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The death toll from overdoses of prescription painkillers has more than tripled in the past decade, according to an analysis in the CDC Vital Signs report released today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Yesterday, President Obama reaffirmed the United States' commitment to an AIDS-free generation by signing into law the PEPFAR Stewardship and Oversight Act of 2013.

Telebriefing on Flu Season and Vaccine Effectiveness

The percentage of teens in high school (aged 16 and older) who drove when they had been drinking alcohol decreased by 54 percent between 1991 and 2011, according to a Vital Signs study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

A first-ever CDC analysis provides comprehensive estimates of the potential to improve Americans' health by preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).

Most norovirus outbreaks from contaminated food occur in food service settings, according to a Vital Signs report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infected food workers are frequently the source of these outbreaks, often by touching

After decades of decline, progress has slowed in preventing stroke deaths. Not only has progress in preventing deaths slowed, but there has also been an increase in stroke death rates among Hispanics and among people living in the South, while blacks

The mounting costs of an epidemic of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) among several American Indian tribes in Arizona suggests that prevention and control efforts would be cost effective. A recent study released by experts at the Centers for

A new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today, "Acute Hepatitis and Adenovirus Infection Among Children - Alabama, October 2021-February 2022" provides additional clinical and epidemiologic information from an

Both Pakistan and Afghanistan saw an overall decrease in wild poliovirus (WPV) cases from January - September 2013 compared with the same time period in 2012 according to data published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) released