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Comprehensive prevention goes beyond a focus on mental health concerns

Crypto parasite continues to cause most outbreaks and illnesses linked to pools and water playgrounds

Test could save lives and lead to fewer unnecessary rabies shots

Opportunity to enhance tobacco cessation treatment in these settings

The Partnership for Public Service has announced its nominees for the 2018 Service to America Medals, known as the "Sammies." CDC has three finalists for these prestigious public health awards that recognize the talents and achievements of federal

Transcript for Vital Signs Teleconference - Vector Borne Diseases: More than 640,000 cases reported, 2004-2016: Illnesses from tick, mosquito, and flea bites increased from 2004 - 2016

Almost everyone in the world has been bitten by a mosquito. Although most kinds of mosquitoes are just nuisance mosquitoes, some kinds of mosquitoes spread viruses that can cause disease.

Cases triple; better tools needed to fight mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas

The number of illnesses from tick, mosquito, and flea bites has more than tripled in the US, with over 640,000 cases reported from 2004 through 2016.

About 1 in 59 eight -year-old children in 11 communities across the United States were identified as having autism in 2014, according to a report published today in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Surveillance Summary.