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CDC will host a press briefing to discuss the new Vital Signs report on adult smoking prevalence and secondhand smoke.
Original title: “CDC Press Conference on Vital Signs Report: Adult Smoking Prevalence and Secondhand Smoke”
High school athletes are sidelined more than 9,000 days a year because of heat-related illnesses, according to a new CDC analysis.
Original title: “Study Examines Heat Related Illness in High School Athletes”
CDC survey provides estimates of coverage for adolescent vaccination at the national, state and selected local area levels.
Original title: “Teen Vaccination Rates Increasing Across the US”
On August 17, 2010, China released its Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) results. Many countries conduct surveys to monitor adult tobacco use, but until recently, no one standard global survey for adults has consistently tracked tobacco use, exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke, and tobacco control measures.
Original title: “Statement Regarding First Release of Global Adult Tobacco Survey Result by China”
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. State investigators reported 21,244 illnesses and 18 deaths as a result of these outbreaks.
Original title: “CDC Report looks at Foods and Foodborne agents associated with Outbreaks in the United States”
Men and young adults among those most likely to smoke cigarettes and use other forms of tobacco.
Original title: “New CDC Report Describes Multi-Product Tobacco Users”
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 report.
Original title: “More U.S. Adults Report Being Obese”
CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss the new Vital Signs report on state-specific obesity prevalence among adults.
Original title: “CDC Media Advisory on Vital Signs Report: State-Specific Obesity Prevalence for U.S. 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 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Original title: “Bad Cholesterol Common, But Screening Rates Low Among Young Adults”
On July 19, 2010, Turkey released its Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) results. Many countries conduct surveys to monitor adult tobacco use, but until recently, no one standard global survey for adults has consistently tracked tobacco use, exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke, and tobacco control measures.
Original title: “Statement Regarding Release of Global Adult Tobacco Survey Results by Turkey”
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 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Florida Department of Health.
Original title: “Report Suggests Nearly 5 Percent Exposed to Dengue Virus in Key West”
Nearly 1 out of every 25 restaurant-associated foodborne outbreaks with identified food sources between 1998 and 2008 can be traced back to contaminated salsa or guacamole, more than double the rate during the previous decade.
Original title: “Salsa and Guacamole Increasingly Important Causes of Foodborne Disease”
The meeting brings together approximately 2,400 international scientists and public health professionals to foster an exchange of innovative research and ideas of public health importance pertaining to emerging infectious disease topics.
Original title: “CDC Hosts the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases”
New data released Tuesday in the new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) monthly report, CDC Vital Signs.
Original title: “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”
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 - United States, 2005-2006," published today in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Original title: “CDC Survey Finds Nine in 10 U.S. Adults Consume Too Much Sodium”
Tobacco use is the single largest preventable cause of death, killing 443,000 Americans every year and costing $193 billion in annual direct medical costs and lost productivity.
Original title: “Statement by CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., on the First Anniversary of the Tobacco Control Act”
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 Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Original title: “CDC Survey Finds that 1 in 5 U.S. High School Students Have Abused 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 States have ever taken a prescription drug, such as OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin, Adderall, Ritalin, or Xanax, without a doctor's prescription.
Original title: “CDC Statement Regarding the Misuse of Prescription Drugs”
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 today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Original title: “CDC Report Looks at Trends in Teen Sexual Behavior; Attitudes Toward Pregnancy”
People who smoke certain U.S. cigarette brands are exposed to higher levels of cancer-causing tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs), the major carcinogens and cancer-causing agents in tobacco products, than people who smoke some foreign cigarette brands.
Original title: “CDC Finds Higher Levels of Cancer Causing Chemicals from U.S. Brand Cigarettes”