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CDC will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new laboratory facility, Building 23.
Original title: “CDC Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to Mark Opening of New Laboratory Facility”
Although women account for only about 20 percent of the world's 1.3 billion smokers, tobacco use among women is on the rise.
Original title: “CDC: Global Tobacco Marketing is Reaching Young Women”
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, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Original title: “Pool Inspection Data Show Need for ImprovementCDC Urges People to Take an Active Role in Promoting Healthy Swimming”
More Americans were vaccinated against seasonal flu during the 2009-10 season (40 percent of eligible population) than during the previous flu season (33 percent of eligible population), according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Original title: “More Americans Got Seasonal Flu Vaccination in 2009-10 than in Previous Years”
Arthritis causes more pain and limitations for African-Americans and Hispanics than for whites, according to a study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Original title: “Arthritis Impacts African-Americans and Hispanics More than Whites”
The rate of a severe form of Escherichia coli diarrhea significantly decreased in 2009, reaching the lowest level since 2004, according to a report released Thuday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Original title: “CDC Report Shows Success in Fighting E. coli O157:H7”
The new report highlights foodborne illness disease trends and growing foodborne illness challenges. Foodborne illnesses are a substantial health burden in the United States.
Original title: “CDC Media Telebriefing on 2008 Preliminary FoodNet Data”
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 today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
Original title: “Teen Birth Rates Drop in 2008 Following a Two-Year Increase”
CDC will host a telebriefing to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu vaccination.
Original title: “CDC 2009 H1N1 Flu Vaccination Update”
CDC will host a phone-only telebriefing to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu.
Original title: “CDC 2009 H1N1 Flu Update”
The first national estimate on the health status of children with sickle cell disease revealed that black children with sickle cell disease are more likely to have intellectual disabilities, hearing deficits, and frequent severe headaches or migraines than black children without sickle cell disease.
Original title: “CDC Releases Study on Children With Sickle Cell Disease”
An estimated 1.7 million deaths, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits related to traumatic brain injury (TBI) occur in the United States each year, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Original title: “Tracking the Impact of Traumatic Brain Injuries”
The Jeffrey P. Koplan Lecture on Global Leadership in Public Health was established in 2002 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Lecture series honors Dr. Koplan's lifelong commitment to the development of public health leaders around the world.
Original title: “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”
Heart disease hospitalization rates among Americans aged 65 years and older.
Original title: “CDC Releases First Ever County Level Report on Heart Disease Hospitalizations”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched the first national surveillance system to monitor adverse events in patients who receive blood transfusions.
Original title: “CDC to Monitor Reactions and Errors Associated with Blood Transfusions”
CDC will host a press conference to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine distribution.
Original title: “Weekly CDC 2009 H1N1 Flu Update”
The use of medical technology in the United States increased dramatically between 1996 and 2006.
Original title: “Latest Report on Nation's Health Shows Growing Medical Technology Use”
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.
Original title: “CDC Director Announces Members of Executive Leadership Team”
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 Disease Control and Prevention. Abnormal lipid levels are major risk factors for heart disease, the leading cause of death among adults in the United States.
Original title: “CDC Study Finds One in Five American Youths Have Abnormal Lipid Levels”
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - The U. S. government will hold two media briefings on Monday, January 18, 2010, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Original title: “NEWS BRIEFING: U.S. GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO HAITI EARTHQUAKE”