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The administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), R. David Paulison, and the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Julie Gerberding, will brief the news media Thuday at FEMA Headquarters in

The teen birth rate in the United States rose in 2006 for the first time since 1991, and unmarried childbearing also rose significantly, according to preliminary birth statistics released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Nearly one in five U.S. adults - more than 40 million people - report they do not have adequate access to the health care they need, according to the annual report on the nation's health released today by the Centers for Disease Control and

Recent media reports have speculated about CDC's pending estimates of new HIV infections in the United States. CDC emphasizes that the new estimates are not yet final.

A new report - "Effects on Violence of Laws and Policies Facilitating the Transfer of Youth from the Juvenile to the Adult Justice System: A Report on Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services,"

After a quarter century of increases, obesity prevalence has not measurably increased in the past few years but levels are still high

Sixty-four percent of kids and teens who are harassed online, not harassed at school

New Data Show Few Flu Vaccines Given After November

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will host the 2007 National Prevention and Health Promotion Summit: Creating a Culture of

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that the nation's influenza vaccine manufacturers report that more than 103 million doses of influenza