Centers for Disease Control and Prevention News

Age disparities exist in the continuum of care for patients with the human immunodeficiency virus with people younger than 45 years less likely to be aware of their infection or to have a suppressed viral load, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine .

Anderson School District One says Palmetto Elementary School was notified on Saturday that the student has the serious, highly contagious disease.

Federal health officials believe a fatal outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System started in 2011, but they did not check hospital records that show Legionella bacteria appeared nearly four years earlier, a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review investigation found.

Reduced effectiveness of the hormone insulin, or insulin resistance, is associated with weakened bones, a clinical study shows.

A Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito on a human finger in this undated handout photograph from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention There's a silver lining to cool spring weather in Wisconsin: not as many mosquitoes as there could be, given all the rain we've had.

Vet Debbie Manchado wheels her son Maverick while getting some work done at the VA Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta have found that 11 percent of all Americans ages 12 and over take some form of antidepressant medication, including Prozac.

Many U.S. adults report voluntary smoke-free rules for private settings, such as homes and vehicles, but millions of people are still exposed to secondhand smoke in these environments, according to research published online May 16 in Preventing Chronic Disease .

Before you run off to eat a handful of spoiled sushi or roll around in a cow pasture, allow me to clarify.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says about 60 percent of throat cancers are linked to human papillomavirus , which can come from oral sex.

There is ongoing turmoil in my house related to driving: my teenager riding with other newly licensed teens, my teen driving with her friends in the car , and the possibility of her driving home after dark from her boyfriend's house 25 miles away.

Food Play is a national award-winning theater show designed to turn kids on to healthy habits.

In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.

In a study using the Vaccine Safety Datalink , investigators analyzed four years of data and determined that background mortality rates are crucial in interpreting the numbers of deaths following vaccination.

Selected NIOSH Scientific Information Products for the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Meeting Washington, DC June 2012 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is an agency established to help assure ... (more)

This past flu season started earlier, peaked earlier and led to more adult hospitalizations and child deaths than most flu seasons, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.

Allowing all employees access to paid sick days would reduce influenza infections in the workplace, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis by University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health modeling experts.

The message has been loud and clear: lather up with sunscreen before you hit the beach, the park or anywhere the sun shines.

Viridian Health Management , a provider of comprehensive health management programs that improve individual and population health, today announced that Viridian and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have selected 104 employers in eight counties across the United States to participate in the National Healthy Worksite Program , a new ... (more)

Having a designated driver sounds like a great idea, but a new study found that more than one-third of those who were supposed to drive their pals home safely had been boozing it up themselves.