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An estimated 43.8 million Americans had no health insurance in 2008, approximately 2.8 million more than in 1997...
Original title: “Nearly 44 Million in United States Without Health Insurance in 2008”
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 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Original title: “U.S. Outpatient Surgeries on the Rise”
Will Help Save Lives by Getting the Right Patient, to the Right Place, at the Right Time...
Original title: “CDC and National Expert Panel Promote Revised Field Triage Guidelines of Trauma Patients”
CDC Press Release issued Monday, October 6, 2008: CDC Awards $10.9 Million for Preparedness Research Centers at Seven Schools of Public Health
Original title: “CDC Awards $16.9 Million Contract to Improve Capabilities to Combat Pandemic, Seasonal Influenza”
CDC Press Release, CDC Awards $24 Million for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Projects Dated September 24, 2008
Original title: “CDC Awards $24 Million for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Projects”
New Guidance Also Issued on Patient Management for Those Infected
Original title: “CDC Expands Testing Recommendations For Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection”
A 10-state report released Thuday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed little change in the incidence of some foodborne infections after a period of decline.
Original title: “CDC Report Points to Need for New Foodborne Illness Strategies”
What: Colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer killer in the United States of cancers that that affect both men and women.
Original title: “Studies Describe the Funding, Development, and Implementation of a National Colorectal Cancer Screening Demonstration Program in the United States”
A panel of immunization experts advised the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today to expand the recommended ages for annual influenza vaccination of children to include all children from only 6 months to 59 months of age. The expanded recommendation is to take effect as soon as feasible, but no later than the 2009 14:00:00 EST - 2010 influenza season...
Original title: “CDC's Advisory Committee Recommends Influenza Vaccination for Children 6 months through 18 years of age”
An inaugural report on public health preparedness released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates states have made significant progress with respect to emergency preparedness, but that significant challenges remain.
Original title: “CDC State Preparedness Report Highlights Progress and Challenges”
Telebriefing to discuss Merck(c) Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine recall
Original title: “CDC and FDA Advise Public of Vaccine Recall”
The administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), R. David Paulison, and the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Julie Gerberding, will brief the news media Thuday at FEMA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The purpose is to discuss the plan to test air quality in travel trailers and mobile homes in the Gulf
Original title: “FEMA Administrator and CDC Director to Brief News Media on Formaldehyde Testing Plan”
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 annual report on the nation's health released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Original title: “Nearly One in Five Americans Say They Can't Afford Needed Health Care”
Recent media reports have speculated about CDC's pending estimates of new HIV infections in the United States. CDC emphasizes that the new estimates are not yet final.
Original title: “CDC statement on pending HIV incidence estimates”
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 Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services,"
Original title: “Independent Panel Issues Report on Transfer of Youth from Juvenile to Adult Justice System”
A panel of immunization experts has voted to expand the recommendation for the nasal spray influenza vaccine...
Original title: “CDC Advisory Committee Recommends Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine for Children Ages Two to Five”
A secure, Web-based reporting network that lets facilities track infections associated with health care is now available to all health care facilities in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today.
Original title: “CDC Infection Tracking System Now Available to All U.S. Hospitals”
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 2006 National Health Interview Survey."
Original title: “New CDC Report Documents Percentage of People Without Health Insurance”
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released interim advice to the public about the use of facemasks and respirators in certain public (non-occupational) settings during an influenza pandemic....
Original title: “INTERIM GUIDANCE ISSUED 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...
Original title: “CDC Issues Interim Guidance for the Use of Facemasks and Respirators in Public Settings During an Influenza Pandemic”