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Despite decreases in cancer death rates nationwide, a new report shows slower reduction in cancer death rates in rural America (a decrease of 1.0 percent per year) compared with urban America (a decrease of 1.6 percent per year),

The amount of opioids prescribed in the United States peaked in 2010 and then decreased each year through 2015, but remains at high levels and varies from county to county in the U.S.,

There has been an overall decline in the amount of opioids prescribed in the United States. But the amount is still extremely high, with the amount of prescribed opioids in 2015 approximately three times higher than the amount in 1999.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) commends the dedicated efforts of those in the DRC whose hard work and commitment stopped the most recent Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Africa in less than 2 months.

CDC today released Health, United States, 2016, the 40th annual report on the health of the nation from the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the President and Congress.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, has filed a petition for its Edward R. Roybal Campus on Clifton Road to be annexed by the City of Atlanta.

What was it like at ground zero of the worst outbreak of Ebola in history? This month, CDC's David J. Sencer Museum will be the first U.S. museum to offer an overview of the devastating viral outbreak that killed more than 11,000 people in West

CDC will host a media availability on June 28, 2017, for reporters who want to tour the new exhibition, EBOLA: People + Public Health + Political Will.

The Southern United States shows a substantial increase in the number of counties that reported evidence of the mosquitoes that can spread chikungunya, dengue, and Zika viruses, according to new research by the Centers for Disease Control and

The number of middle and high school students who say they are current tobacco users - defined as having used a tobacco product in the past 30 days - dropped from 4.7 million in 2015 to 3.9 million in 2016, according to new data published by the