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A study released today shows that benefits of a school-and community-based childhood obesity intervention program can spill over to parents, decreasing parents' body mass index (BMI).

A team of scientists reported today the successful isolation of genetically diverse Marburg viruses from a common species of African fruit bat (Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus)...

Infant deaths from critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) decreased more than 33 percent in eight states that mandated screening for CCHD using a test called pulse oximetry.

According to new estimates published today, between 291,000 and 646,000 people worldwide die from seasonal influenza-related respiratory illnesses each year, higher than a previous estimate of 250,000 to 500,000 and based on a robust, multinational

Over the past week, there have been several media reports describing unpublished findings from seasonal influenza vaccine studies conducted in Canada.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded funding for 94 projects totaling $42.5 million to state, tribal, local and territorial

he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today confirmed the second infection with 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the United States has been detected in Illinois.

Although secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure in the United States dropped by half between 1999-2000 and 2011-2012, one in four nonsmokers -- 58 million people -- are still exposed to SHS, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease

Air pollution from secondhand smoke five times higher outside smoking rooms and other designated smoking areas than in smoke-free airports.

New research in this week's MMWR finds that most nursing home residents haven't received an updated COVID-19 vaccine or the new RSV vaccine.