travelers w...
- + CDC update on Ebola Response, 10-22-2014 - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telebriefing to update CDC Ebola response activities in the United States and West Africa. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + Innovative Response by Firestone Health Officials May Have Limited Ebola Spread in a Part of Liberia - Press Release—Ebola strategies offered to families of company workers might work elsewhere [Category: Press Release]
- + CDC update on Ebola Response and PPE: 10-20-2014 - Transcript—CDC hosted a telebriefing to update the investigation of Ebola in the United States and West Africa. [Category: Transcript]
- + Tightened Guidance for U.S. Healthcare Workers on Personal Protective Equipment for Ebola - Fact Sheet - Media Statement —The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tightening previous infection control guidance for healthcare workers caring for patients with Ebola...
- + CDC update on Ebola Response and PPE: 10-20-2014 - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telebriefing to update the CDC Ebola Response and PPE. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + Frequently Asked Questions about Dallas and Ohio Flights - Frequently Asked Questions—The hospital worker was monitoring herself for fever and other symptoms of Ebola, but did not fall into any of the risk categories that required restr...
- + CDC is expanding its outreach to airline passengers now to include those who flew from Dallas Fort Worth to Cleveland—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expanding its outreach to airline passengers now to include those who flew from Dallas Fort Wo...
- + CDC update on Ebola Response, 10-15-2014 - Transcript—CDC hosted a press briefing update the investigation of Ebola in the United States and West Africa. [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC update on Ebola Response: 10-15-2014 - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telebriefing to update the investigation of Ebola in the United States and West Africa. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + CDC and Frontier Airlines Announce Passenger Notification Underway - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms that the second healthcare worker who tested positive last night for Ebola traveled by air Oct...
- + Texas Reports Positive Test for Ebola in One Additional Healthcare Worker - Media Statement—A second healthcare worker at Texas Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for the index patient has tested positive for Ebola according to prelimina...
- + CDC Taking Active Steps Related to Hospital Preparedness for Ebola Treatment - Fact Sheet—In addition to an initial team of 10 public health professionals sent on September 30 to support contact tracing and response after an index patient w...
- + CDC update on Ebola Response, 10-14-2014 - Transcript—CDC hosted a press briefing update the investigation of Ebola in the United States and West Africa.. [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC Develops a New, Faster Lab Test for Enterovirus D68 - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed and started using a new, faster lab test for detecting enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) in ...
- + CDC update on Ebola Response: 10-14-2014 - Media Advisory—CDC will host a press briefing to update the investigation of Ebola in the United States and West Africa. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + CDC update on Ebola Response, 10-13-2014 - Transcript—CDC hosted a press briefing update the investigation of Ebola in the United States and West Africa.. [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC Confirms Healthcare Worker Who Provided Care for First Patient Positive for Ebola - Media Statement—Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed test results reported late last night by the Texas Department of State Health Se...
- + CDC update on Dallas Ebola Response, 10-12-2014 - Transcript—CDC hosted a press briefing to update on Dallas Ebola Response. [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC update on Dallas Ebola Response - Media Advisory—CDC will host a press briefing to update Dallas Ebola Response [Category: Media Advisory]
- + Texas Reports Positive Test for Ebola in a Health Care Worker - Media Statement—A healthcare worker at Texas Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for the index patient has tested positive for Ebola according to preliminary test...
- + CDC update on Ebola Response - Media Advisory—CDC will host a press briefing to update the investigation of Ebola in the United States and West Africa. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + CDC Telebriefing: CDC update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States, 10-08-2014 - Transcript—CDC hosted a press briefing to update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States and New Ebola Screening Guidelines in U.S. Airports. [Categor...
- + Enhanced Ebola Screening to Start at Five U.S. Airports and New Tracking Program for all People Entering U.S. from Ebola-affected Countries- Press Release—New layers of screening at airports that receive more than 94% of West African Travelers [Category: Press Release]
- + CDC update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States and New Ebola Screening Guidelines in U.S. Airports - Media Advisory—CDC will host a press briefing to update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States and New Ebola Screening Guidelines in U.S. Airports. [Cate...
- + CDC Telebriefing: CDC update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States, 10-07-2014 - Transcript—CDC hosted a telebriefing to update the investigation of the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States. [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report. How can states prevent costly motor vehicle crashes? - Transcript—More than 2.5 million people in the U.S.-nearly 7,000 each day-went to the emergency department because of motor vehicle crash injuries in 2012, accor...
- + CDC update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States: 10-07-2014 - Media Advisory—CDC will host a press briefing to update the investigation of the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + Costs of Car Crash Injuries—More than 2.5 million people in the U.S.-nearly 7,000 each day-went to the emergency department because of motor vehicle crash injuries in 2012, accor...
- + CDC report shows motor vehicle crash injuries are frequent and costly - Press Release—More than 2.5 million people went to the emergency department (ED) - and nearly 200,000 of them were hospitalized - because of motor vehicle crash inj...
- + CDC Launches #20Million Memorial to Honor Lives Lost to Smoking - Media Statement—CDC launched today the "#20 Million Memorial," a social media effort that honors the more than 20 million Americans who have died from smoking since t...
- + CDC Nowcasting the Spread of Chikungunya in Americas - Press Release—New model estimates areas most likely to have had chikungunya activity in previous month. [Category: Press Release]
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - How can states prevent costly motor vehicle crashes? - Media Advisory—This month's Vital Signs report looks at the lifetime costs of motor vehicle crash injuries. Preventing motor vehicle crashes from happening in the fi...
- + CDC Update on First Ebola Case Diagnosed in the United States, 10-05-2014 - Transcript—CDC hosted a media briefing to update the investigation of the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States.. [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States: 10-05-2014 - Media Advisory—CDC will host a media briefing to update the investigation of the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + CDC Update on First Ebola Case Diagnosed in the United States, 10-04-2014 - Transcript—CDC hosted a media briefing to update the investigation of the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States.. [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States: 10-04-2014 - Media Advisory—CDC will host a media briefing to update the investigation of the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + Update: Sick airline passenger, Newark - Media Statement—On October 4, CDC's Quarantine Public Health Officer met a flight arriving from Brussels, Belgium at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport...
- + CDC Update on First Ebola Case Diagnosed in the United States, 10-03-2014 - Transcript—CDC hosted a telebriefing to update the investigation of the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States. [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States, 10-03-2014 - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telebriefing to update the investigation of the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + Heroin overdose deaths increased in many states through 2012 - Press Release—Heroin deaths increased sharply in many states, according to a report of death certificate data from 28 states published by the Centers for Disease Co...
- + Almost $500 million could be saved annually by making subsidized housing smoke-free - Press Release—Prohibiting smoking in all government subsidized housing in the United States, including public housing, would save an estimated $497 million per year...
- + CDC update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telebriefing to update the investigation of the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + CDC update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States, 10-02-2014 - Transcript—CDC hosted a telebriefing to update the investigation of the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States. [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC Team Assisting Ebola Response in Dallas, Texas - Press Release—Ten experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - supported 24/7 by the CDC's full Emergency Operations Center and Ebola experts in CD...
- + CDC and Texas Health Department Confirm First Ebola Case Diagnosed in the U.S. - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed today, through laboratory tests, the first case of Ebola to be diagnosed in the United ...
- + CDC Confirms First Ebola Case Diagnosed in the United States - Media Advisory—CDC will host a media briefing on confirming first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + CDC Press Conference: CDC Confirms First Ebola Case Diagnosed in the United States - Transcript—CDC hosted a media briefing on confirming first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States. [Category: Transcript]
- + Ebola outbreak is nearing possible end in Nigeria - Press Release—The Ebola outbreak in Nigeria appears to be nearing a possible end thanks to a rapid response coordinated by Nigeria's Emergency Operations Center wit...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Update on Ebola Response Tool - Transcript—CDC hosted a telebriefing to discuss a new Ebola Response tool highlighted in the agency's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) [Category: Tra...
- + CDC Statement from the Director - Media Statement—Ebola is a critical issue for the world community. This week's meetings in NY and Washington are a critical opportunity for increased international co...
- + New Modeling Tool for Response to Ebola Virus Disease - Fact Sheet —CDC has developed a dynamic modeling tool called Ebola Response that allows for estimations of projected cases over time in Liberia and Sierra Leone. ...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Update on Ebola Response Tool - Media Advisory—CDC is hosting a telebriefing to discuss a new Ebola Response tool highlighted in the agency's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) [Category:...
- + CDC Foundation's New Business Pulse Focuses on Flu Prevention - Media Advisory—Business Pulse: Flu Prevention, launched today by CDC Foundation, provides employers and workers with access to resources and information to prepare f...
- + CDC Ebola Surge: 2014 - Fact Sheet - Media Statement—The 2014 Ebola outbreak is the largest in history and the first Ebola outbreak in West Africa. This outbreak is actually the first Ebola epidemic the ...
- + Millions of children not getting recommended preventive care - Press Release—Millions of infants, children and adolescents in the United States did not receive key clinical preventive services, according to a report published b...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report What can be done to help children eat less sodium? - Transcript—This month's Vital Signs report looks at sodium intake among U.S. children, as well as the major sources of sodium for children and teens. [Category: ...
- + CDC report finds sodium consumption high among U.S. children - Press Release—More than 90 percent of U.S. children, aged 6-18 years, eat more sodium than recommended, putting them at risk for developing high blood pressure and ...
- + CDC Telebriefing update on respiratory illness affecting children in multiple states - Transcript—CDC hosted a media telebriefing that discussed Enterorvirus D68, the respiratory illness affecting children in multiple states. [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC provides update on respiratory illness affecting children in multiple states - Media Advisory—CDC will host a media telebriefing today to discuss Enterorvirus D68, the respiratory illness affecting children in multiple states. [Category: Media ...
- + CDC awards $7.5 million to expand the National Violent Death Reporting System to 32 states - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced new state awardees for the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). CDC's $7.5 millio...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - What can be done to help children eat less sodium? - Media Advisory—This month's Vital Signs report looks at sodium intake among U.S. children, as well as the major sources of sodium for children and teens. [Category: ...
- + New CDC state obesity map now available - Media Advisory—The latest CDC map detailing the prevalence of obesity for all U.S. states based on 2013 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data is no...
- + Sepsis Awareness Month: Fewer than Half of Americans Have Heard of this Devastating Illness - Media Statement—Despite the fact that sepsis affects more than a million Americans each year and kills up to half of them, a new survey published by Sepsis AllianceEx...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Ebola outbreak in West Africa - Transcript—Transcripts for the Media Briefing that included a public health assessment of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and an update on CDC and USG efforts ...
- + CDC warns Ebola epidemic in West Africa is outpacing current response - Press Release—CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. reported on his visits last week to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone and called for immediate steps across nati...
- + CDC issues guidance to improve health and safety at public pools - Media Advisory—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued the first national Model Aquatic Health Code, guidelines that public pool operators can foll...
- + Update on the CDC Response to the Ebola Outbreak - Media Advisory—Media Briefing will include a public health assessment of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and an update on CDC and USG efforts to control the spread...
- + U.S. Infant Vaccination Rates High - Press Release—The vast majority of parents are making sure that their children get vaccinated against potentially serious diseases, according to data from CDC's 201...
- + CDC Deployee Returns from West Africa by Charter Flight - Media Statement—CDC has returned a staff member from West Africa by charter flight after the employee had low-risk contact with an international health worker who rec...
- + More than a quarter-million youth who had never smoked a cigarette used e-cigarettes in 2013 - UPDATED - Press Release—More than a quarter of a million youth who had never smoked a cigarette used electronic cigarettes in 2013, according to a CDC study published in the ...
- + Two U.S. Patients Recover from Ebola, Discharged from Hospital - Media Statement—CDC is heartened to learn that the two U.S. citizens treated at Emory University Hospital for Ebola have been discharged from the hospital and can rej...
- + Million Hearts launches challenge to recognize success in blood pressure control - Press Release—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today launched a challenge designed to identify practices, clinicians and health systems that have su...
- + CDC Progress on Laboratory Safety - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released a series of updates and actions taken showing its progress in laboratory safety. CDC rep...
- + More than 50 CDC experts battling Ebola in Africa - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now has more than 50 disease detectives and other highly trained experts battling Ebola on the ground i...
- + Statement from Tim McAfee, Director, CDC's Office on Smoking and Health on the passing of Bill Busse, former Tips From Former Smokers ad participant - Media Statement—We are deeply saddened by the passing of a true public health hero, Bill Busse. By the age of 40, Bill had already endured kidney failure, blindness ...
- + Millions of underserved women in the US have benefited from CDC's breast and cervical screening program - Press Release—More than 4.3 million women with limited access to health care received breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services in the first 20 y...
- + CDC's surge response to West African Ebola Outbreak - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is rapidly increasing its ongoing efforts to curb the expanding West African Ebola outbreak and d...
- + Children eating more fruit, but fruit and vegetable intake still too low - Press Release—U.S. children aged 2-18 years are eating more whole fruit, according to the latest Vital Signs report by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Ebola outbreak in West Africa - Transcript—CDC hosted a media telebriefing to discuss the on-going outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. [Category: Transcript]
- + As West Africa Ebola outbreak worsens, CDC issues Level 3 Travel Warning - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today issued a warning to avoid nonessential travel to the West African nations of Guinea, Liberi...
- + CDC provides update on Ebola outbreak in West Africa - Media Advisory—CDC will host a media telebriefing today to discuss the on-going outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + Breastfeeding Report Card 2013 - Media Advisory—The 2014 Breastfeeding Report Card is now available. The report provides state and national data on breastfeeding rates as well as on supports for bre...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Ebola outbreak in West Africa - Transcript—CDC hosted a media telebriefing to discuss the on-going outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. CDC is reminding U.S. healthcare workers of the importance o...
- + CDC provides update on Ebola outbreak in West Africa - Media Advisory—CDC will host a media telebriefing today to discuss the on-going outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. There is no significant risk in the U.S. While it i...
- + CDC Telebriefing on National Immunization Survey- Teen results and HPV vaccination coverage among adolescents - Transcript—Telebriefing on two MMWR articles released today by the CDC. One article is on the National, Regional, State and Selected Local Area Vaccination Cover...
- + New safety protocols in place, first CDC lab resumes transfer of inactivated materials out of high-containment laboratory - Media Statement—Clinical TB lab first to meet enhanced safety review [Category: Media Statement]
- + CDC announces the formation of an external laboratory safety workgroup - Media Statement—CDC announced today the formation of an external laboratory safety workgroup of the Advisory Committee to the Director of CDC. [Category: Media Statem...
- + Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry releases first set of data from National ALS Registry - Press Release—About 4 in 100,000 people live with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease in the United States, according to the fir...
- + Safe and effective vaccine that prevents cancer continues to be underutilized - Press Release—Latest vaccination coverage estimates for adolescents show only small increase for HPV vaccine [Category: Press Release]
- + CDC officials to discuss National Immunization Survey-Teen results and HPV vaccination coverage among adolescents - Media Advisory—CDC will host a media telebriefing to discuss the latest coverage rate estimates for vaccines recommended for adolescents in the United States. [Categ...
- + First Chikungunya case acquired in the United States reported in Florida - Press Release—Seven months after the mosquito-borne virus chikungunya was recognized in the Western Hemisphere, the first locally acquired case of the disease has s...
- + New state physical activity indicator report now available online - Media Advisory—More than half of youth in the United States have access to parks or playground areas, recreation centers, boys' and girls' clubs, and walking paths o...
- + CDC Press Conference on laboratory quality and safety after recent lab incidents - Transcript—CDC hosted a media briefing to discuss the report that highlights actions being taken by the agency to prevent lab incidents, including the recent ant...
- + CDC Director Releases After-Action Report on Recent Anthrax Incident; Highlights Steps to Improve Laboratory Quality and Safety - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report today that reviews the early June incident that involved the unintentional expo...
- + CDC Director to highlight steps being taken to improve laboratory quality and safety after recent lab incidents - Media Advisory—CDC will host a media briefing to discuss the report that highlights actions being taken by the agency to prevent lab incidents, including the recent ...
- + CDC library renamed to honor Dr. Stephen B. Thacker - Media Advisory—The CDC Public Health Library and Information Center will be renamed the Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library. The official dedication program will include ...
- + CDC Media Statement on Newly Discovered Smallpox Specimens - Media Statement—On July 1, 2014, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) notified the appropriate regulatory agency, the Division of Select Agents and Toxins (DSAT) o...
- + How Americans can get a better return on their health care investments - Press Release—Each year, the U.S. spends nearly $9,000 for the health of every American -- far more than what the governments of other countries spend on the health...
- + CDC update on potential anthrax exposures - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has completed additional work to further define the risk of anthrax for employees potentially exp...
- + Vital Signs - Prescription Drug Overdose - Transcript—Transcript for Vital Signs telebriefing: Overprescribing of opioid painkillers is a major cause of the prescription drug overdose epidemic in the Unit...
- + Opioid painkiller prescribing varies widely among states - Press Release—Health care providers wrote 259 million prescriptions for opioid painkillers in 2012 - many more in some states than in others - according to a Vital ...
- + Antibiotic resistance in foodborne germs is an ongoing threat - Press Release—Antibiotic resistance in foodborne germs, an ongoing public health threat, showed both positive and troubling trends, according to data tracked by the...
- + HHS grants bolster health care and public health disaster preparedness - Press Release—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded more than $840 million to continue improving emergency preparedness of state and local pu...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - What can be done to make opioid painkiller prescribing safer? - Media Advisory—Overprescribing of opioid painkillers is a major cause of the prescription drug overdose epidemic in the United States. In 2012, health care providers...
- + One in 10 deaths among working-age adults due to excessive drinking - Press Release—Excessive alcohol use accounts for one in 10 deaths among working-age adults ages 20-64 years in the United States, according to a report from the Cen...
- + Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends a preference for using the nasal spray flu vaccine - Media Statement—Today, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to recommend a preference for using the nasal spray flu vaccine (i.e., LAIV) inst...
- + CDC Telebriefing - CDC is launching the fourth phase of the highly successful Tips From Former Smokers Campaign - Transcript—CDC hosted a media briefing to unveil its next installment of the successful Tips From Former Smokers campaign, featuring new health conditions. Tips ...
- + CDC Foundation's New Business Pulse Focuses on Travel Health - Media Advisory—Business Pulse: Travelers' Health, launched today by CDC Foundation, provides businesses and corporate travelers a wide range of online resources from...
- + New hard-hitting "Tips From Former Smokers" ads to air this summer - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is launching hard-hitting ads for its 2014 "Tips From Former Smokers" campaign. Beginning July 7, thes...
- + Million Hearts and Eating-Well magazine launch heart-healthy nutrition resource - Press Release—The Million Hearts initiative announces the launch of a new Healthy Eating and Lifestyle Resource Center, developed in partnership with the Centers fo...
- + CDC Lab Determines Possible Anthrax Exposures: Staff Provided Antibiotics/Monitoring - Media Statement—CDC announced today that approximately 75 Atlanta-based staff are being monitored or provided antibiotics because they may have been unintentionally e...
- + CDC is launching the fourth phase of the highly successful Tips From Former Smokers Campaign - Media Advisory—CDC will host a media briefing to unveil its next installment of the successful Tips From Former Smokers campaign, featuring new health conditions. [C...
- + For the first time in decades, declines seen in the induction of labor for single births - Media Statement—After increasing steadily for nearly two decades, a new CDC report notes a slight decline in induction of labor for single births for gestational age ...
- + MERS-CoV not spread to household members or health care contacts of the two U.S. cases - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has now confirmed that neither of the two imported cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MER...
- + CDC connects communities with youth violence prevention strategies - Media Advisory—CDC's Preventing Youth Violence: Opportunities for Action and its companion guide provide information and action steps to help community leaders and m...
- + CDC Investigates Ongoing Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Chia Products - Media Advisory—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning the public about an ongoing outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to products conta...
- + CDC Telebriefing on 2013 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey results - Transcript—Transcript of the CDC hosted a telephone-only briefing to discuss the new 2013 results from the National Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey, a su...
- + Latest CDC teen behavior survey finds less cigarette smoking, fewer fights, too much texting and driving—CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors a wide range of priority health risk behaviors among representative samples of high sch...
- + US cancer survivors face significant economic burden - Press Release—U.S. cancer survivors face significant economic burdens due to growing medical costs, missed work, and reduced productivity, according to a study by t...
- + Cigarette smoking among U.S. high school students at lowest level in 22 years - Press Release—Cigarette smoking rates among high school students have dropped to the lowest levels since the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) began in 199...
- + CDC Telebriefing on 2013 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey results - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new 2013 results from the National Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey, a survey ...
- + More than 29 million Americans have diabetes; 1 in 4 doesn't know - Press Release—More than 29 million people in the United States have diabetes, up from the previous estimate of 26 million in 2010, according to a report released to...
- + CDC Telebriefing - New Vital Signs Report - How can we prevent norovirus outbreaks from contaminated food? - Transcript—Telebriefing: Norovirus is the leading cause of disease outbreaks from contaminated food in the United States. Infected food workers are the most comm...
- + Preventing Norovirus Outbreaks—Most norovirus outbreaks from contaminated food occur in food service settings, according to a Vital Signs report by the Centers for Disease Control a...
- + Norovirus is the leading cause of disease outbreaks from contaminated food in the U.S. - Press Release—Most norovirus outbreaks from contaminated food occur in food service settings, according to a Vital Signs report by the Centers for Disease Control a...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - How can we prevent norovirus outbreaks from contaminated food? - Media Advisory—Norovirus is the leading cause of disease outbreaks from contaminated food in the United States. Infected food workers are the most common source of t...
- + CDC awards $19.5 million to Prevention Research Centers nationwide - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded $19.5 million to 26 academic institutions in 25 states to study how people and their commun...
- + CDC Telebriefing - CDC to announce record-breaking year in reported cases of measles in the United States - Transcript—Transcipt of telebriefing: CDC announced record-breaking year in reported cases of measles in the United States. [Category: Transcript]
- + Measles cases in the United States reach 20-year high - Press Release—Two hundred and eighty-eight cases of measles were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States between Jan. ...
- + CDC to announce record-breaking year in reported cases of measles in the United States - Media Advisory—Telebriefing: CDC to announce record-breaking year in reported cases of measles in the United States. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + CDC Telebriefing - CDC concludes Indiana MERS patient did not spread virus to Illinois business associate - Transcript—Transcipt of telebriefing: CDC officials have concluded that an Indiana MERS patient did not spread the virus to an Illinois associate during a busine...
- + CDC concludes Indiana MERS patient did not spread virus to Illinois business associate - Press Release—After completing additional and more definitive laboratory tests, CDC officials have concluded that an Indiana MERS patient did not spread the virus t...
- + CDC concludes Indiana MERS patient did not spread virus to Illinois business associate - Media Advisory—After completing a series of more definitive laboratory tests, CDC officials announced today that an Illinois resident was not infected with Middle Ea...
- + Illinois resident who had contact with Indiana MERS patient tests positive for MERS coronavirus - Press Release—Ongoing investigation of the first imported case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in the United States has identif...
- + Thousands Sent to Emergency Room by Preventable Pool Chemical Injuries - Press Release—Injuries from pool chemicals led to nearly 5,000 emergency room visits in 2012, according to a study released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Cont...
- + Health, United States, 2013 includes special section on prescription drugs - Press Release—About half of all Americans reported taking one or more prescription drugs in the past 30 days during 2007-2010, and 1 in 10 took five or more, accord...
- + CDC Transcript: Second case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus infection (MERS) in the United States - Transcript—Transcipt of the telebriefing detailing a second imported case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) which was confirmed late night on May 11 in ...
- + CDC announces second imported case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in the United States - Press Release—A second imported case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was confirmed late night on May 11 in a traveler to the United States. This patient ...
- + CDC announces second imported case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in the United States - Media Advisory—CDC and Florida Department of Health officials are investigating the second case of MERS-CoV infection in the United States. MERS-CoV, a virus relativ...
- + Parasitic Infections also occur in the United States - Press Release—REQUIRED [Category: Press Release] [Link to media]
- + CDC Telebriefing: Vital Signs - Physical Activity among Adults with Disabilities - Transcript—Vital Signs telebriefing: More than 21 million US adults ages 18-64 have a disability. Inactivity is related to chronic disease in adults with disabil...
- + Inactivity Related to Chronic Disease in Adults with Disabilities - Press Release—Working age adults with disabilities who do not get any aerobic physical activity are 50 percent more likely than their active peers to have a chronic...
- + Nearly Half of Adults with Disabilities Get No Aerobic Physical Activity - Digital Press Kit—Working age adults with disabilities who get no aerobic physical activity are 50 percent more likely to have a chronic disease such as cancer, diabete...
- + CDC Transcript: First case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus infection (MERS) in the United States - Transcript—Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was confirmed today in a traveler to the United States. This ...
- + CDC announces first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus infection (MERS-CoV) in the United States - Press Release—Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was confirmed today in a traveler to the United States. This virus is relatively new to humans...
- + CDC announces first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus infection (MERS-CoV) in the United States - Media Advisory—CDC and the Indiana State Department of Heath are conducting a joint investigation of the first case of MERS-CoV in the United States. MERS-CoV, a vi...
- + ATSDR report finds drywall imported from China in the 2000s may have affected human health - Media Advisory—The ATSDR today released a report, "Health Consultation: Possible Health Implications from Exposure to Sulfur Gases Emitted from Chinese-Manufactured ...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Potentially Preventable Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death - Transcript—Transcript of the cdc Telebriefing for the release of "Potentially Preventable Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death - United States, 2008-2010...
- + CDC EIS Conference: Prescription Drug Overdose Presentation Schedule - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today continued its 63rd Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference, which focuses on ...
- + Up to 40 percent of annual deaths from each of five leading US causes are preventable - Press Release—Each year, nearly 900,000 Americans die prematurely from the five leading causes of death - yet 20 percent to 40 percent of the deaths from each cause...
- + The health impact of poor air quality: CDC's focus for asthma awareness month - Media Advisory—Asthma, a chronic disease that affects the lungs, impacts more than 25 million people in the United States, including 1 in 11 children. It causes 3 in...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Potentially Preventable Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death - Media Advisory—Release of "Potentially Preventable Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death - United States, 2008-2010" published in this week's Morbidity and Mo...
- + World Health Organization report on antibiotic resistance - Media Statement—This week's report on worldwide antibiotic resistance by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows the urgent need for a coordinated global response. ...
- + CDC EIS Conference: Global Health Presentation Schedule - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today continued its 63rd Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference, which focuses on ...
- + CDC Disease Detectives Using New Software Tool in Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak - Press Release—For the first time, Ebola hemorrhagic fever outbreak disease detectives are using a new software tool to help find people exposed to the deadly virus ...
- + CDC's 63rd Annual Epidemic Intelligence Services (EIS) Conference Began Today: Features "Disease Detectives" and Their Work To Save Lives - Digital Press Kit—The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today began its 63rd Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference in Atlanta, a wee...
- + CDC EIS Conference: Monday Presentation Schedule - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today kicks off its 63rd Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference. Held April 28 to ...
- + CDC 63rd Annual Epidemic Intelligence Services Conference Kicks Off Monday - Media Advisory—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) kicks off its 63rd Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference this Monday. This week-l...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Report shows 20-year U.S. immunization program spares millions of children from diseases - Transcript—CDC hosted a media briefing to discuss 20 years of immunization with the VFC program and current measles cases and outbreaks. [Category: Transcript]
- + Multistate outbreak of human Salmonella Cotham - Media Advisory—CDC will host a media briefing to discuss 20 years of immunization with the VFC program and current measles cases and outbreaks. [Category: Media Advi...
- + Report shows 20-year US immunization program spares millions of children from diseases - Press Release—The CDC estimates that vaccinations will prevent more than 21 million hospitalizations and 732,000 deaths among children born in the last 20 years. De...
- + Report shows 20-year U.S. immunization program spares millions of children from diseases - Media Advisory—CDC will host a media briefing to discuss 20 years of immunization with the VFC program and current measles cases and outbreaks. [Category: Media Advi...
- + American Indian and Alaska Native death rates nearly 50 percent greater than those of non-Hispanic whites - Press Release—Death records show that American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) death rates for both men and women combined were nearly 50 percent greater than rate...
- + CDC Telebriefing: CDC data show limited progress in reducing foodborne infections in 2013 - Transcript—Transcript for the telebriefing announcing the release of "Incidence and Trends of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly through Food - Foodbo...
- + CDC data show limited progress in reducing foodborne infections in 2013 - Press Release—The nation's food safety grades are out and the results are mixed. CDC's annual report card shows that foodborne infections continue to be an importa...
- + CDC Reports on Effective Strategies for Reducing Health Disparities - Press Release—Evidence-based interventions at the local and national levels provide promising strategies for reducing racial and ethnic health disparities related t...
- + CDC Telebriefing: CDC data show limited progress in reducing foodborne infections in 2013 - Media Advisory—Release of "Incidence and Trends of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly through Food - Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 Si...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs: Younger teens still account for 1 in 4 teen births - Media Advisory—CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs: Younger teens still account for 1 in 4 teen births - Media Advisory [Category: Media Advisory]
- + Younger teens still account for 1 in 4 teen births—Although births to younger teens aged 15 to 17 years have declined, they still represent over a quarter of teen births - nearly 1,700 births a week, a...
- + Younger teens still account for 1 in 4 teen births - Press Release—Although births to younger teens aged 15 to 17 years have declined, they still represent over a quarter of teen births - nearly 1,700 births a week, a...
- + World Health Day—Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) joins the World Health Organization(WHO) and other public health partners in recognizing W...
- + Lassa Fever Reported in U.S. Traveler Returning from West Africa - Press Release—The CDC and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) have confirmed a diagnosis of Lassa fever in a person returning to the United States from West Af...
- + CDC Supports APHA National Public Health Week - Media Advisory—National Public Health Week (NPHW), an initiative of the American Public Health Association (APHA), is April 7-13. The 2014 NPHW theme, "Public Health...
- + CDC Foundation's Business Pulse on Global Health Security Now Available Online - Media Advisory—CDC Foundation's Business Pulse: Global Health Security highlights what CDC is doing to protect businesses from global health threats and describes ho...
- + New CDC study finds dramatic increase in e-cigarette-related calls to poison centers - Press Release—The number of calls to poison centers involving e-cigarette liquids containing nicotine rose from one per month in September 2010 to 215 per month in ...
- + CDC media briefing on autism spectrum disorder - Transcript—CDC media briefing on autism spectrum disorder [Category: Transcript]
- + Uneven progress in expanding state Medicaid coverage for smoking cessation - Press Release—More smokers would quit if state Medicaid programs covered more cessation treatments and removed barriers to coverage, according to a CDC study publis...
- + CDC Reports More Cases of Heartland Virus Disease - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in collaboration with health officials in Missouri and Tennessee have identified six new cases of...
- + CDC estimates 1 in 68 children has been identified with autism spectrum disorder - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1 in 68 children (or 14.7 per 1,000 eight-year-olds) in multiple communities in th...
- + U.S. invasive cancer rates slightly down from 2009 to 2010 - Press Release—Rates of invasive cancer cases among U.S. men and women dropped slightly from 459 per 100,000 persons in 2009 to 446 per 100,000 persons in 2010, acco...
- + New Study Shows Flu Vaccine Reduced Children's Risk of Intensive Care Unit Flu Admission by Three-Fourths - Press Release—Getting a flu vaccine reduces a child's risk of flu-related intensive care hospitalization by 74 percent, according to a CDC study published today in ...
- + CDC media briefing on healthcare-associated infections - Transcript—CDC hosted a media briefing to discuss new national healthcare-associated infection estimates. [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC Telebriefing: CDC releases new autism spectrum disorder data - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss the MMWR surveillance summary on the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders. [Category: Medi...
- + Salmonella data now at your fingertips - Press Release—Forty years of data on a major cause of food poisoning now is available to the public, the food industry, and researchers in a new report from the Cen...
- + Hospital Infections: Some Progress, but More Work Needed—Today, CDC released two new reports that detail national estimates of HAIs and report on national and state-specific progress toward preventing HAIs. ...
- + Despite Progress, Ongoing Efforts Needed to Combat Infections Impacting Hospital Patients - Press Release—On any given day, approximately one in 25 U.S. patients has at least one infection contracted during the course of their hospital care, adding up to a...
- + CDC to present new national estimates and state-by-state data on healthcare-associated infections in U.S. hospitals - Media Advisory—CDC will host a media briefing to discuss two new publications: one, a New England Journal of Medicine article updating previous national healthcare-a...
- + New TB Screening Guidelines Overseas Save U.S. Estimated $15 Million - Press Release—REQUIRED [Category: Press Release] [Link to media]
- + Meningococcal Disease Update - Media Statement—On Monday, March 10, a Drexel University student tragically died from serogroup B meningococcal disease. CDC's laboratory analysis shows that the stra...
- + Dozens Of Groups Meet In Washington, D.C. To Commit to Eliminating Colorectal Cancer As a Public Health Problem - Press Release—Dozens of groups dedicated to eliminating colorectal cancer as a major public health problem joined together at the National Press Club to hear new da...
- + Flow Restrictors May Help Prevent Medication Poisonings in Young Children - Digital Press Kit—Flow restrictors are intended to work with current child-resistant packaging, such as child safety caps, to help keep young children from getting into...
- + Severe diarrheal illness in children linked to antibiotics prescribed in doctor's offices - Press Release—The majority of pediatric Clostridium difficile infections, which are bacterial infections that cause severe diarrhea and are potentially life-threate...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Are Prescribing Practices Putting Hospital Patients at Risk? - Transcript—Transcript for the telebriefing on this month's the CDC Vital Signs report which looks at prescribing practices and variations, and calls on all U.S. ...
- + Improving Antibiotic Prescribing in Hospitals Can Make Health Care Safer - Press Release—A new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that clinicians in some hospitals prescribe three times as many ant...
- + Physicians are a leading source of prescription opioids for the highest-risk users - Press Release—Most people who abuse prescription opioid drugs get them for free from a friend or relative - but those at highest risk of overdose are as likely to g...
- + Tips From Former Smokers - campaign results—An estimated 1.6 million smokers attempted to quit smoking because of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "Tips From Former Smokers" nati...
- + CDC Issues First Comprehensive Report on Children's Mental Health in the United States - Digital Press Kit—This report is an important step to better understand childhood mental disorders and help children reach their full potential in life. [Category: Digi...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Are Prescribing Practices Putting Hospital Patients at Risk? - Media Advisory—Poor antibiotic-prescribing practices in hospitals can needlessly put patients at risk for Clostridium difficile infection (deadly diarrhea) and futur...
- + New CDC data show encouraging development in obesity rates among 2 to 5 year olds - Press Release—The latest CDC obesity data, published in the February 26 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, show a significant decline in obes...
- + CDC and South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Warn of Possible Hepatitis A Exposure at Hilton Head Restaurant - Media Advisory—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control to warn people ...
- + CDC Reports Flu Hit Younger People Particularly Hard This Season - Press Release—This influenza season was particularly hard on younger- and middle-age adults, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in today's Morb...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Update on Flu Activity and Vaccine Effectiveness Estimates—CDC will host a telebriefing to discuss two articles which appear in today's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). The articles are: "Interim ...
- + Rates of indoor tanning among female high school students lowest in states with multiple restrictions on youth access - Press Release—Female high school students in states with indoor tanning laws, particularly those with parental permission laws and age restrictions, were less likel...
- + Telebriefing on launch of global health security agenda - Transcript—Telebriefing on the launch of a new global health security initiative to help make the world a safer place. [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC and Million Hearts Recognize 2013 Hypertension Control Champions - Press Release—Today, HHS' Million Hearts initiative recognizes nine public and private practices and health systems across the country for success in achieving exce...
- + Vital Signs Telebriefing on Restraint Use and Motor Vehicle Occupant Death Rates Among Children Aged 0-12 Years - United States, 2002-2011 - Transcript—Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for U.S. children, although deaths have gone down in the past decade. So why are our youngest child...
- + Child Passenger Safety—One in three children who died in crashes in 2011 was not buckled up, according to a new CDC Vital Signs report. CDC analyzed 2002-2011 data from the ...
- + CDC study shows that child passenger deaths have decreased 43 percent from 2002 - 2011 - Press Release—Motor vehicle crash deaths among children age 12 and younger decreased by 43 percent from 2002-2011; however, still more than 9,000 children died in c...
- + Business Pulse connects CDC and business to address public health issues - Media Statement—Every day, 1 in 20 hospitalized patients has an infection caused by medical care. Health care-associated infections are costly to businesses and are p...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report Have we made any progress keeping children buckled up and safe on the road? - Media Advisory—Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for U.S. children, although deaths have gone down in the past decade. So why are our youngest child...
- + CDC confirms that illnesses reported on Royal Caribbean ship were caused by norovirus - Media Advisory—CDC's laboratory has confirmed that the gastrointestinal illness that sickened more than 600 passengers and crew aboard Royal Caribbean's Explorer of ...
- + U.S. safer when CDC works with other countries to fight infectious diseases - Press Release—According to an article in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), pi...
- + U.S. safer when CDC works with other countries to fight infectious diseases - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telebriefing to discuss improvements in disease detection and response that may serve as a model for fighting infectious disease throu...
- + CDC support to states, locals bolsters national health security - Press Release—Between 2012-2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention supported multiple state and local public health responses, helping to strengthen th...
- + Reducing sodium in restaurant foods is an opportunity for choice - Press Release—Americans eat out at fast food or dine-in restaurants four or five times a week. Just one of those meals might contain more than an entire day's recom...
- + West Virginia water screening calculation posted on web - Media Advisory—Information regarding 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol (MCHM) and the calculation to establish a screening level in West Virginia drinking water is availab...
- + Surgeon General report says 5.6 million U.S. children will die prematurely unless current smoking rates drop - Press Release—Approximately 5.6 million American children alive today - or one out of every 13 children under age 18 - will die prematurely from smoking-related dis...
- + 50th Anniversary of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health - Media Statement—Fifty years ago today was a tipping point in recognizing and reversing the deadly epidemic caused by smoking. The first Surgeon General's report on sm...
- + Rates of new lung cancer cases drop in U.S. men and women -Press Release—Tobacco control efforts are having a major impact on Americans' health, a new analysis of lung-cancer data suggests. The rate of new lung cancer cases...
- + Vital Signs: Alcohol Screening and Counseling - Transcript—Press briefing transcript for Vital Signs: Alcohol Screening and Counseling. [Category: Transcript]
- + Alcohol Screening and Counseling - Digital Press Kit—Only one in six adults -- and only one in four binge drinkers -- say a health professional has ever discussed alcohol use with them even though drinki...
- + Most health care providers don't talk about alcohol, even when patients drink too much - Press Release—Only one in six adults -- and only one in four binge drinkers -- say a health professional has ever discussed alcohol use with them even though drinki...
- + Tips From Former Smokers Ad Campaign 2013—Continuing with the success of last year's national tobacco education ad campaign, "Tips from Former Smokers," a second series of ads was launched tod...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - How much alcohol is too much? - Media Advisory—At least 38 million adults in the United States drink too much and most are not alcoholics. What are the latest findings and what can be done to reduc...
- + CDC's Graphs of the Year: Nightmare bacteria spread and 100,000 smokers likely quit with Tips - Media Advisory—CDC looks back on infographics with the most impact: Nightmare Bacteria spread and TIPS campaign results. [Category: Media Advisory]
- + Our Nation's Health by the Numbers: 2013—As the year comes to a close, America's health protection agency, CDC, looks back at our nation's health by the numbers. With dramatic breakthroughs i...
- + Voluntary Recall of One Lot of Gardasil HPV Vaccine - Media Statement—On December 16, 2013 CDC was informed by Merck that the company planned to implement a voluntary recall of one lot (lot J007354) of Gardasil® [Human P...
- + 2013 Year in Review - More—Additional issues addressed by CDC during 2013. [Category: Digital Press Kit, CDC Works for you 24/7] [Link to media]
- + First reports of Chikungunya in Western Hemisphere - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is closely following new reports of the mosquito-borne chikungunya (chik-un-GUHN-ya) virus among ...
- + New project aimed at collecting health data for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations - Press Release—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have launched a new project aimed at improving hea...
- + CDC Looks Back at 2013 health challenges, Ahead to 2014 health worries - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's job is to detect health threats, stop outbreaks, and prevent illness and injury. As 2013 comes to a ...
- + Flu Press Conference: New Report Highlights Benefits of Flu Vaccine - Transcript—MMWR has exciting news about influenza and flu vaccinations and it is so important that people get vaccinated. [Category: Transcript]
- + Public gets early snapshot of MRSA and C. difficile infections in individual hospitals - Press Release—CDC, CMS collaborate to advance public reporting of important hospital quality indicators [Category: Press Release]
- + CDC to provide an update on flu and vaccination activity this season and share new data on the impact of vaccination last season - Media Advisory—CDC to provide an update on flu and vaccination activity this season and share new data on the impact of vaccination last season. [Category: Media Adv...
- + New Report Highlights Benefits of Flu Vaccine - Press Release—Flu vaccination prevented an estimated 6.6 million influenza-associated illnesses, 3.2 million medically attended illnesses, and 79,000 hospitalizatio...
- + Measles Press Conference: 50th Anniversary of Measles Vaccine - Transcript—A telebriefing to discuss the renewed spike of measles in the U.S. and its continued threat to health security. [Category: Transcript]
- + Measles Still Threatens Health Security - Press Release—Fifty years after the approval of an extremely effective vaccine against measles, one of the world's most contagious diseases, the virus still poses a...
- + President Obama Signs Reauthorization of PEPFAR—Yesterday, President Obama reaffirmed the United States' commitment to an AIDS-free generation by signing into law the PEPFAR Stewardship and Oversigh...
- + CDC releases new findings and prevention tools to improve food safety in restaurants - Press Release—Increased awareness and implementation of proper food safety in restaurants and delis may help prevent many of the foodborne illness outbreaks reporte...
- + Measles Still Threatens Health Security: On 50th Anniversary of Measles Vaccine, Spike in Imported Measles Cases - Media Advisory—CDC will host a live media briefing at CDC to discuss the renewed spike of measles in the U.S. and its continued threat to health security. [Category:...
- + Sexual risk lower among U.S. gay and bisexual men who accurately know their HIV status - Press Release—A new analysis of data from 20 major U.S. cities reveals continued signs of sexual risk among gay and bisexual men, but shows dramatically lower sexua...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Status of Serogroup B Meningitis Cases in the United States - Media Advisory—A telebriefing to provide an update on serogroup B meningitis cases in the United States and bacterial meningitis treatment and prevention. [Category:...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Status of Serogroup B Meningitis Cases in the United States - Transcript—A telebriefing to provide an update on serogroup B meningitis cases in the United States and bacterial meningitis treatment and prevention. [Category:...
- + Progress and Challenges Fighting Polio in Pakistan and Afghanistan - Press Release—Both Pakistan and Afghanistan saw an overall decrease in wild poliovirus (WPV) cases from January - September 2013 compared with the same time period ...
- + CDC Report Documents Health Disparities - Press Release—Income, education level, sex, race, ethnicity, employment status, and sexual orientation are all related to health and health outcomes for a number of...
- + CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden releases Winnable Battles Progress Report 2010-2015, discusses successes and challenges - Statement—CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden discusses the Winnable Battles initiative. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + New guidance limits antibiotics for common infections in children - Press Release—Every year as many as 10 million U.S. children risk side effects from antibiotic prescriptions that are unlikely to help their upper respiratory condi...
- + CDC accredited for emergency management - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received accreditation from the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) for its excellence in...
- + CDC finds cluster of newborns in Tennessee with bleeding disorder - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified a cluster of newborns in Tennessee with late vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB). VKD...
- + Emerging tobacco products gaining popularity among youth - Press Release—Emerging tobacco products such as e-cigarettes and hookahs are quickly gaining popularity among middle- and high-school students, according to a repor...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - How can more people get tested for colorectal cancer? - Media Advisory—CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs ReportHow can more people get tested for colorectal cancer? [Category: Media Advisory]
- + Colorectal cancer screening rates remain low - Press Release—About one in three adults aged 50 to 75 years have not been tested for colorectal cancer as recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task ...
- + Malaria cases in U.S. reach 40-year high - Press Release—In 2011, 1,925 malaria cases were reported in the United States, according to data published in a supplement of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Rep...
- + CDC Update on the Multistate Outbreak of Fungal Meningitis and Other Infections: One Year Later - Statement—A year ago this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention activated its Emergency Operations Center as part of the response to the tragic ...
- + More than 40 percent of middle and high schoolers who smoke use flavored little cigars or flavored cigarettes - Press Release—More than two out of every five middle and high school students who smoke report using either flavored little cigars or flavored cigarettes, according...
- + CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting - Media Advisory—An agenda for the meeting can be found at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/acip/. The agenda will include three votes: considerations for use of menin...
- + Statement from Tim McAfee, Director, CDC's Office on Smoking and Health on the passing of Nathan Moose, former Tips campaign ad participant - Statement—Statement from Tim McAfee, Director, CDC's Office on Smoking and Health on the passing of Nathan Moose, former Tips campaign ad participant. [Category...
- + Better, Faster Lab Reports Help States' Outbreak Response - Press Release—Once labs detect dangerous infections, it's crucial for the correct information to get to health departments quickly and in a format that allows them ...
- + David J. Sencer CDC Museum open on Smithsonian magazine Museum Day Live! - Media Advisory—The exhibit, Health is a Human Right: Race and Place in America, looks back through history at how minority groups have experienced health problems di...
- + Positive relationship factors may help break cycle of child maltreatment - Media Advisory—The Journal of Adolescent Health released a special supplement investigating the role of safe, stable, nurturing relationships (SSNRs) and social cont...
- + 2013 Tips From Former Smokers campaign generates 150,000 calls to quitlines and 2.8 million website visits - Press Release—Quitline calls spiked dramatically when 2013 ads were running; fell quickly when they were not [Category: Press Release]
- + Business Pulse connects CDC and business to address public health threats - Statement—Today, the CDC Foundation is launching Business Pulse: How CDC Protects the Health of Your Business. The first Business Pulse coincides with September...
- + Statement from CDC Director Tom Frieden on the passing of Terrie Hall, former Tips From Former Smokers ad participant - Statement—Statement from CDC Director Tom Frieden on the passing of Terrie Hall [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Telebriefing on Today's Drug-Resistant Health Threats - Transcript—CDC telebriefing on today's drug-resistant health threats [Category: Transcript]
- + Untreatable: Report by CDC details today's drug-resistant health threats - Press Release—Every year, more than two million people in the United States get infections that are resistant to antibiotics and at least 23,000 people die as a res...
- + CDC director to host telebriefing on landmark report detailing drug resistance threats - Media Advisory—CDC will host a media telebriefing to discuss a new report that describes the striking toll of antibiotic-resistant germs in the United States. The re...
- + CDC Telebriefing on the National Immunization Survey, Vaccine for Children Program, and recent measles outbreaks in the U.S. - Transcript—CDC telebriefing both on the release of the 2012 National Immunization Survey details in today's MMWR as well as the increases we are seeing in measle...
- + 20 Years of Success: CDC Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Vaccines for Children Program—This year marks the 20th Anniversary of passage of the legislation that created the Vaccines for Children Program (VFC), one of our nation's most succ...
- + CDC officials to share new data on immunization coverage among nation's infants and recent measles outbreaks - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telebriefing to discuss results from the National Immunization Survey, measles cases and outbreaks, and the 20th Anniversary of the pa...
- + National Press Club Luncheon - Transcript—Our guest today has plenty to keep him awake at night. It's his job to worry about the growing threat that dangerous new pathogens pose for the health...
- + CDC Director to speak on the state of nation's health security at the National Press Club - Media Advisory—"The Cough Heard 'Round the World" [Category: Media Advisory]
- + More than 100,000 Americans quit smoking due to national media campaign - Press Release—An estimated 1.6 million smokers attempted to quit smoking because of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "Tips From Former Smokers" nati...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Tips From Former Smokers ad campaign results - Transcript—An estimated 1.6 million smokers attempted to quit smoking because of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "Tips From Former Smokers" nati...
- + Results from first ever federally-funded national education ad campaign, "Tips From Former Smokers" - Media Advisory—CDC will host a media telebriefing to discuss the results of the Tips From Former Smokers campaign, a national advertising campaign designed to encour...
- + E-cigarette use more than doubles among U.S. middle and high school students from 2011-2012 - Press Release—The percentage of U.S. middle and high school students who use electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, more than doubled from 2011 to 2012, according ...
- + CDC finds 200,000 heart disease and stroke deaths could be prevented - Digital Press Kit—More than 200,000 preventable deaths from heart disease and stroke occurred in the United States in 2010, according to a new Vital Signs report from t...
- + CDC finds 200,000 heart disease and stroke deaths could be prevented - Press Release—More than 200,000 preventable deaths from heart disease and stroke occurred in the United States in 2010, according to a new Vital Signs report from t...
- + CDC Telebriefing on CDC finding 200,000 heart disease and stroke deaths could be prevented - Transcript—This September Vital Signs is on preventable death from heart disease, stroke, and hypertensive disease, United States 2001 to 2010. [Category: Transc...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - How can progress be made in preventable deaths from heart attack and stroke? - Media Advisory—One out of every three deaths in the U.S. is due to cardiovascular disease. A large proportion of heart attacks and strokes do not have to happen. CDC...
- + CDC releases 2012 School Health Policies and Practices Study results - Press Release—School districts nationwide are showing improvements in measures related to nutritional policies, physical education and tobacco policies, according t...
- + CDC awards funding to help states face new infectious disease threats - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced an award to states of about $75.8 million through the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capac...
- + CDC provides estimate of Americans diagnosed with Lyme disease each year - Press Release—Preliminary estimates released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that the number of Americans diagnosed with Lyme disease eac...
- + CDC state data shows high costs due to excessive alcohol use - Press Release—Excessive alcohol use causes a large economic burden to states and the District of Columbia, according to a new study released by the Centers for Dise...
- + CDC Releases 2014 Edition of "Yellow Book" - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released the online version of the 2014 edition of CDC Health Information for International Trave...
- + Obesity Declines Among Low-Income Preschoolers - Digital Press Kit—Nineteen states and territories reported decreases in obesity among low-income preschoolers. Twenty states and Puerto Rico held steady at their curren...
- + Obesity among low-income preschoolers declines in many states - Press Release—After decades of rising rates, obesity among low-income preschoolers declined slightly in 19 states and U.S. territories from 2008 through 2011, accor...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Obesity Among Low-Income Preschool-Aged Children - Transcript—After decades of rising rates, there are signs of progress in the fight against childhood obesity. CDC will discuss state-by-state obesity rates amon...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - Obesity among low-income preschoolers declines in many states - Media Advisory—After decades of rising rates, there are signs of progress in the fight against childhood obesity. CDC will discuss state-by-state obesity rates amon...
- + CDC and Olympic Champion Amanda Beard team up for healthy swimming - Press Release—No one spends more time in the pool than elite swimmers, including seven-time Olympic medalist and mom Amanda Beard. CDC and Beard are teaming up to e...
- + U.S. breastfeeding rates continue to rise - Press Release—In a press conference held today, top officials from CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics announced that HPV vaccination rates in girls aged 13-...
- + CDC Telebriefing on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage and vaccine safety monitoring - Transcript—CDC will host a telebriefing to discuss human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage among adolescent girls and postlicensure vaccine safety monito...
- + HPV vaccine: Safe, effective, and grossly underutilized - Press Release—Breastfeeding rates have continued to rise over the past decade, according to data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. T...
- + CDC officials to discuss Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage and vaccine safety monitoring - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telebriefing to discuss human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage among adolescent girls and postlicensure vaccine safety monito...
- + Healthy life expectancies at age 65 highest in Hawaii, lowest in Mississippi - Press Release—Residents of the South regardless of race, and blacks throughout the United States, have lower healthy life expectancy at age 65, according to a repor...
- + CDC releases report on 30-year low in youth homicide rates - Press Release—The homicide rate for youth aged 10 to 24 years in the United States reached a 30-year low in 2010. [Category: Press Release]
- + HHS grants to bolster disaster preparedness for health care, public health - Press Release—The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded more than $916 million to continue improving preparedness and health outcomes for a wid...
- + New CDC Vital Signs: Deaths from Prescription Painkiller Overdoses Rise Sharply Among Women - Press Release—The number of prescription painkiller overdose deaths increased five fold among women between 1999 and 2010, according to a Vital Signs report release...
- + CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report How has the prescription painkiller overdose epidemic grown in women? - Media Advisory—The prescription painkiller epidemic is killing more women than ever before. New data shows prescription painkiller overdose deaths among women have s...
- + CDC advisory committee recommends an influenza vaccine option for persons with egg allergy - Media Advisory—The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted today, 13 to 0, in favor of recommending FluBlok during the 2013-2014 influenza seasons ...
- + CDC Telebriefing on HPV prevalence among young women following HPV vaccination introduction in the United States, NHANES, 2003-2010 - Transcript—A new study looking at the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in girls and women before and after the introduction of the HPV vaccine...
- + CDC findings show higher suicide-related behaviors among youth involved in bullying - Media Advisory—The Journal of Adolescent Health released a special issue focusing for the first time on the relationship between bullying and suicide. The special i...
- + New study shows HPV vaccine helping lower HPV infection rates in teen girls - Press Release—A new study looking at the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in girls and women before and after the introduction of the HPV vaccine...
- + CDC officials to discuss decline in Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in females since vaccination started in 2006 - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telebriefing to discuss a new study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases that looks at the prevalence of vaccine-type human...
- + David J. Sencer CDC Museum unveils cancer survivors' photo exhibit - Media Advisory—CDC cancer survivors are featured in the new exhibit, CANCER: Survivors in Focus, which highlights the public health impact of living with, through, a...
- + Haiti close to eliminating lymphatic filariasis - Press Release—Haiti's public health experts are one step closer to completely ridding its population of a disease that has long plagued the country. For the first t...
- + CDC partners with 104 employers for National Healthy Worksite Program - Press Release—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, through its partner Viridian Health Management, has identified 104 employers in eight counties across ...
- + Stay cool, hydrated and informed this summer—A new study shows that heat-related deaths are on the rise. In a 2-week period in 2012, excessive heat exposure resulted in 32 deaths in 4 states, fou...
- + CDC urges everyone: Get ready to stay cool before temperatures soar - Press Release—Sometimes foods we love and count on for good health are contaminated with germs that cause serious illness and can be deadly for certain people. List...
- + Listeria Food Poisoning Striking Hard at Nation's Most Vulnerable—Sometimes foods we love and count on for good health are contaminated with germs that cause serious illness and can be deadly for certain people. List...
- + Fewer Americans having problems paying medical bills - Press Release—The percentage of people under age 65 in families having problems paying medical bills decreased from 21.7 percent in the first six months of 2011 to ...
- + Older Americans, pregnant women face highest risk from Listeria food poisoning - Press Release—Listeria can cause serious infection in certain vulnerable groups, resulting in higher rates of hospitalization and death than most other bacteria com...
- + One in five Americans report visiting emergency room at least once in the past year - Press Release—In 2011, 20 percent of U.S. adults reported at least one emergency room visit in the past year, and 7 percent reported two or more visits, according t...
- + Anti-smoking ads increase odds of quitting in 14 countries - Media Advisory—Awareness of anti-smoking messages on television, radio, or billboards, or in newspapers or magazines, significantly increased the odds that current...
- + MRSA study: simple steps slash deadly infections in sickest hospital patients—A new study on antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospitals shows that using germ-killing soap and ointment on all intensive-care unit (ICU) patients ca...
- + MRSA study slashes deadly infections in sickest hospital patients - Press Release—Using germ-killing soap and ointment on all intensive-care unit (ICU) patients can reduce bloodstream infections by up to 44 percent and significantly...
- + Make a Splash!—As schools let out and summer approaches, it is important for us to remember to stay healthy and safe under the sun and in the water. Skin cancer is t...
- + CDC director discusses Extreme Heat Awareness with Atlanta area school students - Media Advisory—Because a doctors' advice and assistance more than doubles the chances that a smoker will quit successfully, the Centers for Disease Control and Preve...
- + CDC announces new members for the Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women - Media Advisory—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today seven new members who will serve on the Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Wo...
- + CDC director discusses Extreme Heat Awareness with Atlanta area school students - Media Advisory—No one should die from a heat wave. But every year, extreme temperatures kills an average of 675 people in the United States more than hurricanes, lig...
- + CDC to issue first comprehensive report on children's mental health in the United States - Media Advisory—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will issue a report today, "Mental Health Surveillance Among Children in the United States - 2005-2011," ap...
- + Large majority of adults have smoke-free rules in homes, vehicles - Press Release—Four out of five U.S. adults report having voluntary smoke-free rules in their homes and three out of four report having voluntary smoke-free rules ...
- + CDC study finds fecal contamination in pools - Press Release—A study of public pools done during last summer's swim season found that feces are frequently introduced into pool water by swimmers. Through the stu...
- + CDC releases final West Nile virus national surveillance data for 2012 - Media Advisory—A total of 5,674 cases of West Nile virus disease in people, including 286 deaths, were reported to CDC from 48 states (excluding Alaska and Hawaii). ...
- + Following CDC Protocols Cuts Dialysis Bloodstream Infections in Half - Press Release—Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released results of its Dialysis Bloodstream Infection Prevention Collaborative showing a ...
- + Study suggests only half of Americans with hepatitis C receive complete testing for the virus - Press Release—Only half of Americans identified as ever having had hepatitis C received follow-up testing showing that they were still infected, according to a Cent...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Vital Signs Report: Hepatitis C Virus Infection Testing and Reporting - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss the new Vital Signs report on hepatitis C testing and reporting. The multi-area analysis look...
- + One in five adults meet overall physical activity guidelines - Press Release—About 20 percent of U.S. adults are meeting both the aerobic and muscle strengthening components of the federal government's physical activity recomme...
- + CDC finds suicide rates among middle-aged adults increased from 1999-2010 - Press Release—Suicide deaths have surpassed deaths from motor vehicle crashes in recent years in the United States. In 2010 there were 33,687 deaths from motor vehi...
- + Controlling asthma in schools: CDC's focus for asthma awareness month - Media Advisory—May is Asthma Awareness Month. Throughout May, CDC will feature new information and updates about the success of CDC's National Asthma Control Program...
- + CDC's 62nd Annual Epidemic Intelligence Services (EIS) Conference Begins Today: Showcases "Disease Detectives" and their Life-Saving Work - Digital Press Kit—The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today kicked off its 62nd Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference in Atlanta, ...
- + New Food Safety Data for 2012—FoodNet report shows increases in some foodborne germs, no change in others. [Category: Food Safety, Digital Press Kit]
- + Infections from some foodborne germs increased, while others remained unchanged in 2012 - Media Advisory—The nation's annual food safety report card is out and it shows that 2012 rates of infections from two germs spread commonly through food have increas...
- + CDC launches a new educational website on laboratory science for teachers and students - Media Advisory—CDC's Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory has launched a new website, designed especially for teachers and students, to learn about th...
- + Smoke-free subsidized housing would save $521 million a year - Press Release—The estimated annual cost savings from eliminating smoking in all U.S. subsidized housing would be $521 million, according to a new study from the Cen...
- + Former CDC Deputy Director and NASA Scientist visit CDC to discuss space science research and its benefit to humanity - Media Advisory—The David J. Sencer CDC Museum presents a look back at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's collaboration with NASA during the 1960's spac...
- + Nearly 20 percent of teen births are repeat births—Nearly one in five teen births is a repeat birth, according to a Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although teen...
- + Nearly 20 percent of teen births are repeat births—Nearly one in five teen births is a repeat birth, according to a Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [Category: Te...
- + New CDC Vital Signs: Nearly 20 percent of teen births are repeat births - Press Release—Nearly one in five teen births is a repeat birth, according to a Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although teen...
- + CDC Releases Second Round of ads in "Tips From Former Smokers" campaign - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the Tips From Former Smokers campaign, a national advertising campaign designed to encour...
- + Norovirus is now the leading cause of severe gastroenteritis in US children - Press Release—Norovirus is now the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis among children less than 5 years of age who seek medical care, according to a new study pu...
- + CDC and HRSA issue report on changes in prevalence of parent-reported Autism Spectrum Disorder in school-aged children - Media Advisory—Changes in Prevalence of Parent-Reported Autism Spectrum Disorder in School-Aged Children: 2007 to 2011-2012. The report was co-authored by HRSA and d...
- + CDC confirms rabies death in organ transplant recipient - Media Statement—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene have confirmed that a patient who recently d...
- + Mobile device use while driving more common in the U.S. than in several European countries.—According to a CDC study, talking on the phone, texting, and reading email behind the wheel are reportedly more common behaviors in the United States ...
- + Mobile device use while driving more common in the U.S. than in several European countries - Press Relase—Most U.S. drivers reported talking on their cell phone and about one in three read or sent text or email messages when driving, according to a new stu...
- + CDC: Action needed now to halt spread of deadly bacteria - Press Release—A family of bacteria has become increasingly resistant to last-resort antibiotics during the past decade, and more hospitalized patients are getting l...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Vital Signs Report Details Rising Threat from Lethal CRE Bacteria - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new Vital Signs report on a drug-resistant bacteria called carbapenem-resistant Enter...
- + About one in five U.S. adult cigarette smokers have tried an electronic cigarette - Press Release—In 2011, about 21 percent of adults who smoke traditional cigarettes had used electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, up from about 10 perc...
- + Innovative policy to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV shows positive impact - Press Release—The number of pregnant and breastfeeding women in Malawi with HIV who started life-saving antiretroviral treatment increased by more than 700 percent ...
- + Opioids drive continued increase in drug overdose deaths - Press Release—Drug overdose deaths increased for the 11th consecutive year in 2010, according to an analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Th...
- + Million Hearts Releases New Spanish-Language Resources on Heart Health - Press Release—Educational resources to help Hispanics take control of their heart health is available from Million Hearts, a national public-private partnership tha...
- + iPad users can solve public health outbreaks - Media Advisory—Scientists and gamers alike can now play disease detective, through Solve the Outbreak, a new iPad app from the Centers for Disease Control and Preven...
- + CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting - Media Advisory—Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) [Category: Media Advisory]
- + More Mothers are Breastfeeding - Press Release—Across all groups, the percentage of mothers who start and continue breastfeeding is rising, according to a report released today by the Centers for D...
- + Smoking among those with Mental Illness—Adults with some form of mental illness have a smoking rate 70 percent higher than adults with no mental illness, according to a Vital Signs report. [...
- + Climate and Health Symposium Puts Science into Practice—The CDC and NIH will cohost in coordination with American Public Health Association (APHA), National Association of County and City Health Officials (...
- + CDC releases first estimates of the food sources of all foodborne illnesses acquired in the United States—A new CDC paper, "Attribution of Foodborne Illnesses, Hospitalizations, and Deaths to Food Commodities By Using Outbreak Data, United States, 1998-200...
- + Telebriefing on U.S. Adult Vaccination Rates—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a telephone-only media briefing Tuesday, January 29, to provide up-to-date figures on the num...
- + CDC releases data on interpersonal and sexual violence by sexual orientation—The first set of national prevalence data on intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual violence (SV), and stalking victimization by sexual orientation w...
- + New norovirus strain causing most norovirus outbreaks in United States—A new strain of norovirus called GII.4 Sydney was the leading cause of norovirus outbreaks in the United States from September to December 2012, accor...
- + Press Briefing Transcript—Telebriefing on Flu Season and Vaccine Effectiveness [Category: Transcript]
- + CDC Update: 2012-2013 Influenza Season—CDC will host a telebriefing to provide an update on the 2012-2013 influenza season. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Binge Drinking among Women and High School Girls - Digital Press Kit—Binge drinking is a dangerous behavior but is not widely recognized as a women's health problem. CDC's latest Vital Signs report shows that nearly 14...
- + Binge drinking is an under-recognized problem among women and girls - Press Release—Binge drinking is a dangerous behavior that can lead to tragic circumstances. It's not often recognized as a women's health problem but nearly 14 mill...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Vital Signs Report on Binge Drinking among Women and Girls—CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new Vital Signs report on binge drinking among women and high school girls. [Category...
- + More women getting Pap tests as recommended - Press Release—Younger women (30 and younger) are getting screened consistent with newer national recommendations, according to a report released by the Centers for ...
- + Give the Gift of Health and Safety: Healthy Living Holiday Tips—The holidays are a time to celebrate, give thanks, and reflect. Give the gift of health and safety to yourself and others this holiday season by payin...
- + The Impact of Unsafe Injection Practices in U.S. Healthcare Settings—More than 150,000 patients have been impacted by unsafe injection practices since 2001. Breakdowns in proper infection control often involve providers...
- + HIV Among Youth—Young people between the ages of 13 and 24 represent more than a quarter of new HIV infections each year (26 percent) and most of these youth living w...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Vital Signs Report: HIV Infection, Testing, and Risk Behaviors among Youths-United States - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss the new Vital Signs report on the impact of HIV among young people in the U.S. The new report...
- + More than half of young HIV-infected Americans are not aware of their status - Press Release—Young people between the ages of 13 and 24 represent more than a quarter of new HIV infections each year (26 percent) and most of these youth living w...
- + Secondhand smoke inside airports puts air travelers and employees at risk—Air pollution from secondhand smoke five times higher outside smoking rooms and other designated smoking areas than in smoke-free airports. [Category:...
- + 60 percent of America's biggest cities are now smoke-free—Comprehensive smoke-free laws cover 30 of 50 largest U.S. cities, up from just one in 2000. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Severity - Digital Press Kit—Black women have higher death rates from breast cancer than any other racial or ethnic group. They are 40 percent more likely to die from breast cance...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Vital Signs Report on Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer - Media Advisory—CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new Vital Signs report on racial disparities in breast cancer severity. [Category: Me...
- + Disparities in breast cancer continue among U.S. women - Press Relase—Black women have higher death rates from breast cancer than any other racial or ethnic group. They are 40 percent more likely to die from breast cance...
- + Get Smart About Antibiotics Week 2012 - Digital Press Kit—Get Smart About Antibiotics Week 2012 will highlight the threat of antibiotic resistance and the importance of appropriate antibiotic use nationally a...
- + CDC announces release of important policy statement and national polling results on antibiotic resistance Get Smart About Antibiotics Week is November 12-18, 2012—Get Smart About Antibiotics Week 2012 will highlight the threat of antibiotic resistance and the importance of appropriate antibiotic use nationally a...
- + CDC Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices Recommends Tdap Immunization for Pregnant Women—The Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices voted today 14 to 0, with one abstention, to recommend that providers of prenatal care implement a T...
- + CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Recommends HibMenCY for Infants at Increased Risk for Meningococcal Disease—The Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices voted today 13 to 1, with 1 abstention, to recommend that infants at increased risk for meningococca...
- + CDC Hosts First Twitter Live Chat on Intimate Partner Violence—CDC's VetoViolence - in partnership with the Administration of Children and Families (ACF) via the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and V...
- + CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting—Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Responds to Multistate Meningitis Outbreak—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with state and local health departments and the Food and Drug Administration (F...
- + CDC Releases First FluView Report for 2012-2013 Influenza Season—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today issued the first "FluView" influenza activity report for the U.S. 2012-2013 flu season. The 2012-...
- + CDC, FDA, Massachusetts Department of Public Health Joint Telebriefing Updating Investigation of Meningitis Outbreak (Transcript)—CDC, FDA, and Massachusetts Department of Public Health hosted a telephone-only media availability to provide updates about the multistate investigati...
- + National Latino AIDS Awareness Day—While HIV poses a serious health threat to all Latinos, different Latino communities are impacted in different ways. In conjunction with National Lati...
- + CDC, FDA, Massachusetts Department of Public Health Joint Telebriefing Updating Investigation of Meningitis Outbreak—CDC, FDA, and Massachusetts Department of Public Health will host a telephone-only media availability to provide updates about the multistate investig...
- + Update on Nationwide Meningitis Outbreak—In response to a nationwide outbreak of meningitis and stroke associated with a widely distributed medication, CDC is providing updated guidance to cl...
- + CDC and FDA Joint Telebriefing on Investigation of Meningitis Outbreak (Transcript)—CDC and FDA hosted a telephone-only media availability to discuss information about the multi-state investigation of meningitis among patients who hav...
- + CDC and FDA Joint Telebriefing on Investigation of Meningitis Outbreak—CDC and FDA will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss information about the multi-state investigation of meningitis among patients who ...
- + CDC study shows 54 percent decrease in teen drinking and driving since 1991—The percentage of teens in high school (aged 16 or older) who drove when they had been drinking alcohol decreased by 54 percent between 1991 and 2011,...
- + Vital Signs: Drinking and Driving Among High School Students Aged > 16 Years - United States, 1991-2011—CDC hosted a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new Vital Signs report on drinking and driving among high school students. [Category: CD...
- + Press Release: CDC study shows 54 percent decrease in teen drinking and driving since 1991—The percentage of teens in high school (aged 16 and older) who drove when they had been drinking alcohol decreased by 54 percent between 1991 and 2011...
- + Digital Press Kit: CDC study shows 54 percent decrease in teen drinking and driving since 1991—The percentage of teens in high school (aged 16 and older) who drove when they had been drinking alcohol decreased by 54 percent between 1991 and 2011...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Vital Signs Report on Drinking and Driving Among High School Students—CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new Vital Signs report on drinking and driving among high school students. [Category:...
- + Million Hearts Recognizes Health Systems' Success in Helping Patients Control High Blood Pressure—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Million Hearts Initiative today recognized two practices for success in helping patients cont...
- + Million Hearts Launches New Educational Program to Improve Americans' Blood Pressure Control—Customers at drugstores around the nation can get help to improve blood pressure control, through a collaboration among pharmacists, the U.S. Departme...
- + CDC Telebriefing on West Nile Virus Update—CDC and the Texas Department of State Health Services will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss updated West Nile Virus numbers and provide...
- + High blood pressure is out of control for too many Americans—The majority of people with high blood pressure are being treated with medicine and have seen a doctor at least twice in the past year, yet their cond...
- + CDC Telebriefing on West Nile Virus Update—CDC and the Texas Department of State Health Services will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss updated West Nile Virus numbers and provide...
- + Children with neurologic disorders at high risk of death from flu—A disproportionately high number of children with neurologic disorders died from influenza-related complications during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, accord...
- + CDC Telebriefing on West Nile Virus Update—CDC and the Texas Department of State Health Services will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss updated West Nile Virus numbers and provide...
- + CDC Now Recommends All Baby Boomers Receive One-Time Hepatitis C Test—All U.S. baby boomers should get a one-time test for the hepatitis C virus, according to final recommendations published today by the Centers for Dise...
- + CDC Update on H3N2v Cases Telebriefing—2011 CDC map detailing adult obesity prevalence for all U.S. states based on Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data [Category: CDC Ne...
- + 2011 State Obesity Map Now Available—CDC hosted a telephone-only media availability to give an update on influenza a H3N2 variant virus. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Gradual drop in youth tobacco use continues, but significant problem areas remain—Tobacco use among American middle school and high school students showed a slow decline from 2000 to 2011, according to a report from the Centers for ...
- + CDC Update: Influenza A (H3N2) Variant Virus—CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to provide an update on the domestic influenza A (H3N2) variant ("H3N2v") virus situation. A number ...
- + CDC Vital Signs: Walking Among Adults - United States, 2005 and 2010 Telebriefing—CDC hosted a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new Vital Signs report on walking among adults. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Six in 10 adults now get physically active by walking—Sixty-two percent of adults say they walked for at least once for 10 minutes or more in the previous week in 2010, compared to 56 percent in 2005, acc...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Vital Signs Report: Walking Among Adults - United States, 2005 and 2010—CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new Vital Signs report on walking among adults. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Update: Influenza A (H3N2) Variant Virus—CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to provide an update on the domestic influenza A (H3N2) variant ("H3N2v") virus situation. [Category...
- + CDC Sponsors Conference on Health in the Arctic—CDC co-hosts 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, the largest international health meeting for Arctic health issues. [Category: CDC News...
- + National Latino AIDS Awareness Day—The eighth annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day comes at a time of renewed national commitment and optimism regarding HIV prevention, due to Pres...
- + Drop in cigarette consumption offset by increases in other forms of smoked tobacco—Loopholes in tax structure, classification system are possible causes. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + West Nile virus disease cases up this year—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging people to take steps to prevent West Nile virus infections. Outbreaks of West Nile virus dis...
- + CDC: Amazon study finds routine rabies exposures—Some people living in two Amazon communities in Peru survived being exposed to rabies virus without receiving vaccination, according to researchers fr...
- + CDC reports progress, innovations and challenges in scaling-up Prevention of Mother-to-Child-Transmission (PMTCT) efforts in Africa—Research and analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) presented at the XI...
- + New CDC studies point to better practices in timing, testing, and retention of patients in HIV anti-retroviral drug treatment (ART) in Africa—New collaborative studies being presented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at the XIX International AIDS Conference confirm ea...
- + CDC helps increase countries' skills in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs through collaborative research, training and mentoring in Africa—Presentations at the XIX International AIDS Conference demonstrate how collaborative research, training and hands on mentoring from the U.S. Centers f...
- + Reported NNDSS pertussis cases: 1922-2011 [PDF - 108KB]—Reported NNDSS pertussis cases: 1922-2011 [PDF - 108KB] [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Telebriefing: Pertussis Epidemic in Washington State - 2012—CDC hosted a telebriefing to provide updates on increases of pertussis cases in the United States and the epidemic in Washington State. [Category: CDC...
- + Methadone linked to 30 percent of prescription painkiller overdose deaths—The prescription drug methadone accounted for 2 percent of painkiller prescriptions in the United States in 2009, but was involved in more than 30 per...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Vital Signs Report: Risk for Overdose from Methadone Used for Pain Relief - United States, 1999-2010—CDC will host a media telebriefing to discuss the new Vital Signs report on overdose deaths due to the opioid pain reliever methadone. [Category: CDC ...
- + New CDC test for dengue approved—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has developed a new diagnostic test to detect the presence of dengue virus in people with symptoms of d...
- + CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting—The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) consists of 15 experts in fields associated with immunization who have been selected by the Se...
- + Nearly half of U.S. adults were not receiving key preventive health services before 2010—Only about half of U.S. adults received selected preventive services such as screenings, consultations and prescriptions, from a health care professio...
- + Landmark ad campaign yields almost 200,000 more calls to state quitlines after 12 weeks—The "Tips From Former Smokers" national ad campaign has generated almost 200,000 additional calls to 1-800-QUIT-NOW, a portal that links callers to th...
- + CDC study finds universal motorcycle helmet laws increase helmet use, save money—Annual cost savings in states with universal motorcycle helmet laws were nearly four times greater (per registered motorcycle) than in states without ...
- + CDC Adds Cell Phone Data to Annual Behavior Survey—The 2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) reflects an adjustment in the way the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collects ...
- + U.S. High School Students Improve Motor Vehicle-related Health Behaviors—U.S. high school students have shown significant progress over the past two decades in improving many health-risk behaviors associated with the leadin...
- + Statement regarding Office of the Inspector General Vaccines for Children report—On June 5, 2012 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report on "Vaccines for Children (VFC...
- + CDC Telebriefing on 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey—CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new 2011 results from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey, a survey of high s...
- + Surgeon General Announces Video Contest Winners—Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin today named the winners of the Surgeon General's Video Contest for Youth and Young Adults. Each of the winners cre...
- + Heart disease and stroke deaths drop significantly for people with diabetes—Death rates for people with diabetes dropped substantially from 1997 to 2006, especially deaths related to heart disease and stroke, according to rese...
- + Higher education and income levels keys to better health, according to annual report on nation's health—People with higher levels of education and higher income have lower rates of many chronic diseases compared to those with less education and lower inc...
- + Task Force recommends team-based care for improving blood pressure control—The Community Preventive Services Task Force today announced it recommends team-based care (TBC) for improving blood pressure control on the basis of ...
- + Survey reveals growing national impact of asthma—An estimated 29.1 million adults (12.7 percent) have been diagnosed with asthma in their lifetimes, and 18.7 million (8.2 percent) still had asthma, a...
- + High-risk behaviors for skin cancer common among young adults—Young adults are increasing their risk for developing skin cancer, according to two studies by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the ...
- + New report provides a decade of analysis of various foodborne illnesses—The supplement includes new data from the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), which tracks important foodborne illnesses trends ...
- + CDC Recognizes Obesity Prevention and Control Initiatives with Pioneering Innovation Awards—Six organizations and one person are recipients of the Pioneering Innovation Award for their work in advancing policies and environmental strategies t...
- + Weight of the Nation Telebriefing—CDC will host a telebriefing to present findings of a study being presented at CDC's Weight of the Nation obesity conference, "Obesity and Severe Obes...
- + CDC to Host Second Weight of the Nation Conference to Address Obesity—Weight of the Nation Conference The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host its second Weight of the Nation conference, designed to prov...
- + CDC Media Advisory on Vital Signs Report: Unintentional Injury Deaths Among Persons Aged 0-19 Years - United States, 2000-2009—CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss the new Vital Signs report that describes 10-year trends in unintentional injury deaths among...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Measles - United States, 2011—CDC will host a telebriefing to provide an update on measles in the United States. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC issues state health care-associated infection report—A new state-by-state breakdown of health care-associated infections shows reductions in infection rates across the country. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Hosts 61st Annual Epidemic Intelligence Services (EIS) Conference—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is hosting the 61st Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference. [Category: CDC Newsroo...
- + CDC estimates 1 in 88 children in United States has been identified as having an autism spectrum disorder—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 88 children in the United States has been identified as having an autism spectrum d...
- + CDC Telebriefing on the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders—CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss the MMWR surveillance summary on the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders. [Category: CDC ...
- + Report to the nation finds continuing declines in cancer death rates since the early 1990s—Death rates from all cancers combined for men, women, and children continued to decline in the United States between 2004 and 2008, according to the A...
- + Deaths from gastroenteritis double—The number of people who died from gastroenteritis (inflammation of the stomach and intestines that causes vomiting and diarrhea) more than doubled fr...
- + CDC research shows outbreaks linked to imported foods increasing—Foodborne disease outbreaks caused by imported food appeared to rise in 2009 and 2010, and nearly half of the outbreaks implicated foods imported from...
- + Smartphones more accurate, faster, cheaper for disease surveillance—Smartphones are showing promise in disease surveillance in the developing world. The Kenya Ministry of Health, along with researchers in Kenya for the...
- + Life-threatening germ poses threat across medical facilities—CDC highlights steps to prevent spread of deadly C. difficile bacteria, which impacts patients in nursing homes and outpatient care, not just hospital...
- + CDC Media Advisory on Vital Signs Report: Preventing Clostridium difficile Infections—CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss the new Vital Signs reports on Clostridium difficile infections (CDI), including nonhospital ...
- + New influenza virus discovered in Guatemalan fruit bats—A new influenza A virus discovered in fruit bats in Guatemala does not appear to present a current threat to humans, but should be studied as a potent...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Influenza Update—CDC will host a telebriefing to provide an influenza update, including providing recent information on influenza activity this season. [Category: CDC ...
- + Majority of dairy-related disease outbreaks linked to raw milk—The rate of outbreaks caused by unpasteurized milk (often called raw milk) and products made from it was 150 times greater than outbreaks linked to pa...
- + CDC study finds levels of trans-fatty acids in blood of U.S. white adults has decreased—Blood levels of trans-fatty acids (TFAs) in white adults in the U.S. population decreased by 58 percent from 2000 to 2009 according to a Centers for D...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Vital Signs Report: Food Categories Contributing the Most to Sodium Consumption - United States, 2007-2008—CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new Vital Signs report on food categories contributing the most sodium to the U.S. po...
- + Nine in 10 U.S. adults get too much sodium every day—Nearly all Americans consume much more sodium than they should, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [Category: ...
- + CDC and Partners Host International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases—Journalists are invited to attend and cover the 2012 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) in Atlanta. One of the world's p...
- + Child abuse and neglect cost the United States $124 billion—The total lifetime estimated financial costs associated with just one year of confirmed cases of child maltreatment (physical abuse, sexual abuse, psy...
- + CDC report finds large decline in lower-limb amputations among U.S. adults with diagnosed diabetes—The rate of leg and foot amputations among U.S. adults aged 40 and older with diagnosed diabetes declined by 65 percent between 1996 and 2008, accordi...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Vital Signs Report: Binge Drinking—CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new Vital Signs report on binge drinking in adults. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Binge drinking is bigger problem than previously thought—More than 38 million U.S. adults binge drink an average of four times a month and the most drinks they consume on average is eight according to a new ...
- + Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Intimate Partner Violence Widespread in the US—On average, 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States, according to finding...
- + Many young children overdosing from medicines at home—Each year, one of every 150 two-year-olds visits an emergency department in the United States for an unintentional medication overdose, most often aft...
- + A twist on gift-giving this season could change hearts—Many a stumped adult searching for the perfect gift to give a loved one this holiday season is finding help from the national Million Hearts initiativ...
- + Telebriefing on U.S. Influenza Activity and Vaccination Rates for Current Season—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a telephone-only media briefing Monday, December 5, to provide up-to-date figures on U.S. inf...
- + Elderly at risk of hospitalizations from key medications—Each year, there are nearly 100,000 emergency hospitalizations for adverse drug events in U.S. adults aged 65 years or older, according to a Centers f...
- + Teen birth rate hit record low in 2010—The birth rate for U.S. teens aged 15-19 years hit a record low in 2010, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and P...
- + CDC now tracking antibiotic use in hospitals—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is launching a new antibiotic tracking system allowing hospitals to monitor antibiotic use electronical...
- + New study shows smokers underutilize proven treatment and services for quitting—Most American adults who smoke wish they could quit, and more than half have tried with the past year, according to a report by the Centers for Diseas...
- + CDC Telebriefing: Quitting Smoking Among Adults - United States, 2001-2010—CDC will host a media telebreifing to discuss the new MMWR report on adult smoking cessation. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + New Million Hearts tools announced by partners—The Million Hearts initiative has announced new partners and commitments, including tools to reach cardiology professionals and consumers to prevent h...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Vital Signs Report:Overdoses of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers - United States, 1999-2008—DC will host a media telebreifing to discuss the new Vital Signs report on prescription opioid pain reliever overdoses. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Prescription painkiller overdoses at epidemic levels—The death toll from overdoses of prescription painkillers has more than tripled in the past decade, according to an analysis in the CDC Vital Signs re...
- + ACIP recommends all 11-12 year-old males get vaccinated against HPV—CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) approved today recommendations for routine vaccination of males 11 or 12 years old with 3-do...
- + CDC study shows suicidal thoughts and behavior vary among U.S. adults—Every 15 minutes, someone in the United States dies by suicide. And for every person who dies, there are many more who think about, plan or attempt su...
- + FDA-CDC Telebriefing on Root Cause of Multi-state Listeria Outbreak—A media briefing to discuss the results of the FDA-led root cause investigation of the multi-state listeria outbreak related to Jensen Farms cantaloup...
- + CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting—CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing on a new study looking at the economic costs of excessive alcohol consumption. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC reports excessive alcohol consumption cost the U.S. $224 billion in 2006—The cost of excessive alcohol consumption in the United States in 2006 reached $223.5 billion or about $1.90 per drink, according to a new study by th...
- + CDC issues initial 2011-2012 seasonal "FluView" report—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the initial "FluView" report for the U.S. 2011-2012 flu season with the message that flu activ...
- + CDC announces new effort to boost number of Baby-Friendly hospitals—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded nearly $6 million over three years to the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Qua...
- + CDC reports uneven declines in coronary heart disease by state and race/ethnicity—The number of Americans who report they have coronary heart disease - which includes heart attack and angina (chest pain) - continues to decline but r...
- + More teen males using condoms—The percentage of teen males aged 15-19 years in the United States who used a condom the first time they had sex increased between 2002 and 2006-2010,...
- + CDC finds 60 percent increase in youth athletes treated for TBIs—Emergency department visits for sports- and recreation-related traumatic brain injuries, including concussions, among children and adolescents increas...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Economic Costs of Excessive Alcohol Consumption in the U.S., 2006—CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing on a new study looking at the economic costs of excessive alcohol consumption. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC report shows about 112 million annual incidents of people drinking and driving—Adults drank too much and got behind the wheel about 112 million times in 2010-that is almost 300,000 incidents of drinking and driving each day-accor...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Vital Signs Report:Vital Signs: Alcohol-Impaired Driving Among Adults - United States, 2010—CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new Vital Signs report on alcohol-impaired driving among adults. [Category: CDC Newsr...
- + Affordable Care Act helps improve the health of the American workforce, increase workplace health programs—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today announced awards of approximately $9 million for comprehensive workplace health programs across t...
- + CDC takes new steps to combat childhood obesity—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today launched a new effort to address childhood obesity. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC and FDA media availability on multistate outbreak on Listeriosis—CDC and FDA will hold a media availability on the ongoing multistate outbreak of Listeriosis linked to whole cantaloupes from Jensen Farms, Colorado. ...
- + Insufficient sleep among high school students associated with a variety of health-risk behaviors—Almost 70 percent of high school students are not getting the recommended hours of sleep on school nights, according to a study by the Centers for Dis...
- + CDC releases surveillance data on waterborne disease outbreaks—Surveillance for Waterborne Disease Outbreaks and Other Health Events [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Rotavirus vaccination leads to large decreases in health care costs and doctor visits—Vaccinating infants against rotavirus has resulted in dramatic decreases in health care use and treatment costs for diarrhea-related illness in U.S. i...
- + Are We Ready for America's Next Flu Challenge?—Just two years ago, an influenza pandemic swept the globe, causing hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths in the United Sta...
- + New proposed guidelines for organ transplantation—Draft guidelines on organ transplants call for more thorough donor screening and more advanced organ testing to help protect patients from infections ...
- + CDC report highlights progress in nation's public health preparedness—Public Health Preparedness: 2011 State-by-State Update on Laboratory Capabilities and Response Readiness Planning [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Lung cancer rates decline nationwide—The rates of new lung cancer cases in the United States dropped among men in 35 states and among women in 6 states between 1999 and 2008, according to...
- + CDC report details influenza prevention and treatment for children and teens—Although children and teenagers rarely die from flu-related causes, many of the deaths could have been prevented if the children had been vaccinated a...
- + U.S. blood supply vulnerable to parasitic infection spread by ticks—Babesia, a tickborne parasite of red blood cells, is being transmitted through blood transfusions, according to results of a collaborative study, led ...
- + Smokers are smoking less—Fewer American adults are smoking cigarettes, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Also, daily ...
- + New CDC Developed Diagnostic Lab Test for Flu Approved—A laboratory diagnostic kit to diagnose human infections with seasonal influenza viruses and novel influenza A viruses with pandemic potential has bee...
- + CDC national survey finds early childhood immunization rates increasing—Immunization rates for children 19-35 months of age for most vaccine-preventable diseases are increasing or being sustained at high levels, according ...
- + CDC Lancet article discusses public health preparedness progress and challenges—The 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks is the focus of a special issue of the British medical journal Lancet. The issue features an articl...
- + Report identifies need for increased monitoring of adult mental illness—The report, Mental Illness Surveillance Among Adults in the United States, appears as a supplement in today's issue of the CDC Morbidity and Mortality...
- + Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults Aged 18 Years United States, 2005 through 2010—CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new Vital Signs report on cigarette smoking among adults. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC report finds people live longer if they practice one or more healthy lifestyle behaviors—CDC report finds people live longer if they practice one or more healthy lifestyle behaviors [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Telebriefing on Influenza Vaccination—CDC will host a telebriefing regarding this season's influenza vaccination recommendations and influenza vaccination coverage among health-care person...
- + HHS funds to bolster public health emergency preparedness nationwide—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded more than $613 million to strengthen all-hazards emergency preparedness in the 50 states, f...
- + Task Force finds commercial liability an effective strategy to reduce alcohol related problems—Holding alcohol retailers liable for injuries or damage done by their intoxicated customers can reduce motor vehicle deaths, homicides, injuries, and ...
- + Majority of U.S. hospitals do not fully support breastfeeding—Breastfeeding protects against childhood obesity, yet less than 4 percent of U.S. hospitals provide the full range of support mothers need to be able ...
- + CDC Statement on World Hepatitis Day 2011—On this first World Health Organization (WHO)-sponsored World Hepatitis Day, July 28, 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) joins...
- + First World Trade Center Scientific and Medical Review Released—The CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) today issued the First Periodic Review of Scientific and Medical Evidence Rela...
- + CDC Urges: Stay Cool to Stay Healthy As Temperatures Soar—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials are warning people to stay cool, hydrated and informed to prevent illnesses and injuries as citie...
- + Latest State Data Show Rates of Obesity Remain High—Obesity has become a problem in every state, according to data analyzed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. No state reported that less...
- + CDC Releases Infection Prevention Guide to Promote Safe Outpatient Care—Medical care in outpatient settings has surged in recent years, yet in many cases, adherence to standard infection prevention practices in outpatient ...
- + High Sodium, Low Potassium Diet Linked to Increased Risk of Death—Americans who eat a diet high in sodium and low in potassium have a 50 percent increased risk of death from any cause, and about twice the risk of dea...
- + Statement by Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Regarding WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2011—Today's World Health Organization (WHO) Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2011 documents that in the past two years, more than 1 billion people a...
- + Colorectal Cancer: Second Most Deadly Cancer Can Be Stopped Before It Starts—The No. 2 cancer killer in the United States, colorectal cancer, could get bumped down from its ranking if more people get screened. The rate of adult...
- + CDC Press Briefing on Vital Signs Report: Colorectal Cancer Screening, Incidence, and Mortality United States, 2002 through 2010—CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss the new Vital Signs report on colorectal screening, incidence and mortality. [Category: CDC N...
- + CDC Identifies Top Global Public Health Achievements in First Decade of 21st Century—Global public health advances during the first 10 years of the 21st century resulted in longer lives worldwide, increasing the average life expectancy...
- + ATSDR Launches Health Survey of Marine Corps Personnel and Civilians—The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) begins this week a health survey regarding diseases that may be associated with chemical ...
- + CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting—The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) develops written recommendations for the routine administration of vaccines to children and ad...
- + No Progress in Salmonella During Past 15 Years—Salmonella infections have not decreased during the past 15 years and have instead increased by 10 percent in recent years, according to a new Vital S...
- + CDC Press Briefing on Vital Signs Report: Incidence and Trends of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food - Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 1996-2010—CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss the new Vital Signs reports on food safety and the annual FoodNet data. [Category: CDC Newsro...
- + Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art—Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art is a multi-media contemporary art exhibition that promotes awareness and fosters dialogue about violence ...
- + CDC Announces Healthy Swimming Video Contest—To help us educate swimmers, CDC's Healthy Swimming Program is asking the public to make short, creative videos that feature simple steps everyone can...
- + CDC Report Finds Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Students At Greater Risk for Unhealthy, Unsafe Behaviors—Students who report being gay, lesbian or bisexual and students who report having sexual contact only with persons of the same sex or both sexes are m...
- + Commemorating 30 Years of HIV/AIDS—This week marks 30 years since the first report of a mysterious and deadly new syndrome that would come to be known as AIDS was published in CDC's Mor...
- + CDC Statement on Outbreak of STEC O104:H4 infections in Germany—CDC is following a large outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O104, or STEC O104, infections currently going on in Germany. As of May 31, 2011, t...
- + Report Finds Global Smokers Consider Quitting due to Graphic Health Warnings on Packages—Health warnings on cigarette packages prompt smokers to think about quitting, according to a 14-nation study. Effective warning labels as a component ...
- + CDC Observes Lyme Disease Awareness Month—In recognition of Lyme Disease Awareness month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reminds Americans to learn about this common tickborne ...
- + Swimmer's Ear Responsible for Nearly a Half Billion in Health Care Costs—Swimmer's ear leads to about 2.4 million doctor visits each year and is responsible for nearly $500 million dollars in annual health care costs, accor...
- + CDC Identifies 10 Public Health Achievements of First Decade of 21st Century—The major public health achievements of the first 10 years of the 21st century included improvements in vaccine preventable and infectious diseases, r...
- + Statement by CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., on Early End of HPTN 052 Study—CDC welcomes the report today from NIH that early HIV treatment can dramatically reduce the risk that an HIV-positive person will transmit the virus t...
- + CDC Finds Annual Estimated Cost of U.S. Crash-Related Deaths is $41 Billion—Motor vehicle crash-related deaths in the United States resulted in an estimated $41 billion in medical and work loss costs in a year, according to st...
- + CDC Director to Participate in Media Briefing on Road Safety—Dr. Thomas Frieden will participate in the May 11 launch of the first-ever United Nations-sanctioned Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020). To ...
- + Updated CDC Travel Health Book Released—CDC's 2012 edition Yellow Book, the definitive health guide for international travel, will feature new sections on traveling to mass gatherings, prepa...
- + U.S. Asthma Rates Continue to Rise—People diagnosed with asthma in the United States grew by 4.3 million between 2001 and 2009, according to a new Vital Signs report released today by t...
- + CDC Press Briefing on Vital Signs Report: Asthma Prevalence, Disease Characteristics, and Self-Management Education - United States, 2001-2009—CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss the new Vital Signs reports on asthma prevalence. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Medical Costs for Youth with Diabetes More Than $9,000 a Year—Young people with diabetes face substantially higher medical costs than children and teens without the disease, according to a CDC study published in ...
- + CDC Report Highlights Lack of Healthy Food Environments for Children—States can do more to improve food access, regulations and policies to promote healthy eating and fight childhood obesity, according to a report from ...
- + Assistant Surgeon General Trumpets NIIW as Opportunity to Ensure that All Babies and Young Children are Immunized On Time—As National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) 2011 kicks off Saturday (April 23), Dr. Anne Schuchat, assistant surgeon general and director of the Cente...
- + Half of All States Have Smoke-Free Worksites, Restaurants and Bars—By 2020 or sooner, the entire nation could have laws banning smoking in all indoor areas of private sector worksites, restaurants and bars, a study by...
- + CDC Study Finds Suicide Rates Rise and Fall with Economy—The overall suicide rate rises and falls in connection with the economy, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released onli...
- + U.S. Teen Birth Rate Fell to Record Low in 2009—Teen birth rates have decreased by 37 percent in the last two decades, though U.S. rates are up to nine times higher than in other developed countries...
- + CDC Press Briefing on Vital Signs Report: Teen Pregnancy - United States, 1991-2009—CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss the new Vital Signs reports on teen pregnancy. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC and NIH Update Guidelines to Protect Patients from Bloodstream Infections—New guidelines outline steps to eliminate catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI), one of the most deadly and costly threats to patient safety...
- + Report to Nation Finds Continued Declines in Many Cancer Rates—Rates of death in the United States from all cancers for men and women continued to decline between 2003 and 2007, the most recent reporting period av...
- + Additional $34.2 Million for Public Health Improvement Programs through Affordable Care Act—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention increased its investment in improving public health services by announcing today more than $34 million ...
- + New Accreditation Opportunity for State, Local, Tribal Health Departments—Public health departments can now strive for national accreditation more typical of universities and hospital systems. The Centers for Disease Control...
- + US Death Rate Falls for 10th Straight Year—The age-adjusted death rate for the U.S. population fell to an all-time low of 741 deaths per 100,000 people in 2009 - 2.3 percent lower than the 2008...
- + $10 Million Awarded to Help Reduce Health Care-Associated Infections—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is awarding $10 million for new research to five academic medical centers as part of its Prevention Epi...
- + Older Adults Not Getting Recommended Preventive Services—Critical gaps exist between older Americans who receive potentially lifesaving preventive services and those who do not, according to a new report fro...
- + US Cancer Survivors Grows to Nearly 12 Million—The number of cancer survivors in the United States increased to 11.7 million in 2007, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Contr...
- + Opioid Pain Killers Linked to Increased Risk of Some Birth Defects—Babies born to women who take opioid pain killers such as codeine, oxycodone or hydrocodone just before or in early pregnancy are at increased but mod...
- + Infections in ICUs Plummeting, Too Many Remain in Hospitals and Dialysis Clinics—The number of bloodstream infections in intensive care unit patients with central lines decreased by 58 percent in 2009 compared to 2001, according to...
- + CDC Press Briefing on Vital Signs Report: Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections—CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss the new Vital Signs reports on central line-associated blood stream infections in intensive c...
- + Smoking Early in Pregnancy Raises Risk of Heart Defects in Infants—Maternal cigarette smoking in the first trimester was associated with a 20 to 70 percent greater likelihood that a baby would be born with certain typ...
- + Ignition Interlocks Reduce Alcohol-Impaired Driving—Ignition interlocks help prevent drivers who were previously arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI) from being re-arrested, according to researc...
- + Media Availability About Dengue Research Conference—CDC, NIH and PAHO will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss the latest developments in dengue virus research and the epidemiology of the di...
- + Latest Report on Nation's Health Released—'Health, United States, 2010,' the 34th annual report prepared by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics is now available at www.cdc.gov/nchs. Th...
- + CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting—The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) develops written recommendations for the routine administration of vaccines to children and ad...
- + Highest Rates of Leisure-Time Physical Inactivity in Appalachia and South—Americans who live in parts of Appalachia and the South are the least likely to be physically active in their leisure time, according to estimates rel...
- + Most Americans with High Blood Pressure and High Cholesterol at Unnecessary Risk for Heart Attack and Stroke—Two out of three U.S. adults with high cholesterol and half of U.S. adults with high blood pressure are not being treated effectively, according to th...
- + CDC Press Briefing on Vital Signs Report: Prevalence, Treatment, and Control of High Blood Pressure and High Cholesterol—CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss two new Vital Signs reports on the prevalence of high blood pressure and high cholesterol amo...
- + Number of Americans with Diabetes Rises to Nearly 26 Million—Nearly 26 million Americans have diabetes, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In addition, an estim...
- + CDC Report Documents Important Health Disparities, Need for Better Data—Americans' differences in income, race/ethnicity, gender and other social attributes make a difference in how likely they are to be healthy, sick, or ...
- + CDC Study Finds Seat Belt Use Up to 85 Percent Nationally—Almost 6 out of 7 U.S. drivers surveyed report that they always wear a seat belt when driving or riding in a motor vehicle, according to a study relea...
- + CDC Press Briefing on Vital Signs Report: Nonfatal, Motor Vehicle-Occupant Injuries (2009) and Seat Belt Use (2008) Among Adults - United States—CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss the new Vital Signs report on nonfatal motor vehicle-occupant injuries and seat belt use amon...
- + U.S. Teen Birth Rate Hits Record Low in 2009, CDC Report Finds—The birth rate for U.S. teens aged 15-19 years fell to a record low, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 20...
- + CDC Recommends Precautions during Holiday Travel to Haiti—If you plan to travel to Haiti or the Dominican Republic for the holidays, the CDC urges you to protect yourself from cholera. Cholera has been spread...
- + CDC Reports 1 in 6 Get Sick from Foodborne Illnesses Each Year—About 48 million people (1 in 6 Americans) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die each year from foodborne diseases, according new estimate...
- + CDC Media Telebriefing on the Burden of Foodborne Disease—Release of two reports, Foodborne Illness Acquired in the United States-Major Pathogens and Foodborne Illness Acquired in the United States-Unspecifie...
- + New Articles Highlight the Science Behind Government's Response to 2009 H1N1 Pandemic—A series of studies published today in a supplement to the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID) provide a unique look at the science that guided...
- + National Influenza Vaccination Week to Focus on Young Adults—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has designated December 10 of National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) to focus on young adults...
- + Stroke Drops to Fourth Leading Cause of Death in 2008—Stroke is now the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, down from the third place ranking it has held for decades, according to prelimin...
- + CDC Urges Older Adults 65 Years and Older to Get Vaccinated During National Influenza Vaccination Week—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has designated Thuday, December 9 of National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) as Older Adults V...
- + CDC Designates Employee Health Day to Urge American Workforce to Get Flu Vaccine—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has designated Wednesday, December 8, of National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) to reinforce ...
- + U.S. Surgeon General to Release New Report How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease—Surgeon General Regina Benjamin will host a press conference to release her first report on tobacco, A Report of the Surgeon General: How Tobacco Smok...
- + CDC Urges People with Chronic Medical Conditions to Get Flu Vaccine—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has designated Tuesday, December 7th, of National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) to spotlight ...
- + Pregnant Women, Children and Caregivers Urged to Get Flu Vaccine—As part of National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has designated Monday, December 6, as Fami...
- + CDC Announces National Influenza Vaccination Week - December 5-11—On Sunday, December 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is launching its fifth annual National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW). ...
- + National Influenza Vaccination Week to be held December 5-11, 2010—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has set aside the week of December 5-11, 2010 to observe this season's National Influenza Vaccina...
- + Telebriefing Set for Updates on U.S. Influenza Activity and Flu Vaccination Rates for Current Season—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a telephone-only media briefing Friday, December 3, to provide up to date figures on U.S. inf...
- + CDC Press Briefing on Vital Signs Report: HIV Testing and Diagnosis Among Adults - United States, 2001-2009—CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss the new Vital Signs report on HIV testing and diagnosis among adults. [Category: CDC Newsroom...
- + 11 Million More Adults Tested for HIV for the First Time in 2006-2009—The number of adults tested for HIV reached a record high in 2009, according to an analysis of national survey data released today in a CDC Vital Sign...
- + CDC Names Dr. Linda C. Degutis New Injury Center Director—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, is pleased to announce that Dr. Linda C. Degutis, Dr.P.H, M.S.N., is...
- + 1 in 4 of the Largest U.S. Airports Still Allows Smoking Indoors—As the nation approaches Thanksgiving, the busiest travel season of the year, a new CDC report shows that 22 percent of U.S. passenger boardings take ...
- + CDC Spotlights Global Efforts to Address Antibiotic Resistance—Antibiotic resistance is one of the world's most pressing public health threats. To bring attention to this increasing problem, the Centers for Disea...
- + Statement by Tim McAfee, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Office on Smoking and Health, CDC - Half of States are Protected from Secondhand Smoke: South Dakota Goes Smoke-Free in all Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars—Today marks the half-way point in a remarkable journey for smoke-free air. At the start of the decade, there were no states in the U.S. with comprehen...
- + Statement Regarding First Release of Global Adult Tobacco Survey Result by the Russian Federation—On November 9, the Russian Federation released its first Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) results. Many countries conduct surveys to monitor adult t...
- + CDC Releases Two Reports on Excessive Alcohol Use and Related Harms—CDC's Guide to Community Preventive Services has released two reports on "Maintaining Limits on Days and Hours of Sale of Alcoholic Beverages to Preve...
- + Media Advisory - CDC Press Briefing on Vital Signs Report: Access to Health Care—CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss the new Vital Signs report on access to health care. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Releases Data on Smokeless Tobacco Use Among Smokers—Many smokers also use smokeless tobacco, according to new data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that covers use of smokeless...
- + Laboratory Test Results of Cholera Outbreak Strain in Haiti Announced—The Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population has received the results of laboratory testing showing that the cholera strain linked to the curr...
- + Outbreak of Cholera in Haiti: Family and Friends Traveling to Haiti Should Take Precautions While Celebrating All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day This Year—As many Haitian-Americans go to Haiti to visit family and friends to celebrate All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day, the Centers for Disease Control and...
- + Media Advisory: Fifth Annual Meeting of the International Association of National Public Institutes (IANPHI)—Top public health leaders from almost 50 countries will gather at the fifth annual meeting of the International Association of National Public Health ...
- + Statement Regarding First Release of Global Adult Tobacco Survey Result by Vietnam—On October 27, Vietnam released its first Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) results. Many countries conduct surveys to monitor adult tobacco use, but...
- + Number of Americans with Diabetes Projected to Double or Triple by 2050—As many as 1 in 3 U.S. adults could have diabetes by 2050 if current trends continue, according to a new analysis from the Centers for Disease Control...
- + Number of Teen Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes Drops, CDC Study Finds—The number of fatal crashes involving 16- and 17-year old drivers dropped by more than a third between 2004 and 2008, but this doesn't mean that paren...
- + ATSDR Launches National ALS Registry—In a groundbreaking step to learn more about Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, the federal Agency for Toxic Su...
- + CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting—The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) develops written recommendations for the routine administration of vaccines to children and ad...
- + Statement Regarding Release of Global Adult Tobacco Survey Results by India—On October 19, India released its Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) results. Many countries conduct surveys to monitor adult tobacco use, but until r...
- + CDC Announces Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today it had invited 15 individuals to serve on the Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Yo...
- + First Report on Hispanic Life Expectancy Released by CDC—CDC's National Center for Health Statistics has issued "United States Life Tables by Hispanic Origin," which provides life tables by Hispanic origin b...
- + CDC Awards $5.25 Million for State and Local Climate Change Programs—Eight states and two cities will receive a total of $5.25 million for climate change prevention initiatives, the Centers for Disease Control and Preve...
- + 1 in 4 High School Students and Young Adults Report Binge Drinking—More than 1 in 4 high school students and adults ages 18 to 34 engaged in a dangerous behavior known as binge drinking during the past month, accordin...
- + CDC Press Conference on Vital Signs Report: Binge Drinking Among High School Students and Adults—CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss the new Vital Signs report on binge drinking among high school students and adults. [Category...
- + CDC Awards $1.9 Million for State and Local Sodium Reduction Initiatives—Five states and communities across the country will receive a total of $1.9 million for sodium (salt) reduction efforts, the Centers for Disease Contr...
- + Media Advisory: National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) to Reveal New Research on Influenza Vaccination Behaviors—CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden to join leading medical/public health groups at NFID News Conference to share developments about the influenza season....
- + Statement Regarding First Release of Global Adult Tobacco Survey Result by Ukraine—On September 27, 2010, Ukraine released its Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) results. Many countries conduct surveys to monitor adult tobacco use, b...
- + Statement Regarding First Release of Global Adult Tobacco Survey Result by Poland—On September 23, 2010, Poland released its Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) results. Many countries conduct surveys to monitor adult tobacco use, bu...
- + New Data Show Gains in Public Health Preparedness—State and local health departments have made significant progress toward improving public health emergency preparedness and response capabilities, say...
- + Sebelius Announces $42.5 Million for Public Health Improvement Programs through the Affordable Care Act—U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has...
- + CDC Survey Finds Childhood Immunization Rates Remain High—Immunization of children aged 19-35 months old against most vaccine-preventable diseases remains high in the United States, with coverage for most of ...
- + CDC Awards $13 Million for Preparedness and Response Learning Centers—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $13 million to 14 accredited schools of public health to establish Preparedness and E...
- + Three out of Four New Moms Initiate Breastfeeding—Seventy-five percent of babies born in the United States in 2007-over 3 million'started life breastfeeding, according to the Centers for Disease Contr...
- + Decline in US Adult Smoking Rate Stalled—Despite the known dangers of tobacco use, 1 in 5 American adults continues to smoke cigarettes, and 4 in 10 nonsmokers were exposed to cigarette smoke...
- + CDC Press Conference on Vital Signs Report: Adult Smoking Prevalence and Secondhand Smoke—CDC will host a press briefing to discuss the new Vital Signs report on adult smoking prevalence and secondhand smoke. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Study Finds Annual Cost of Motor Vehicle Crashes Exceeds $99 Billion—In a one-year period, the cost of medical care and productivity losses associated with injuries from motor vehicle crashes exceeded $99 billion - with...
- + HHS/CDC Provides Additional Funding for All-Hazards State and Local Public Health Preparedness and Response—Public health agencies will receive a total of $698.2 million in the current fiscal year to help them strengthen their ability to respond to terrorism...
- + Study Examines Heat Related Illness in High School Athletes—High school athletes are sidelined more than 9,000 days a year because of heat-related illnesses, according to a new CDC analysis. [Category: CDC News...
- + Teen Vaccination Rates Increasing Across the US—CDC survey provides estimates of coverage for adolescent vaccination at the national, state and selected local area levels. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Statement Regarding First Release of Global Adult Tobacco Survey Result by China—On August 17, 2010, China released its Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) results. Many countries conduct surveys to monitor adult tobacco use, but un...
- + CDC Report looks at Foods and Foodborne agents associated with Outbreaks in the United States—A total of 1,097 foodborne disease outbreaks were reported in 2007 to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a CDC analysis. Sta...
- + ACIP Recommendation for Use of CSL Influenza Vaccine—On Thuday, August 5, 2010, CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met to discuss recommendations for use in the United States of se...
- + New CDC Report Describes Multi-Product Tobacco Users—Men and young adults among those most likely to smoke cigarettes and use other forms of tobacco. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + More U.S. Adults Report Being Obese—The number of states with an obesity prevalence of 30 percent or more has tripled in two years to nine states in 2009, according to a CDC Vital Signs ...
- + CDC Media Advisory on Vital Signs Report: State-Specific Obesity Prevalence for U.S. Adults—CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss the new Vital Signs report on state-specific obesity prevalence among adults. [Category: CDC ...
- + Statement Regarding Release of Global Adult Tobacco Survey Results by Turkey—On July 19, 2010, Turkey released its Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) results. Many countries conduct surveys to monitor adult tobacco use, but unt...
- + Bad Cholesterol Common, But Screening Rates Low Among Young Adults—Less than half of young adults don't get cholesterol screening even though up to a quarter of them have elevated cholesterol, according to a study by ...
- + Waterborne Diseases Could Cost over $500 Million Annually in U.S.—Hospitalizations for three common waterborne diseases cost the health care system as much as $539 million annually, according to research presented to...
- + Report Suggests Nearly 5 Percent Exposed to Dengue Virus in Key West—An estimated 5 percent of the Key West, Fla., population-over 1,000 people'showed evidence of recent exposure to dengue virus in 2009, according to a ...
- + Salsa and Guacamole Increasingly Important Causes of Foodborne Disease—Nearly 1 out of every 25 restaurant-associated foodborne outbreaks with identified food sources between 1998 and 2008 can be traced back to contaminat...
- + CDC Hosts the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases—The meeting brings together approximately 2,400 international scientists and public health professionals to foster an exchange of innovative research ...
- + Although Most People Getting Screened for Two of the Nation's Deadliest Cancers, Thousands of People Died Last Year Because They Weren't Screened for Colon or Breast Cancer—New data released Tuesday in the new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) monthly report, CDC Vital Signs. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Survey Finds Nine in 10 U.S. Adults Consume Too Much Sodium—Less than 10 percent of U.S. adults limit their daily sodium intake to recommended levels, according to a new report, "Sodium Intake in Adults - Unite...
- + New CDC Test to Detect Human Infections with the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Virus Authorized for Use by FDA—A test developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to diagnose human infections with the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus (formerly know...
- + Statement by CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., on the First Anniversary of the Tobacco Control Act—Tobacco use is the single largest preventable cause of death, killing 443,000 Americans every year and costing $193 billion in annual direct medical c...
- + CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting—The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) develops written recommendations for the routine administration of vaccines to children and ad...
- + U.S. Government Support for Global Health Efforts—The U.S. government continues to lay the groundwork for efforts under the U.S. Global Health Initiative (GHI), announcing the first round of "GHI Plus...
- + Study Shows 111 Percent Increase in Emergency Department Visits Involving Nonmedical Use of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers in Five-Year Period—From 2004 to 2008 the estimated number of emergency department visits linked to the nonmedical use of prescription pain relievers rose from 144,644 vi...
- + CDC Survey Finds that 1 in 5 U.S. High School Students Have Abused Prescription Drugs—One in 5 U.S. high school students say they have ever taken a prescription drug without a doctor's prescription, according to the 2009 National Youth ...
- + CDC Statement Regarding the Misuse of Prescription Drugs—Today, CDC announced that the 2009 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) (www.cdc.gov/yrbss) found that 1 in 5 high school students in the United...
- + CDC Report Looks at Trends in Teen Sexual Behavior; Attitudes Toward Pregnancy—About 4 in 10 never-married U.S. teenagers aged 15-19 have had sexual intercourse at least once in their lifetime, according to a report released toda...
- + CDC Finds Higher Levels of Cancer Causing Chemicals from U.S. Brand Cigarettes—People who smoke certain U.S. cigarette brands are exposed to higher levels of cancer-causing tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs), the major carcino...
- + CDC Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to Mark Opening of New Laboratory Facility—CDC will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new laboratory facility, Building 23. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC: Global Tobacco Marketing is Reaching Young Women—Although women account for only about 20 percent of the world's 1.3 billion smokers, tobacco use among women is on the rise. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Pool Inspection Data Show Need for ImprovementCDC Urges People to Take an Active Role in Promoting Healthy Swimming—About 1 out of 8 public pool inspections conducted in 13 states in 2008 resulted in pools being closed immediately due to serious code violations, acc...
- + More Americans Got Seasonal Flu Vaccination in 2009-10 than in Previous Years—More Americans were vaccinated against seasonal flu during the 2009-10 season (40 percent of eligible population) than during the previous flu season ...
- + Arthritis Impacts African-Americans and Hispanics More than Whites—Arthritis causes more pain and limitations for African-Americans and Hispanics than for whites, according to a study released today by the Centers for...
- + New CDC Study Finds Colorectal Cancer Screening Practices Need Improvement—More than 75 percent of primary care physicians in the United States who order or perform the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) as a screening option for...
- + CDC Report Shows Success in Fighting E. coli O157:H7—The rate of a severe form of Escherichia coli diarrhea significantly decreased in 2009, reaching the lowest level since 2004, according to a report re...
- + CDC Media Telebriefing on 2008 Preliminary FoodNet Data—The new report highlights foodborne illness disease trends and growing foodborne illness challenges. Foodborne illnesses are a substantial health burd...
- + Teen Birth Rates Drop in 2008 Following a Two-Year Increase—The teen birth rate in the United States fell 2 percent between 2007 and 2008, after rising the previous two years, according to a report released tod...
- + CDC 2009 H1N1 Flu Vaccination Update—CDC will host a telebriefing to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu vaccination. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC 2009 H1N1 Flu Update—CDC will host a phone-only telebriefing to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Releases Study on Children With Sickle Cell Disease—The first national estimate on the health status of children with sickle cell disease revealed that black children with sickle cell disease are more l...
- + Tracking the Impact of Traumatic Brain Injuries—An estimated 1.7 million deaths, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits related to traumatic brain injury (TBI) occur in the United States ...
- + 2010 Jeffrey P. Koplan Global Leadership in Public Health Lecture - "Public Health in an Interdependent World: Cash, Commodities, Capacities, and Conspiracies" - Margaret Chan, MD, MPH—The Jeffrey P. Koplan Lecture on Global Leadership in Public Health was established in 2002 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Lec...
- + CDC Releases First Ever County Level Report on Heart Disease Hospitalizations—Heart disease hospitalization rates among Americans aged 65 years and older. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC to Monitor Reactions and Errors Associated with Blood Transfusions—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched the first national surveillance system to monitor adverse events in patients who receive b...
- + Weekly CDC 2009 H1N1 Flu Update—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Latest Report on Nation's Health Shows Growing Medical Technology Use—The use of medical technology in the United States increased dramatically between 1996 and 2006. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Director Announces Members of Executive Leadership Team—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., announced today seven new members of his leadership team. [...
- + CDC Study Finds One in Five American Youths Have Abnormal Lipid Levels—Twenty percent of young people aged 12-19 years in the United States have at least one abnormal lipid level, according to a study from the Centers for...
- + NEWS BRIEFING: U.S. GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO HAITI EARTHQUAKE—PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - The U. S. government will hold two media briefings on Monday, January 18, 2010, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. [Category: CDC Newsr...
- + Weekly CDC 2010 H1N1 Flu Update—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2010 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution.. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC awards $2.7 million for two new Preparedness Research Centers—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $2.7 million to establish two new Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center...
- + Weekly CDC 2009 H1N1 Flu Update—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution.. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Weekly CDC 2009 H1N1 Flu Update—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 vaccine distribution. Updated estimates of 2009 H1N1 flu disease (i.e. cases, hospi...
- + Weekly CDC 2009 H1N1 Flu Update—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Weekly CDC 2009 H1N1 Flu Update—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Weekly CDC 2009 H1N1 Flu Update—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Weekly CDC 2009 H1N1 Flu Update—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + New Report Finds Only 25 Percent of Adults Aged 50-64 Get Recommended Preventive Screenings—Only about 1 in 4 Americans aged 50 to 64 regularly take advantage of preventive services such as screenings and immunizations, according to a repor...
- + CDC Kicks Off National Travelers' Health Public Awareness Campaign—To help travelers avoid the flu this holiday season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today launched its largest ever public awareness c...
- + Highest Rates of Obesity, Diabetes in the South, Appalachia, and Some Tribal Lands—Wide sections of the Southeast, Appalachia, and some tribal lands in the West and Northern Plains have the nation's highest rates of obesity and diabe...
- + CDC, AARP and AMA to Announce New Resource to Help Achieve Broader Coverage of Preventive Services for U.S. Adults Age 50 to 64—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in partnership with AARP, the American Medical Association (AMA), and the Gerontological Society...
- + U.S. Adult Smoking Rates Remain Stalled—Despite progress in some areas, smoking rates among U.S. adults remained stalled in 2008, halting the nation's progress in ending the tobacco epidemic...
- + Weekly CDC 2009 H1N1 Flu Update—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Weekly CDC 2009 H1N1 Flu Update—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Weekly CDC 2009 H1N1 Flu Update—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Weekly CDC 2009 H1N1 Flu Update—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + 2009 H1N1 Flu Vaccine Distribution and Antiviral Update—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Weekly 2009 H1N1 Flu Media Briefing—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Weekly 2009 H1N1 Flu Media Briefing—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Weekly 2009 H1N1 Flu Media Briefing—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Weekly 2009 H1N1 Flu Media Briefing—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Weekly 2009 H1N1 Flu Media Briefing—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Weekly 2009 H1N1 Flu Media Briefing—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Fewer U.S. Schools Selling Less Nutritious Food and Beverages—Fewer secondary schools in the United States are selling less nutritious foods and beverages, such as candy and soda, according to a survey from the C...
- + Weekly 2009 H1N1 Flu Media Briefing—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Seasonal Influenza Vaccine and Risk of 2009 H1N1 Influenza—Over the past week, there have been several media reports describing unpublished findings from seasonal influenza vaccine studies conducted in Canada....
- + Obese and Overweight Women Have a Higher Risk of Giving Birth to Baby with Heart Defects—The largest study of obesity during pregnancy and babies with heart defects in the United States finds that women who were overweight or obese before ...
- + Pharmacists Join CDC Efforts in Promoting Appropriate Antibiotic Use—Pharmacists around the nation are joining the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to educate consumers about the appropriate use of antibiotics...
- + Montana Goes Smoke-free—Bars in Montana went smoke-free today, making Montana the 22nd state in the country to have a comprehensive smoke-free law in workplaces, restaurants ...
- + Connecticut Becomes Second Highest Cigarette Tax in U.S.—Today, Connecticut became the 12th state in the country to raise its cigarette tax in 2009, as it increased the state excise tax on cigarettes by $1 t...
- + Bacterial Co-Infections Common In Fatal Cases of Influenza—Many people who have died from 2009 H1N1 influenza in the United States had co-infections with a common bacteria (Streptococcus pneumoniae, or pneumoc...
- + Weekly 2009 H1N1 Flu Media Briefing—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Majority of Americans not Meeting Recommendations for Fruit and Vegetable Consumption—No U.S. state is meeting national objectives for consumption of fruits and vegetables, according to the first report to provide state-by-state data ab...
- + Weekly 2009 H1N1 Flu Media Briefing—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC awards $ 4.37 million to improve public health capabilities in informatics—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has competitively announced and awarded $4.37 million in grants to enhance health care information mana...
- + Weekly 2009 H1N1 Flu Media Briefing—CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on cases of 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Nation's Teen Vaccination Coverage Increasing, Variability Observed By Area, Race/Ethnicity, and Poverty Status—Survey provides first estimates of coverage at the state level and for selected local areas. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Media Briefing on Antiviral Guidance and 2009 H1N1 Flu—CDC will host a press conference on its updated guidelines on antivirals as well as an update on 2009 H1N1 flu. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Awards $22 Million for Colorectal Cancer Screening Program—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded a total of $22 million to 26 states and tribal organizations to provide colorectal c...
- + Weekly Update on 2009 H1N1 Flu—CDC will host a press conference to update on 2009 H1N1 Flu. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC to Distribute $40 Million in Recovery Act Funding to Help States Fight Healthcare-Associated Infections—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today announced plans to distribute $40 million to state health departments to help prevent healthcare-...
- + Births Decline in Most Areas Hardest Hit by Hurricane Katrina—On Friday August 28, 2009, CDC announced that births in most of the Gulf Cost areas hit by Hurricane Karina plunged in the 12 months following the dea...
- + Immunization Rates Remain Stable at High Levels Among the Nation's 19- Through 35-Month-Old Children—CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to provide an update on cases of 2009 H1N1 flu. The briefing will also include an update on NIH's clinical tri...
- + Media Briefing on 2009 H1N1 Flu—CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to provide an update on cases of 2009 H1N1 flu. The briefing will also include an update on NIH's clinical tri...
- + Life Expectancy at All Time High; Death Rates Reach New Low, New Report Shows—U.S. life expectancy reached nearly 78 years (77.9), and the age-adjusted death rate dropped to 760.3 deaths per 100,000 population, both records, acc...
- + CDC Media Relations Team Offers Highlighted, Embargoed Articles from Emerging Infectious Disease Journal—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) media relations team has launched a new service for journalists. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Study Shows Benefits of Biculturalism—A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supported study shows that Latino adolescents in the United States who maintain ties to their cultu...
- + The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Education to Announce Updated School Guidance for Influenza Season—Secretaries Sebelius, Duncan, and Napolitano will host a press conference to release updated guidance for schools during the upcoming influenza season...
- + Scientists successfully isolate Marburg virus from African fruit bats—A team of scientists reported today the successful isolation of genetically diverse Marburg viruses from a common species of African fruit bat (Egypti...
- + CDC Recognizes Innovative Obesity Prevention and Control Initiatives with Weight of the Nation Awards—Eight organizations were awarded the Pioneering Innovation Award today at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Weight of the Nation Co...
- + CDC Advisors Make Recommendations for Use of Vaccine Against Novel H1N1—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met today to make recommendations for use of vacc...
- + Study Says Pregnant Women Are More Severely Impacted by Novel H1N1 Influenza Virus and Need Prompt Treatment with Antiviral Medication—Pregnant women infected with 2009 novel H1N1 had a higher rate of hospitalization and greater risk of death than the general population due to the H...
- + CDC Press Conference on Recommendations for Use of Vaccine Against Novel Influenza A (H1N1)—CDC will host a press conference to discuss an update on the proceedings of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and its recommendations f...
- + Updated CDC Travel Health Book Released—The 2010 edition of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Yellow Book includes new or expanded sections on medical tourism, traveling safel...
- + CDC Holds Inaugural Conference to Address Obesity Crisis in the United States—Weight of the Nation is designed to provide a forum to highlight progress in the prevention and control of obesity through policy and environmental st...
- + Study Estimates Medical Cost of Obesity May Be As High as $147 Billion Annually—The health cost of obesity in the United States is as high as $147 billion annually, based on a new study from Research Triangle Institute and the Cen...
- + CDC Briefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu—CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of novel Influenza A (H1N1)... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Obesity Among Low-Income Preschool Aged Children Appears to be Slowing—One of 7 low-income, preschool-aged children is obese, but the obesity epidemic may be stabilizing, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Co...
- + CDC Briefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu—CDC Briefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Discovery of New Transmission Patterns May Help Prevent Rotavirus Epidemics—New Vaccines Shift the Course of Childhood Diarrhea-Causing Disease and Could Have Big Global Impact... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + New Obesity Data Shows Blacks Have the Highest Rates of Obesity—Blacks had 51 percent higher prevalence of obesity, and Hispanics had 21 percent higher obesity prevalence compared with whites, according to research...
- + Improvements in Sexual and Reproductive Health of Teens and Young Adults Slowing—After a period of improvement, trends in the sexual and reproductive health of U.S. teens and young adults have flattened, or in some instances may be...
- + CDC Provides Free, Ready-to-Publish Health Content—CDC provides free formatted articles for download and use in newsletters, newspapers, magazines, community publications, web sites, and more. These ar...
- + Obesity Among U.S. Adults Continues to Rise—The proportion of U.S. adults who are obese increased to 26.1 percent in 2008 compared to 25.6 percent in 2007... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Launches New Environmental Public Health Tracking Network—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today the launch of the Web-based Environmental Public Health Tracking Network... [Category: ...
- + CDC Holds Inaugural Conference to Address Obesity Crisis in the United States—Weight of the Nation Conference... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + The White House Announces H1N1 Flu Preparedness Summit—The White House today announced that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Education Se...
- + Nearly 44 Million in United States Without Health Insurance in 2008—An estimated 43.8 million Americans had no health insurance in 2008, approximately 2.8 million more than in 1997... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + 47,000 Older Adults Treated in Emergency Departments Annually for Fall Injuries Related to Walkers and Canes—Fractures most common injury; one in three injuries required hospitalization... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of Novel Influenza A (H1N1)—CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of novel Influenza A (H1N1)... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Introduces New Website to Help Employers Combat Obesity and Reduce Health-Related Costs—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today unveiled LEANWorks!, a Website designed to help businesses address obesity. LEAN stands for...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of Novel Influenza A (H1N1)—CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of novel influenza A (H1N1) as well as the MMWR report, "No...
- + CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting—Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Press Conference on Investigation of Human Cases of Novel Influenza A H1N1—CDC will host a press conference to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of novel influenza A H1N1... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, begins role as CDC Director and ATSDR Administrator—Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., today became the 16th director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and administrator for the Agen...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of novel H1N1 Flu—CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of novel H1N1 flu. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Three in Every One Thousand U.S. Children Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome—The first-ever national estimate among a nationally representative sample of U.S. children revealed that 3 out of every 1000 children between the age ...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu—CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu—CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Update on the Novel Influenza A H1N1 Virus and New Findings Published Today—CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to provide an overall update on the novel Influenza A H1N1 virus and to discuss a recently published article i...
- + New Data Show Drinking While Pregnant Still a Problem—Exposure to alcohol is a known cause of birth defects... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu—CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu. Daniel Jernigan, MD, PhD, Medical Epidemiol...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu—CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu—CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu—CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Pool Chemical Injuries Send Thousands to ER Each Year—2009 National Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week is May 18-24 [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Increase in Unmarried Childbearing Also Seen in Other Countries—The proportion of births to unmarried mothers in the United States has risen steeply over the past few decades, consistent with patterns in other cou...
- + CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu—CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu—CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu—CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Briefing Information on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu—CDC will host a press briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Briefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu—CDC will host a press briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Telebriefing on New England Journal of Medicine Articles on H1N1 Flu—CDC will host a PHONE ONLY press briefing to discuss two New England Journal of Medicine articles by CDC authors on H1N1 Flu. The articles are title...
- + CDC Briefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu—CDC will host a press briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Briefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu—CDC will host a press briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Briefing on Public Health Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)—CDC will host a press briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Briefing on Public Health Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)—CDC will host a press briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Briefing on Public Health Investigation of Human Cases of Swine Influenza—CDC will host a press briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of swine influenza. Thuday April 30, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. ET. [Categor...
- + Number of U.S. Adults Reporting Disabilities is Increasing—The number of U.S. adults reporting a disability increased by 3.4 million between 1999 and 2005, according to a recent report released by the Centers ...
- + CDC Briefing on Public Health Investigation of Human Cases of Swine Influenza—CDC will host a press briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of swine influenza.Thuday April 30, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. ET [Category:...
- + CDC Briefing on Public Health Investigation of Human Cases of Swine Influenza—CDC will host a press briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of swine influenza. Please call in 10 to 15 minutes before the brief...
- + CDC Media Availability on Human Swine Influenza Cases—Telephone only media availability for press with questions related to the investigation of cases of swine influenza. Please call in 10 to 15 minutes ...
- + Media Availability on CDC Investigation of Human Cases of Swine Influenza—Media availability for press with questions related to the investigation of cases of swine influenza. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Briefing on Public Health Investigation of Human Cases of Swine Influenza—CDC will host a press briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of swine influenza in California and Texas. CDC issued an MMWR dispa...
- + CDC Responds to Salon.com Article—An April 10, 2009 article appearing on Salon.com inaccurately represents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) 2004 public health res...
- + CDC Media Telebriefing on 2008 Preliminary FoodNet Data—Release of "Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food - 10 States, 2008," which is being...
- + CDC Reports Progress in Foodborne Illness Prevention has Reached a Plateau—The incidence of the most common foodborne illnesses has changed very little over the past three years, according to a 10-state report released Thuday...
- + 32nd Annual CDC Diabetes Conference: New Strategies for Changing Times—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) 32nd Annual Diabetes Conference, New Strategies for Changing Times will focus on new strategies...
- + CDC Hosts 43rd National Immunization Conference—Thousands of health officials from around the country will gather to examine the latest developments in vaccine science, policy, education, technology...
- + Americans Consume Too Much Salt—Most Americans consume more than double the amount of their daily recommended level of sodium. A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Pre...
- + Teen Birth Rates Up Slightly in 2007 for Second Consecutive Year—The birth rate for U.S. teens aged 15 to 19 increased by about 1 percent in 2007, from 41.9 births per 1,000 in 2006 to 42.5 in 2007, according to a r...
- + Wireless-Only Phone Use Varies Widely Across United States—Oklahoma leads the nation in the percentage of households with cell phones only, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
- + Arthritis Pain May Keep People with Heart Disease Physically Inactive—Arthritis may create an additional barrier to using physical activity to help people manage their heart disease, according to a study by the Centers f...
- + Health Habits of Adults Aged 18-29 Highlighted in Report on Nation's Health—Young adults in the United States aged 18-29 face a number of health challenges, including increases in obesity, high injury rates, and lack of insura...
- + U.S. Outpatient Surgeries on the Rise—The number of outpatient surgery visits in the United States increased from 20.8 million visits in 1996 to 34.7 million visits in 2006, according to a...
- + Study Finds Broad Access to Parenting Support Lowers Risk of Child Maltreatment—When parents have access to proven parenting information and support designed to address problems all families face-from tantrums to encouraging good ...
- + CDC and National Expert Panel Promote Revised Field Triage Guidelines of Trauma Patients—Will Help Save Lives by Getting the Right Patient, to the Right Place, at the Right Time... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Campaign Helps Hispanics With Diabetes Enjoy Healthy, Traditional Foods—New tools are available to help Hispanics enjoy healthy versions of their favorite recipes and control portion sizes, all designed to reduce their ris...
- + CDC Study: Failures to Follow Infection Practices Have Placed More than 60,000 Patients at Risk for Hepatitis B and C—In the last decade, more than 60,000 patients in the United States were asked to get tested for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) be...
- + Study Says Folic Acid Fortification of Corn Masa Flour Could Increase Folic Acid Intake among Mexican-Americans—Fortification of corn masa flour products could increase folic acid intake by nearly 20 percent for Mexican-Americans, who are at a 30-40 percent hi...
- + Health Groups Release 2009 Immunization Schedules—Updated immunization recommendations for childhood influenza vaccinations are included in the 2009 Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules r...
- + New CDC Report Finds Motor Vehicles and Falls are Causes of Most Child and Teen Injuries and Deaths in the United States—An estimated 55 million children and teens from birth to age 19 were treated in emergency departments for unintentional injuries from 2001 to 2006, ac...
- + Annual Report to the Nation Finds Declines in Cancer Incidence and Death Rates; Special Feature Reveals Wide Variations in Lung Cancer Trends across States—A new report from the nation's leading cancer organizations shows that, for the first time since the report was first issued in 1998, both incidence a...
- + National Birth Defects Prevention Study Shows Assisted Reproductive Technology is Associated with an Increased Risk of Certain Birth Defects—Infants conceived with Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) are two to four times more likely to have certain types of birth defects than children c...
- + New CDC Study Finds Community Physical Activity Programs Are Money Well Spent—Smoking in the United States Causes 443,000 Deaths Annually and Costs $193 Billion As Nation Observes Great American Smokeout [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Slightly Lower Adult Smoking Rates—Smoking in the United States Causes 443,000 Deaths Annually and Costs $193 Billion As Nation Observes Great American Smokeout [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Releases First Estimate of Human Papillomavirus-Associated Cancer Data—Twenty-five thousand cases of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers occurred in 38 states and the District of Columbia annually during 1998-20...
- + New Cases of Diagnosed Diabetes on the Rise—State-specific data provide glimpse into geographical differences... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + ATSDR Issues Report on Asbestos Exposure from Libby Vermiculite—ATLANTA -Employees, their families and people living close to 28 exfoliation sites may have been exposed to amphibole asbestos from vermiculite mined ...
- + CDC Study Finds 3 Million U.S. Children have Food or Digestive Allergies—The number of young people who had a food or digestive allergy increased 18 percent between 1997 and 2007, according to a new report by the Centers fo...
- + CDC Media Analysis Examines Car Surfing—Teens are getting injured or killed by riding on the outside of a moving vehicle - an activity known as car surfing, according to a Centers for Diseas...
- + CDC Releases New Infant Mortality Data—The United States ranked 29th in the world in infant mortality in 2004, compared to 27th in 2000, 23rd in 1990 and 12th in 1960, according to a new re...
- + Nation's Teen Vaccination Coverage Increasing, But Below 2010 Goals—CDC press release issed October 9, 2007, announcing the 2007 National Immunization Survey results for teens (NIS-Teen), that show the nation's immuniz...
- + CDC Awards $10.9 Million for Preparedness Research Centers at Seven Schools of Public Health—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded a $16.9 million contract to American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) of Manassas, Va. ...
- + CDC Awards $16.9 Million Contract to Improve Capabilities to Combat Pandemic, Seasonal Influenza—CDC Press Release issued Monday, October 6, 2008: CDC Awards $10.9 Million for Preparedness Research Centers at Seven Schools of Public Health [Catego...
- + It's Time to Get Smart about the Use of Antibiotics—CDC campaign aims to draw attention to the increasing problem of antibiotic resistance [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Awards $10 million to New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation to provide Health Services to Residents, Other Community Members Affected by 9/11 Attack—CDC press release on September 30, 2008, announcing a $10 millon award grant given to the New York Health and Hospital Corporation for the first year ...
- + CDC Awards $24 Million for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Projects—CDC Press Release, CDC Awards $24 Million for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Projects Dated September 24, 2008 [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Expands Testing Recommendations For Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection—New Guidance Also Issued on Patient Management for Those Infected [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Effective for Treating Trauma Symptoms in Children and Teens—CDC press release, dated Tuesday, September 9, 2008, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Effective for Treating Trauma Symptoms in Children and Teens. [Categ...
- + CDC Steps Up Efforts to Fight Drug-Resistant Germ—New Effort Teaches Parents How to Protect Children from MRSA [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Most US Parents are Vaccinating According to New CDC Survey Vaccine Coverage Rates for Children Remain High—The vast majority of the nation's parents are having their children get recommended vaccinations, according to 2007 vaccine coverage estimates release...
- + New Report Estimates More than 2 million Cases of Tobacco-related Cancers Diagnosed in the United States During 1999-2004—CDC press release on Thuday September 4, 2008 announcing new report estimates more than 2 million cases of tobacco-related cancers diagnosed in the U....
- + CDC Director Named To Forbes List of 100 Most Powerful Women—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Julie Gerberding has been named to the Forbes List of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the...
- + CDC Launches New Program to Train Veterinarians—In an effort to help address a national shortage of veterinarians certified to work with laboratory animals, the Centers for Disease Control and Preve...
- + Most U. S. Measles Cases Reported since 1996—CDC Press Release issued Thuday, August 21, concerning a CDC report about the recent measles outbreaks in Illinois, New York, Washington, Arizona, Cal...
- + CDC Releases 1918 Pandemic Flu Storybook—CDC press release about the release of an online storybook containing narratives, photos and videos from survivors, families and friends about the 191...
- + CDC Launches CDC-TV On-Line Video Resource—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched CDC-TV, a new online video resource available through www.cdc.gov. CDC-TV videos will co...
- + Reductions in Smoking Show Promise for Reducing Home Fire Deaths—Home fire deaths are higher in states that have a greater percentage of smokers, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) s...
- + New Report Provides Demographic Profile of Adoptive Parents—A multi-state study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that about one out of 100 adults have active epilepsy, and more than o...
- + CDC Releases New Data on Epilepsy from Multiple States—Men aged 18-44 years are more than twice as likely as women of the same age group to have adopted a child, according to a new report released today by...
- + Americans Made Over 1 Billion Hospital and Doctor Visits in 2006—Patients in the United States made an estimated 1.1 billion visits to physician offices and hospital outpatient and emergency departments in 2006... [...
- + New Technology Reveals Higher Number of New HIV Infections in the United States than Previously Known—The Centers for Disease Control andPrevention (CDC) announced today that an estimated 56,300 HIV infections occurred in the United States in 2006. [Ca...
- + National Birth Defects Prevention Study Finds Pre-pregnancy Diabetes Increases Risk for Multiple Types of Birth Defects—Women who receive a diagnosis of diabetes before they become pregnant are three to four times more likely to have a child with one or even multiple bi...
- + Alternative Warm-Up Program Reduces Risk of ACL Injuries For Female College Soccer Players—The risk of potentially devastating tears to an important knee ligament may be reduced in female college soccer players by an alternative warm-up prog...
- + New CDC Grant Program Extends Health Resources to Residents and other Community Members Affected by 9/11 Attack—$30 Million Being Made Available for Health and Medical Services Programs [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Latest CDC Data Show More Americans Report Being Obese—The proportion of U.S. adults who self report they are obese increased nearly 2 percent between 2005 and 2007, according to a report in today's Morbid...
- + Community Water Fluoridation Now Reaches Nearly 70 percent of U.S. Population—Nearly 70 percent of U.S. residents who get water from community water systems now receive fluoridated water, according to a study by the Centers for ...
- + CDC Releases Reports on Formaldehyde Tests of Trailers—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) posted on Wednesday two reports from its work related to assessing the levels of formaldehyde in ...
- + CDC Web Site Receives Government Web Managers Forum 2008 Best Practice Award—The CDC launched the newly revamped Web site in April 2007. The Web site redesign was led by CDC's National Center for Health Marketing, Division of ...
- + Respiratory Illness, Dog Bites Among Top Concerns For Travelers to China—Beijing-bound Olympic travelers should worry less about exotic diseases, and instead focus on preventing more mundane health problems like respiratory...
- + Fewer Kids Suffering from Rotavirus This Season—Credit May Go to Newly Introduced Infant Vaccine [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Number of People with Diabetes Increases to 24 Million—Estimates of Diagnosed Diabetes Now Available for all U.S. Counties [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Traumatic Brain Injuries Can Result From Senior Falls—Traumatic brain injuries due to falls caused nearly 8,000 deaths and 56,000 hospitalizations in 2005 among Americans 65 and older... [Category: CDC Ne...
- + New CDC Study Finds Gaps in Breastfeeding Support in U.S. Hospitals and Birth Centers—Many birth facilities in the United States are not providing maternity care that is fully supportive of breastfeeding, according to a study in today's...
- + U.S. Deaths Down Sharply in 2006—Age-adjusted death rates in the United States dropped significantly between 2005 and 2006 and life expectancy hit another record high, according to pr...
- + New CDC Study First To Present National Outdoor Recreational Injury Estimates—Nearly 213,000 treated in emergency departments annually-- more than half of injuries among young people ages 10-24 [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Finds Some Bird Flu Strains have Acquired Properties that Might Enhance Potential to Infect Humans—ATLANTA, Ga.-The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released results of a study suggesting that some North American avian influ...
- + CDC's National Center for Health Marketing Forms Professional Advisory Group—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has established a panel of outside experts that will advise CDC's National Center for Health Mar...
- + Nation's High School Students Showing Overall Improvements in Health-Related Behaviors—However, Hispanic Students Not Showing Progress in Some Key Areas [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Reports More U.S. Nonsmokers Are Protected by Smoke-Free Laws—Good News as World Celebrates "World No Tobacco Day 2008"... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Recommends Shingles Vaccine—People age 60 and older should be vaccinated against shingles, or herpes zoster, a condition often marked by debilitating chronic pain... [Category: C...
- + Cases Of Recreational Water Illnesses On The Rise—Cryptosporidiosis or Crypto, a chlorine-resistant parasite, is likely to pose an even bigger challenge in the future [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + New CDC Study Finds Arthritis Can be a Barrier for Adults Seeking to Manage Diabetes through Physical Activity—More than half of adults with diagnosed diabetes also have arthritis, a painful condition that can be a barrier to physical activity-an important heal...
- + Falls a Leading Cause of Injury-Related Emergency Department Visits for Infants Each Year, CDC Study Shows—Half of the estimated 328,500 infants 12 months of age or younger who were treated for injuries in hospital emergency departments each year from 2001 ...
- + National Infant Immunization Week Reminds Parents of the Importance of Immunizations and Encourages them to Look to their Child's Doctor for Information—More Than Twenty Percent of Children Not Fully Protected Against Vaccine-Preventable Disease [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Pregnancy Rate Drops for Women Under Age 25 - April 14, 2008—Pregnancy rates for females under age 25, including teenagers, in the United States declined in 2004 compared to 1990, according to a report released ...
- + CDC Urges Travelers to Israel to Protect Themselves from Measles—Concern Raised over Americans Traveling to Israel for Passover [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Report Points to Need for New Foodborne Illness Strategies—A 10-state report released Thuday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed little change in the incidence of some foodborne infe...
- + Smoking Early In Pregnancy Raises Risks Of Heart Defects In Newborns—Mothers who smoke early in pregnancy are more likely to give birth to infants with heart defects, according to a study funded by the Centers for Disea...
- + Pregnant Women Who are Obese Linked with Greater Health Care Services Use—Also have longer hospital stays [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Study Shows Rural Alaska Natives without In-Home Running Water Suffer More Disease—Rural Alaska Natives living without in-home access to running water have disproportionately higher rates of respiratory and skin infections, according...
- + First-Ever County Level Report on Stroke Hospitalizations—County-level maps can help identify racial, ethnic and geographic differences [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Studies Describe the Funding, Development, and Implementation of a National Colorectal Cancer Screening Demonstration Program in the United States—What: Colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer killer in the United States of cancers that that affect both men and women. [Category: CDC Newsro...
- + Community Heroes Honored for Contributions to CDC's Steps Program—Seven community heroes were recently honored at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Steps Program's Action Institute for their extr...
- + New Study Shows Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates Increasing Among U.S. Adults—Disparities in screening still persist in certain populations... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + New CDC study underscores impact of older adult falls—CDC releases new resources to help prevent falls [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Study Reveals Adults May Not Get Enough Rest or Sleeps—About 10 percent of adults report not getting enough rest or sleep every day in the past month, according to a new four-state study released by the Ce...
- + CDC's Advisory Committee Recommends Influenza Vaccination for Children 6 months through 18 years of age—A panel of immunization experts advised the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today to expand the recommended ages for annual influen...
- + Disparities in Awareness of Heart Attack Warning Signs Among Adults in 14 States Revealed by CDC Study—An alarming number of adults fail to recognize heart attack warning signs and symptoms that could, if heeded, save their lives, according to... [Categ...
- + CDC State Preparedness Report Highlights Progress and Challenges—An inaugural report on public health preparedness released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates states have made s...
- + CDC Study Warns of Deaths Due to the "Choking Game"—Most fatalities in 11-to-16 year old boys [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + More Children in Low-Income Countries Getting Vaccinated Against Hib Pneumonia and Meningitis—Vaccine use increasing in places where most Hib disease and deaths occur [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Releases Results of Formaldehyde Level Tests—(NEW ORLEANS) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released today preliminary r...
- + Update on Seasonal Influenza Activity—The telebriefing will provide an update on the current influenza season. [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + New Resource for Preventing Diabetes in African-Americans—A new diabetes prevention resource designed to encourage and help faith-based and community organizations get actively involved in deterring preventab...
- + New Study Shows Tobacco Control Programs Cut Adult Smoking Rates—Greater investments in state tobacco control programs are independently and significantly associated with larger and more rapid declines ... [Category...
- + New Report Provides Information on HIV Prevalence in the U.S. Household Population—Unsupervised Ingestion Accounts for 66 Percent of Incidents... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Un estudio de los CDC estima que 7,000 urgencias pedi-tricas estuvieron vinculadas a medicamentos para la tos y el resfriado—Un n-mero estimado de 7,000 ni-os, de 11 a-os de edad o menos, son atendidos cada a-o en urgencias hospitalarias debido al consumo de medicamentos par...
- + CDC Study Estimates 7,000 Pediatric Emergency Departments Visits Linked to Cough and Cold Medication—Approximately half of 1 percent (0.47 percent) of the U.S. household population between the ages of 18 and 49 are living with HIV... [Category: CDC Ne...
- + New Study Finds Decline in Single-Victim School-Associated Violent Deaths—Multiple Victim Rates Remain Stable Since the Early 90s... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC To Launch Study on Unexplained Illness—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in conjunction with Kaiser Permanente's Northern California Division of Research launched a study...
- + Health Groups Release 2008 Immunization Schedules—Updated immunization recommendations for childhood influenza and adolescent meningococcal vaccinations are included in the 2008 Childhood and Adolesce...
- + CDC to Begin Testing Trailers for Formaldehyde—FEMA continues efforts to move residents out of trailers [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + New CDC Study Finds 5.5 Percent Increase in Injury Mortality from 1999 to 2004—Increases in deaths among 20-to-29 and 45-to-54 year olds contribute to first overall increase in years [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + December 13th Press Briefing Related to CDC Testing of Occupied FEMA Trailers in the Gulf Coast Area—CDC press conference to announce the start date for testing trailers in Louisiana and Mississippi for formaldehyde levels in trailers and mobile homes...
- + FEMA Administrator and CDC Director to Brief News Media on Formaldehyde Testing Plan—The administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), R. David Paulison, and the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven...
- + CDC and FDA Advise Public of Vaccine Recall—Telebriefing to discuss Merck(c) Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine recall [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Teen Birth Rate Rises for First Time in 14 Years—The teen birth rate in the United States rose in 2006 for the first time since 1991, and unmarried childbearing also rose significantly, according to ...
- + Nearly One in Five Americans Say They Can't Afford Needed Health Care—Nearly one in five U.S. adults - more than 40 million people - report they do not have adequate access to the health care they need, according to the ...
- + CDC statement on pending HIV incidence estimates—Recent media reports have speculated about CDC's pending estimates of new HIV infections in the United States. CDC emphasizes that the new estimates ...
- + Independent Panel Issues Report on Transfer of Youth from Juvenile to Adult Justice System—A new report - "Effects on Violence of Laws and Policies Facilitating the Transfer of Youth from the Juvenile to the Adult Justice System: A Report on...
- + A New CDC Study Finds no Real Increase in Obesity Among Adults; But Levels Still High—After a quarter century of increases, obesity prevalence has not measurably increased in the past few years but levels are still high [Category: CDC N...
- + ADOLESCENT AGGRESSION NO LONGER LIMITED TO THE SCHOOL YARD—Sixty-four percent of kids and teens who are harassed online, not harassed at school [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Promotes National Influenza Vaccination Week to Encourage Flu Vaccination throughout the Influenza Season—New Data Show Few Flu Vaccines Given After November [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + 2007 NATIONAL PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION SUMMIT—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
- + Nation's Influenza Vaccine Supplies Continue to Increase; CDC Advises Broadening of Vaccination Efforts—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that the nation's influenza vaccine manufacturers report that more than 103 milli...
- + Telebriefing on the Current Influenza Season and Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Distribution and Availability—The telebriefing will provide an update on the current influenza season as well as seasonal influenza vaccine distribution and availability [Category:...
- + Cardiovascular Disease Decreasing Among Adults with Diabetes—Separate Report Finds People with Diabetes Doing a Better Job of Checking Blood Sugar [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Advisory Committee Recommends Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine for Children Ages Two to Five—A panel of immunization experts has voted to expand the recommendation for the nasal spray influenza vaccine... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Launches Redesigned Spanish Web Site "CDC en Espa-ol"—Usable Layout, New Search Engine and New Features Help People Find Information and Resources [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Study Finds U.S. Schools Making Progress in Decreasing Availability of Junk Food and Promoting Physical Activity—Activity However, More Progress Needed to Foster Health and Wellness of Students [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC estimates 94,000 invasive drug-resistant staph infections occurred in the U.S. in 2005—Study establishes baseline for MRSA infection estimates [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Annual Report to the Nation Finds Cancer Death Rate Decline Doubling—Special Feature Examines Cancer in American Indians and Alaska Natives [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Presents First State-by-State Data on Work Limitations Caused by Arthritis—Work limitation due to arthritis in all working-age adults ranges from a low of 3.4 percent in Hawaii to a high of 15 percent in Kentucky, according t...
- + CDC Scientist Awarded China's Highest Honor for Outstanding Contributions to Public Health—Robert E. Fontaine, M.D., CDC senior epidemiologist and Resident Advisor to the U.S. Field Epidemiology Training Program in Beijing, China, has been ...
- + Smoking Rates Highest Among People with Disabilities—Health Disparities Persist Among People with Disabilities [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Awards $35 Million to Support HIV Testing and Increase Early Diagnosis of HIV among African Americans—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded $35 million in funding to state and local health departments to increase HIV testing opport...
- + Early Thimerosal Exposure and Neuropsychological Outcomes at 7 to 10 Years—New England Journal of Medicine Telebriefing [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC's Global Health Odyssey Invites Public to Smithsonian Museum Day 2007—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Global Health Odyssey opens to the public for the first Saturday ever on September 29 in conjun...
- + U.S. Life Expectancy Hits New High of Nearly 78 Years—A child born in the United States in 2005 can expect to live nearly 78 years (77.9) - a new high - according to a report released today by the Centers...
- + US Declared Canine-Rabies Free, CDC Announces at Inaugural World Rabies Day Symposium—For the last several decades, state and local public health authorities in the United States have been working tirelessly on the prevention and contro...
- + Suicide Trends Among Youths and Young Adults Aged 10-24 Years-United States, 1990-2004—MMWR Telebriefing to Announce Release of the Study. The study reports the first changes in suicide rates among 10-24 year olds in more than 15 years.....
- + CDC Report Shows Largest One-Year Increase in Youth Suicide Rate in 15 Years—Following a decline of more than 28 percent, the suicide rate for 10- to-24-year-olds increased by 8 percent, the largest single-year rise in 15 years...
- + First World Rabies Day to be Observed at CDC—CDC's World Rabies Day Symposium and Expo includes experts and an appearance by the first human rabies survivor in the United States... [Category: CDC...
- + MEDIA ADVISORY: MMWR Telebriefing—CDC will announce 2006 national and state vaccination coverage rates among young children and adolescents... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Nation's Childhood Immunization Rates Remain at or above record levels—New estimates show adolescent rates below nation's 2010 goals... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + The End of Polio: Photographs of Sebasti-o Salgado Opens to Public—Early in 2001 in Somalia, Brazilian photojournalist Sebasti-o Salgado began to document the global effort to eradicate the crippling disease poliomyel...
- + CDC Researchers find possible animal source for Marburg virus—Identification of infection in a common African fruit bat... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Community Measures Prevent Deaths During Pandemic, New Study Finds—School closures and other community strategies designed to reduce the possibility of spreading disease between people during an epidemic can save live...
- + More Women Choosing to Breastfeed, but Rates of Exclusive Breastfeeding Fall Short of National Objectives—Although more women are choosing to initiate breastfeeding, the percentage of mothers who breastfeed exclusively is far short of national objectives.....
- + CDC will Provide Investigational New Medicine for Treatment of Severe Malaria—CDC and Walter Reed collaboration fosters the availability of artesunate for emergency use [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Urges Parents to Protect Preteens with Three Recommended Vaccines—New CDC campaign launched during National Immunization Awareness Month encourages a routine health checkup for 11-and 12-year-olds [Category: CDC News...
- + CDC's 2007 Cancer Conference:—Meeting Future Challenges features presentations and topic sessions on key issues relating to cancer prevention and early detection. [Category: CDC Ne...
- + New Study Finds Most Sports- and Recreation-Related Traumatic Brain Injuries Occur In Youth and Teens—CDC Launches New Youth Sports Tool Kit to Help Coaches, Athletes, and Parents "Play it Safe" [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Four Communities to Pilot New Federal Environmental Health Partnership—EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson and CDC/ATSDR Director Dr. Julie Gerberding signed a formal memorandum of understanding (MOU) today, signaling th...
- + CDC Travel Health Book Advises Travelers on Hazards Both Ordinary and Extraordinary—New Edition of CDC's "Yellow Book" Provides Updated Information on International Travel Health Risks [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Update on Tuberculosis Case in an International Traveler—Update on Tuberculosis Case in an International Traveler [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Issues New Patient Visit Report—The CDC today issued a new report, "Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2005," which contains information on patient visits to emergency...
- + New Study Finds Few Risks of Birth Defects from Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy—Women Should Talk with Their Doctors about Risks and Benefits [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Infection Tracking System Now Available to All U.S. Hospitals—A secure, Web-based reporting network that lets facilities track infections associated with health care is now available to all health care facilities...
- + New CDC Report Documents Percentage of People Without Health Insurance—CDC's National Center for Health Statistics is issuing a new report today entitled "Early Release of Health Insurance Estimates Based on Data From the...
- + Meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices—When: Jun 27-28, 2007, Where: CDC 1600 Clifton Road NE, Agenda: Hepatitis A Vaccine Prophylaxis [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + NATIONAL HIV TESTING DAY, Jun 27, 2007—Statement by Dr. KEVIN FENTON, Director OF CDC'S National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, TB Prevention [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Reports High Lyme Disease Rates in 10 States Number of the most common vector-borne disease doubles in 15 years—Reported cases of Lyme disease have more than doubled since 1991, when Lyme became a nationally notifiable disease, according to a report by the Cente...
- + ATSDR Press Release: Marine-Base Housing Contained Drinking Water Contaminated with Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) for Nearly 30 Years Says Federal Health Agency—ATLANTA - Water in the drinking water system for the Tarawa Terrace family housing area at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, affect...
- + CDC Media Update: XDR TB Public Health Investigation—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides the following update regarding its investigation and public health actions related to a ...
- + CDC Announces Updated Information to help Physicians Recognize and Manage Concussions Early—Multimedia tool kit adds patient evaluation tool to improve early diagnosis... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Severe Weather Can Threaten Summer Fun, Safety and Health—Severe Weather Can Threaten Summer Fun, Safety and Health Seasonal Hazards Include Hurricanes, Extreme Heat and Wildfires, Soaring temperatures, summe...
- + Telebriefing update on CDC investigation into people potentially exposed to patient with extensively drug-resistant TB—Dr. Julie Gerberding, Director, Dr. Martin Cetron, Director, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, and Dr. Ken Castro, Director, Division of Tu...
- + Update on CDC investigation into people potentially exposed to patient with extensively drug-resistant TB—CDC Press Briefing - 2 p.m. ET TODAY [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Releases New Toolkit to Assist Humanitarian Workers Assess Reproductive Health Needs of Women Refugees—A new resource for health care officials working with women displaced from conflict-affected regions throughout the world was announced today by the C...
- + Public Health investigation seeking people exposed to extensively drug-resistant TB infected person—CDC Press Briefing - 2 p.m. ET TODAY [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + More U.S. Households Adopting Smoke-free Home Rules World No Tobacco Day is May 31—Nearly three out of four U.S. households do not allow smoking anywhere and any time in the home, according to a study in this week's issue of CDC's Mo...
- + CDC Report Finds Significant Differences in Stroke Prevalence Among U.S. States and Territories—Stroke prevalence varies widely from state to state, with some states and U.S. territories having more than double the stroke prevalence of others, ac...
- + U.S. Preparedness to Respond to Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Strengthened by CDC/CSTE Partnership—New three-day training course released online today May 15, 2007 [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + INTERIM GUIDANCE ISSUED FOR THE USE OF FACEMASKS AND RESPIRATORS IN PUBLIC SETTINGS DURING AN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC—The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released interim advice to the public...
- + Overall Infant Mortality Rate in United States Largely Unchanged: Rates Among Black Women More than Twice that of White Women—The infant mortality rate in the United States in 2004 was 6.78 infant (under 1 year of age) deaths per 1,000 live births, not significantly different...
- + CDC Issues Interim Guidance for the Use of Facemasks and Respirators in Public Settings During an Influenza Pandemic—Who: Dr. Julie Gerberding, Director CDC, WHEN: Thuday, May 3, 2007... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Oral Health Improving for Most Americans, But Tooth Decay Among Preschool Children on the Rise—Americans of all ages continue to experience improvements in their oral health. However, tooth decay in primary (baby) teeth increased among children...
- + National Infant Immunization Week Urges Parents to Vaccinate On Time—More Than Twenty Percent of Children Not Fully Protected Against Vaccine-Preventable Disease... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Launches New Home Page and other Web Site Improvements—Usable Layout, New Search Engine and New Features Help People More Easily Find Information and Resources ... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + National Influenza Vaccine Summit—Dr. Julie Gerberding to Address National Influenza Summit Meeting in Atlanta to Address 2007 - 2008 Influenza Vaccine Issues... [Category: CDC Newsroo...
- + CDC Disease Detectives Highlight Findings from Recent Investigations—56th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + New Report Highlights Growing Foodborne Illness Challenges E. coli—A report released Thuday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a leveling of cases for some foodborne infections after a perio...
- + CDC Changes Recommendations for Gonorrhea Treatment Due to Drug Resistance—Few Treatment Options Remain for One of Nation's Most Common STDs... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Media Briefing Preliminary FoodNet Data—Release of "Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food 10 States, United States, 2006" be...
- + CDC Disease Detectives Highlight Findings from Recent Investigations—56th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + U.S. Tuberculosis Cases at All-Time Low; Drug Resistance Remains a Threat—Tuberculosis rates in the United States reached an all-time low in 2006, though progress to eliminate TB continued to slow. Drug-resistant TB, includi...
- + Acute Viral Hepatitis Cases Down—The three most common forms of acute viral hepatitis in the United States - hepatitis A, B and C - declined dramatically between 1995 and 2005, with h...
- + CDC Releases Safety Data on Rotavirus Vaccine Reported Intussusception Cases Fall Within Expected Range—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released today new safety data on a recently licensed rotavirus vaccine given to infants that ind...
- + National Immunization Conference to be held in Kansas City March 5-8, 2007—The Changing Face of Women's Health, an interactive exhibit, has returned to Atlanta. The exhibit explores menopause, society and body image, puberty,...
- + The Changing Face of Women's Health Returns to Atlanta—CDC is holding the 41st annual National Immunization Conference to explore the latest developments in vaccine science, policy, education, and technolo...
- + New Report Shows Decline in Stillbirths; Racial Disparities Persist—The rate of fetal deaths, also known as stillbirths, occurring at 20 weeks of gestation or more declined substantially between 1990 and 2003, accordin...
- + CDC Report Provides First State-Specific Data on Persons Living with Heart Disease—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released a report that finds a wide range of variation in the prevalence of coronary heart ...
- + CDC Releases New Data on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) from Multiple Communities in the United States—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported findings today from the first and largest summary of prevalence data from multiple U.S. ...
- + NATIONAL BLACK HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY—February 7 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Nearly half of the more than 1 million Americans estimated to be living with HIV in the United St...
- + Small Changes in 1918 Pandemic Virus Knocks Out Transmission—Small Changes in 1918 Pandemic Virus Knocks Out Transmission Research Provides Clues for Assessing Pandemic Potential of New Influenza Viruses... [Cat...
- + HHS UNVEILS TWO NEW EFFORTS TO ADVANCE PANDEMIC FLU PREPAREDNESS—The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in cooperation with departments and agenci...
- + CDC Reports Binge Drinking Common Among High School Students—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced $3.7 million in new grants designed to enhance healthcare information in an effort ...
- + CDC Reports Binge Drinking Common Among High School Students—Children and adolescents can now be protected against more diseases than ever before, according to the 2007 Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Sche...
- + CDC Reports Binge Drinking Common Among High School Students—New Studies Shed Light on Circumstances Associated with Violent Deaths Findings also include data on suicides, homicides, and homicide-suicides from 2...
- + New Studies Shed Light on Circumstances Associated with Violent Deaths—Binge drinking is common among high school students in the United States and is strongly associated with sexual activity, violence, and other risky be...
- + State of Childhood Asthma, United States: 1980-2005—A new report on childhood asthma released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that death rates for asthma among childr...
- + Training for Terrorism-Related Conditions in Hospitals—Teaching hospitals were better trained than other hospitals for bioterrorism, and Joint Commission accredited hospitals had prepared more of their phy...
- + CDC Meeting Explores Community Strategies to Reduce Impact of Pandemic Influenza—The impact of pandemic influenza extends well beyond health and medical communities into many segments of society. Developing a pandemic influenza vac...
- + CDC Conference Spotlights Environmental Health Effects of Hurricane Katrina—CDC Conference Spotlights Environmental Health Effects of Hurricane Katrina, Hazardous Waste and Climate Change Other Highlights to Include Addresses ...
- + CDC Awards $11.4 Million to Develop New Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Avian Influenza—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today announced $11.4 million in new contracts to four companies working to develop new diagnostic test...
- + World AIDS Day—Statement from Dr. Gerberding December 1, 2006... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + New Report Shows Teen Births Drop To Lowest Level Ever—The teen birth rate in the United States fell to its lowest level ever in 2005, according to the latest birth statistics... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Public Health Thank You Day—Statement from Dr. Gerberding November 20, 2006 [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + Falls Have Become the Leading Cause of Injury Deaths for Seniors—Falls Have Become the Leading Cause of Injury Deaths for Seniors CDC report reveals that men more likely to experience fatality than women... [Categor...
- + New Report Finds Pain Affects Millions of Americans—One in four U.S. adults say they suffered a day-long bout of pain in the past month, and one in 10 say the pain lasted a year or more, according to th...
- + CDC Names New Director for Health Promotion—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Julie Gerberding announced today the appointment of Kathleen Toomey, M.D., M.P.H.,... [C...
- + CDC Announces Weeklong Event to Focus on the Importance of Influenza Vaccination—77 Million Doses of Vaccine Supply Delivered, with Record Numbers Expected by End of Year... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC Child Development Campaign Expands to Target More Than 400,000 Child Care Facilities Nationwide—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with a coalition of national partners, is launching a new phase of the "Learn t...
- + CDC Launches "Get Informed. Get Diagnosed. Get Help." Campaign—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today launched a national public education and awareness campaign on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CF...
- + CDC's Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Public Education and Awareness Campaign—Launch of new CDC campaign to increase awareness about chronic fatigue syndrome.... [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC's Advisory Committee Recommends "Shingles" Vaccination—Atlanta The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), a federal panel of immunization experts, has recommended people age 60 and older rece...
- + CDC and Consumer Product Safety Commission Warn of Winter Home Heating Hazards—Dr. Howard Frumkin, director, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry... [Category: CDC...
- + CDC Urges Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities to Increase Efforts to Reduce Drug-Resistant Infections—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released new guidelines outlining strategies to prevent the spread of drug-resistant infect...
- + CDC Awards $5.2 Million to Evaluate Community Strategies to Reduce Impact of Pandemic Influenza—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today announced $5.2 million in new cooperative agreements designed to evaluate the effectiveness of co...
- + CDC Launches Multi-state Study on Autism; $5.9 Million Awarded to Five Sites.—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is initiating a multi-state collaborative study to help identify factors that may put children at...
- + CDC Influenza Expert Selected as Federal Employee of the Year—Growing up in a tiny town in rural Iowa, Nancy Cox dreamed of finding a way to combine her love of science with adventures traveling the world... [Cat...
- + Almost Half of Hospitals Experience Crowded Emergency Departments—Between 40 percent and 50 percent of U.S. hospitals experience crowded conditions in the emergency department (ED) with almost two-thirds of metropoli...
- + CDC Recommends Routine, Voluntary HIV Screening in Health Care Settings—New recommendations designed to increase early diagnosis of HIV infection as a pathway to improved treatment and prevention [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + People with Disabilities Are Less Healthy than those without Disabilities—New Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Health of People with Disabilities [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + More than 100 Million Doses of Influenza Vaccine Expected To Be Available This Year Almost all providers should have some vaccine in October—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that influenza (flu) vaccine manufacturers are expecting to produce and distribut...
- + Annual Report to the Nation Finds Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop;Lower Cancer Rates Observed in U.S. Latino Populations—A new report from the nation's leading cancer organizations finds that Americans' risk of dying from cancer continues to drop, maintaining a trend tha...
- + Quick Diagnosis of Flu Strains Possible with New Microchip Test—Scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed a microchip-based test t...
- + CDC and APHL Make Influenza Virus Sequence Data Publicly Accessible—Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released genetic blueprints for over 650 genes of influenza viruses into a dat...
- + More Physicians Using Electrical Medical Records—CDCs National Center for Health Statistics is issuing a new Health E-Stat today entitled Electronic Medical Record use by Office-based Physicians: Uni...
- + CDC's Advisory Committee Recommends Changes in Varicella Vaccinations—Second dose of varicella vaccine to offer more protection for children, adolescents, and adults [Category: CDC Newsroom]
- + CDC's Advisory Committee Recommends Human Papillomavirus Virus Vaccination—CDC's Advisory Committee Recommends Human Papillomavirus Virus Vaccination Vaccine considered highly effective in preventing infections that are the c...
- + Health Insurance for Children Improved in 2005; Overall Coverage Varies by State—New estimates of health insurance coverage and other major indicators of health and health care were released today in two new reports by the CDC. In ...
- + Fewer High School Students Engage in Health Risk Behaviors; Racial and Ethnic Differences Persist—Fewer U.S. high school students are engaging in health risk behaviors compared to their counterparts from 15 years ago, according to the 2005 National...
- + Fusarium Keratitis Update—As of May 12, 2006, CDC has received reports of 122 confirmed cases, 15 possible cases and 60 cases still under investigation from 33 U.S. states and ...
- + Thirteen Month Delay Between Evaluation and Autism Diagnosis in Children—Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) may experience a 13-month delay before they are diagnosed. A study in the April autism supplement of th...
- + Birth and Fertility Rates for States by Hispanic Origin Subgroups: United States, 1990 and 2000—The report, from CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, is the first-ever comprehensive look at birth and fertility rates among the growing U.S....
- + Fusarium Keratitis Update—As of May 5, 2006, CDC has received reports of 102 confirmed cases, 12 possible cases and 81 cases still under investigation from 31 U.S. states and t...
- + CDC Invests $10 million for Research to Reduce Infections in Healthcare Settings—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced an award of $10 million for new research to five academic centers as part of its ...
- + CDC Disease Detectives Highlight Findings from Recent Investigations—WHAT: 55th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference WHO: The CDC Disease Detectives will present findings from recent investigations, inc...
- + CDC Releases National Recommendations to Improve Health of Babies and Moms—The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with more than 35 federal, public and private partners, today released national...
- + CDC to Host First Diabetes and Obesity Conference—Diabetes and obesity have reached alarming rates in the United States. CDC's Division of Diabetes Translation and the Division of Nutrition and Physic...
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