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In any given year, up to 1 in 5 U.S. children has a mental health disorder, a new report says.

One in five children in the United States has a mental illness. After ADHD , conduct disorder, anxiety, depression, and autism spectrum disorder are the most prevalent mental health issues among U.S. children.

The Will County Health Department is asking residents to help minimize the public's risk of West Nile Virus by reporting dead bird sightings.

The wait for answers is far from over for parents who for years have lived with the worry of not knowing what's behind the mysterious cancers that have sickened dozens of children in a rural area of northern Ohio.

Wisconsin employers, including hospitals, nursing homes and other health care agencies, could no longer require workers to get flu shots under a bill pending in the Legislature.

As he uses sign language for the word, "ball" he says it too. His therapist, Jaime Formal, cheered.

CAMDEN - The Delaware River Port Authority Public Safety Department will join law enforcement professionals across the country in the Click It or Ticket seat belt campaign beginning May 20.

Core Pediatrics Associate Practice Director Angela Smith and her staff were recognized this week as the New Hampshire 2103 Immunization Champion by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Main Category: Pediatrics / Children's Health Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry ; ADHD ; Mental Health Article Date: 19 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT Nearly 20% of children in the United States suffer from a mental disorder, and the number has been increasing for over a decade, according to a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and ... (more)

Cobb County Manager David Hankerson is expected to recommend the Board of Commissioners to hire Jessica Gill as the county's new senior services director at Tuesday's regular board meeting.

A rise in temperature and sunny weather are forecast for this weekend, raising expectations for one last spring trip out of the city.

Bug off It might not be West Nile season yet, but here are precautions you can take just in case: Use insect repellents when you go outdoors -- specifically repellents containing DEET, picaridin, IR3535 and para-menthan-diol. These repellents provide longer-lasting protection than some other products.

This file photo shows the Inside of one of 2,100 dialysis centers owned by Fresenius Medical Care in North America.

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Over the past ten years, the rate of mental health disorders in American children has been rising, according to a new study.

As she flipped through the cemetery register, Mary Blakely's eyes filled with tears.

CDC provides tools to help all U.S. dialysis facilities reduce potentially deadly infections The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released results of its Dialysis Bloodstream Infection Prevention Collaborative showing a 32 percent decrease in overall bloodstream infections and a 54 percent decrease in vascular access-related ... (more)

That's the message the vast majority of Americans send to the smokers within their social circle, a new study finds.

Despite a study from the Centers for Disease Control that found fecal bacteria in more than half of the water samples taken from metro Atlanta public swimming pools , Cobb officials said the county's pools are safe.

When Amtrak unveils the first of 70 new locomotives Monday at a plant in California, it will mark what the national passenger railroad service hopes will be a new era of better reliability, streamlined maintenance and better energy efficiency.