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Adults drank too much and got behind the wheel about 112 million times in 2010-that is almost 300,000 incidents of drinking and driving each day-according to a CDC Vital Signs study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today launched a new effort to address childhood obesity.

CDC and FDA will hold a media availability on the ongoing multistate outbreak of Listeriosis linked to whole cantaloupes from Jensen Farms, Colorado.

Surveillance for Waterborne Disease Outbreaks and Other Health Events

Public Health Preparedness: 2011 State-by-State Update on Laboratory Capabilities and Response Readiness Planning

Although children and teenagers rarely die from flu-related causes, many of the deaths could have been prevented if the children had been vaccinated against the flu, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Immunization rates for children 19-35 months of age for most vaccine-preventable diseases are increasing or being sustained at high levels, according to a 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 cigarette smoking among adults.

The 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks is the focus of a special issue of the British medical journal Lancet. The issue features an article by Ali S. Khan, MD, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office of Public

CDC report finds people live longer if they practice one or more healthy lifestyle behaviors