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One in 5 U.S. high school students say they have ever taken a prescription drug without a doctor's prescription, according to the 2009 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Today, CDC announced that the 2009 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) (www.cdc.gov/yrbss) found that 1 in 5 high school students in the United States have ever taken a prescription drug, such as OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin, Adderall, Ritalin

About 4 in 10 never-married U.S. teenagers aged 15-19 have had sexual intercourse at least once in their lifetime, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

People who smoke certain U.S. cigarette brands are exposed to higher levels of cancer-causing tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs), the major carcinogens and cancer-causing agents in tobacco products, than people who smoke some foreign cigarette

CDC will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new laboratory facility, Building 23.

Although women account for only about 20 percent of the world's 1.3 billion smokers, tobacco use among women is on the rise.

The rate of a severe form of Escherichia coli diarrhea significantly decreased in 2009, reaching the lowest level since 2004, according to a report released Thuday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDC will host a telebriefing to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu vaccination.

CDC will host a phone-only telebriefing to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu.

The first national estimate on the health status of children with sickle cell disease revealed that black children with sickle cell disease are more likely to have intellectual disabilities, hearing deficits, and frequent severe headaches or