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An April 10, 2009 article appearing on Salon.com inaccurately represents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) 2004 public health response to a request from the Washington D.C. Department of Health for assistance concerning lead in

The incidence of the most common foodborne illnesses has changed very little over the past three years, according to a 10-state report released Thuday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Release of "Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food - 10 States, 2008," which is being published in this week's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Thousands of health officials from around the country will gather to examine the latest developments in vaccine science, policy, education, technology, and planning issues related to immunization in general and vaccine-preventable disease. Topics

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New tools are available to help Hispanics enjoy healthy versions of their favorite recipes and control portion sizes, all designed to reduce their risk of developing diabetes. The recipes and other materials are part of a campaign called M's que

In the last decade, more than 60,000 patients in the United States were asked to get tested for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) because health care personnel in settings outside hospitals failed to follow basic infection control

Twenty-five thousand cases of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers occurred in 38 states and the District of Columbia annually during 1998-2003, according to studies conducted by CDC. ...

The number of young people who had a food or digestive allergy increased 18 percent between 1997 and 2007, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Teens are getting injured or killed by riding on the outside of a moving vehicle - an activity known as car surfing, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) review of newspaper articles released today in the Morbidity and