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Asian Longhorned Tick Spreading Widely in U.S.

Date
Thursday, November 29, 2018 - 2:05 PM
Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with public health, agricultural, and academic experts to understand the possible threat posed by the spread of the Asian longhorned tick.

Asthma attacks declining among U.S. children - Press Release

Date
Tuesday, February 06, 2018 - 10:45 AM
Description
Children with asthma in the U.S. are having fewer asthma attacks, missed school days, and visits to the hospital, according to a new Vital Signs report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

ATSDR Announces Notice of Funding Opportunity for APPLETREE Program

Date
Friday, October 07, 2022 - 1:21 PM
Description
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is pleased to announce a new notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for ATSDR's Partnership to Promote

ATSDR Issues Report on Asbestos Exposure from Libby Vermiculite

Date
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 4:00 AM
Description
ATLANTA -Employees, their families and people living close to 28 exfoliation sites may have been exposed to amphibole asbestos from vermiculite mined Libby, Montana between the 1920s and the early 1990s., a report from the Agency for Toxic Substances

ATSDR Launches Health Survey of Marine Corps Personnel and Civilians

Date
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 6:00 AM
Description
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) begins this week a health survey regarding diseases that may be associated with chemical exposures related to water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

ATSDR Launches National ALS Registry

Date
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 5:45 AM
Description
In a groundbreaking step to learn more about Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has launched the National ALS Registry.