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People age 60 and older should be vaccinated against shingles, or herpes zoster, a condition often marked by debilitating chronic pain...
Original title: “CDC Recommends Shingles Vaccine”
Cryptosporidiosis or Crypto, a chlorine-resistant parasite, is likely to pose an even bigger challenge in the future
Original title: “Cases Of Recreational Water Illnesses On The Rise”
More than half of adults with diagnosed diabetes also have arthritis, a painful condition that can be a barrier to physical activity-an important health strategy for managing diabetes...
Original title: “New CDC Study Finds Arthritis Can be a Barrier for Adults Seeking to Manage Diabetes through Physical Activity”
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 to 2004 were injured as a result of a fall, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Original title: “Falls a Leading Cause of Injury-Related Emergency Department Visits for Infants Each Year, CDC Study Shows”
More Than Twenty Percent of Children Not Fully Protected Against Vaccine-Preventable Disease
Original title: “National Infant Immunization Week Reminds Parents of the Importance of Immunizations and Encourages them to Look to their Child's Doctor for Information”
Concern Raised over Americans Traveling to Israel for Passover
Original title: “CDC Urges Travelers to Israel to Protect Themselves from Measles”
Pregnancy rates for females under age 25, including teenagers, in the United States declined in 2004 compared to 1990, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Original title: “Pregnancy Rate Drops for Women Under Age 25 - April 14, 2008”
Also have longer hospital stays
Original title: “Pregnant Women Who are Obese Linked with Greater Health Care Services Use”
County-level maps can help identify racial, ethnic and geographic differences
Original title: “First-Ever County Level Report on Stroke Hospitalizations”
Seven community heroes were recently honored at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Steps Program's Action Institute for their extraordinary contributions in improving the health and well-being of Americans in school, worksite, healthcare or community settings.
Original title: “Community Heroes Honored for Contributions to CDC's Steps Program”
Disparities in screening still persist in certain populations...
Original title: “New Study Shows Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates Increasing Among U.S. Adults”
CDC releases new resources to help prevent falls
Original title: “New CDC study underscores impact of older adult falls”
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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report...
Original title: “CDC Study Reveals Adults May Not Get Enough Rest or Sleeps”
An alarming number of adults fail to recognize heart attack warning signs and symptoms that could, if heeded, save their lives, according to...
Original title: “Disparities in Awareness of Heart Attack Warning Signs Among Adults in 14 States Revealed by CDC Study”
Vaccine use increasing in places where most Hib disease and deaths occur
Original title: “More Children in Low-Income Countries Getting Vaccinated Against Hib Pneumonia and Meningitis”
Most fatalities in 11-to-16 year old boys
Original title: “CDC Study Warns of Deaths Due to the "Choking Game"”
(NEW ORLEANS) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released today preliminary results from recent testing that found higher than typical indoor exposure levels of formaldehyde in travel trailers and mobile homes used as emergency housing in the Gulf Coast Region.
Original title: “CDC Releases Results of Formaldehyde Level Tests”
The telebriefing will provide an update on the current influenza season.
Original title: “Update on Seasonal Influenza Activity”
A new diabetes prevention resource designed to encourage and help faith-based and community organizations get actively involved in deterring preventable diabetes among African-Americans was released by the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), a joint venture of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health. ...
Original title: “New Resource for Preventing Diabetes in African-Americans”
Unsupervised Ingestion Accounts for 66 Percent of Incidents...
Original title: “New Report Provides Information on HIV Prevalence in the U.S. Household Population”