CDC Now Recommends All Baby Boomers Receive One-Time Hepatitis C Test
All U.S. baby boomers should get a one-time test for the hepatitis C virus, according to final recommendations published today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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All U.S. baby boomers should get a one-time test for the hepatitis C virus, according to final recommendations published today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
2011 CDC map detailing adult obesity prevalence for all U.S. states based on Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data
CDC hosted a telephone-only media availability to give an update on influenza a H3N2 variant virus.
Tobacco use among American middle school and high school students showed a slow decline from 2000 to 2011, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention But when compared with other long-term studies, such as the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, the stee...
CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to provide an update on the domestic influenza A (H3N2) variant ("H3N2v") virus situation. A number of additional cases of human infection with H3N2v virus have been confirmed in the United States and are being reported on Friday.
CDC hosted a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new Vital Signs report on walking among adults.
Sixty-two percent of adults say they walked for at least once for 10 minutes or more in the previous week in 2010, compared to 56 percent in 2005, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new Vital Signs report on walking among adults.
CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to provide an update on the domestic influenza A (H3N2) variant ("H3N2v") virus situation.
CDC co-hosts 15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, the largest international health meeting for Arctic health issues.
The eighth annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day comes at a time of renewed national commitment and optimism regarding HIV prevention, due to President Obama's recently-announced National HIV/AIDS Strategy, which focuses our nation's efforts in the fight against HIV.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging people to take steps to prevent West Nile virus infections. Outbreaks of West Nile virus disease occur each summer in the United States. This year, some areas of the country are experiencing earlier and greater activity.
Some people living in two Amazon communities in Peru survived being exposed to rabies virus without receiving vaccination, according to researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with the Peruvian Ministry of Health.
Research and analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) presented at the XIX International AIDS Conference reveal mother-to-child transmission has decreased in South Africa, provides insights into new c...
New collaborative studies being presented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at the XIX International AIDS Conference confirm early treatment of HIV patients results in better outcomes, suggest use of viral load testing to detect treatment failure, and hig...