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U.S. Asthma Rates Continue to Rise
People diagnosed with asthma in the United States grew by 4.3 million between 2001 and 2009, according to a new Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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CDC Press Briefing on Vital Signs Report: Asthma Prevalence, Disease Characteristics, and Self-Management Education - United States, 2001-2009
CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss the new Vital Signs reports on asthma prevalence.
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Medical Costs for Youth with Diabetes More Than $9,000 a Year
Young people with diabetes face substantially higher medical costs than children and teens without the disease, according to a CDC study published in the May issue of the journal Diabetes Care. The study found annual medical expenses for youth with diabetes are $9,061, compare...
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CDC Report Highlights Lack of Healthy Food Environments for Children
States can do more to improve food access, regulations and policies to promote healthy eating and fight childhood obesity, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 2011 Children's Food Environment State Indicator Report also notes that the...
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Assistant Surgeon General Trumpets NIIW as Opportunity to Ensure that All Babies and Young Children are Immunized On Time
As National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) 2011 kicks off Saturday (April 23), Dr. Anne Schuchat, assistant surgeon general and director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, is reminding all parents to ...
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Half of All States Have Smoke-Free Worksites, Restaurants and Bars
By 2020 or sooner, the entire nation could have laws banning smoking in all indoor areas of private sector worksites, restaurants and bars, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found. These places are major sources of secondhand smoke exposure.
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CDC Study Finds Suicide Rates Rise and Fall with Economy
The overall suicide rate rises and falls in connection with the economy, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released online today by the American Journal of Public Health.
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U.S. Teen Birth Rate Fell to Record Low in 2009
Teen birth rates have decreased by 37 percent in the last two decades, though U.S. rates are up to nine times higher than in other developed countries, according to the latest CDC Vital Signs report.
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CDC Press Briefing on Vital Signs Report: Teen Pregnancy - United States, 1991-2009
CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss the new Vital Signs reports on teen pregnancy.
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CDC and NIH Update Guidelines to Protect Patients from Bloodstream Infections
New guidelines outline steps to eliminate catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI), one of the most deadly and costly threats to patient safety. Released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee ...
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Report to Nation Finds Continued Declines in Many Cancer Rates
Rates of death in the United States from all cancers for men and women continued to decline between 2003 and 2007, the most recent reporting period available, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer. The report also finds that the overall ra...
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Additional $34.2 Million for Public Health Improvement Programs through Affordable Care Act
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention increased its investment in improving public health services by announcing today more than $34 million in additional Affordable Care Act funding through the National Public Health Improvement Initiative.
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New Accreditation Opportunity for State, Local, Tribal Health Departments
Public health departments can now strive for national accreditation more typical of universities and hospital systems. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is supporting a national voluntary accreditation pro...
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US Death Rate Falls for 10th Straight Year
The age-adjusted death rate for the U.S. population fell to an all-time low of 741 deaths per 100,000 people in 2009 - 2.3 percent lower than the 2008 rate, according to preliminary 2009 death statistics released today by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. This marks...
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$10 Million Awarded to Help Reduce Health Care-Associated Infections
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is awarding $10 million for new research to five academic medical centers as part of its Prevention Epicenter grant program, which supports efforts to develop and test innovative approaches to reducing infections in health care se...