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Experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are working with the Florida Department of Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to support an investigation of a dead bat that was found in a packaged salad purchased

About 1 in 10 U.S. pregnant women with confirmed Zika had a fetus or baby with birth defects in 2016. Nearly 1,300 pregnant women with evidence of possible Zika infection were reported in 44 US states in 2016.

New Vital Signs Report - Possible Zika virus infections in 44 U.S. states: What can healthcare providers do to help protect pregnant women and their babies?

Of the 250 pregnant women who had confirmed Zika infection in 2016, 24 - or about 1 in 10 of them - had a fetus or baby with Zika-related birth defects, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

A new CDC study published today in Pediatrics is the first of its kind to show that flu vaccination significantly reduced a child's risk of dying from influenza.

In 2016, about 1 in 10 U.S. pregnant women with confirmed Zika infection had a fetus or baby with Zika-related birth defects, according to the latest CDC Vital Signs.

Overall cancer death rates continue to decrease in men, women, and children for all major racial and ethnic groups, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2014.

About one in four U.S. middle and high school students- nearly 6.5 million youths -report being exposed to secondhand aerosol from e-cigarettes at least once within the past 30 days, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and

Business Pulse: Opioid Overdose Epidemic, launched today by the CDC Foundation, explores how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working to protect individuals from the widespread opioid overdose epidemic.

CDC has identified a potential risk of Zika virus transmission starting on June, 15, 2016, to present in Miami-Dade County, Florida, that also could affect risk for residents of Broward and Palm Beach counties.