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The percentage of teens in high school (aged 16 or older) who drove when they had been drinking alcohol decreased by 54 percent between 1991 and 2011, according to a recent Vital Signs study.

CDC hosted a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new Vital Signs report on drinking and driving among high school students.

The percentage of teens in high school (aged 16 and older) who drove when they had been drinking alcohol decreased by 54 percent between 1991 and 2011, according to a Vital Signs study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The percentage of teens in high school (aged 16 and older) who drove when they had been drinking alcohol decreased by 54 percent between 1991 and 2011, according to a Vital Signs study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new Vital Signs report on drinking and driving among high school students.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Million Hearts Initiative today recognized two practices for success in helping patients control their high blood pressure.

Customers at drugstores around the nation can get help to improve blood pressure control, through a collaboration among pharmacists, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and other partners. The program, "Team Up. Pressure Down.,"

The majority of people with high blood pressure are being treated with medicine and have seen a doctor at least twice in the past year, yet their condition is still not under control, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease

A disproportionately high number of children with neurologic disorders died from influenza-related complications during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, according to a study by scientists with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDC and the Texas Department of State Health Services will host a telephone-only media briefing to discuss updated West Nile Virus numbers and provide an update on the situation in Texas.