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Fifty years ago today was a tipping point in recognizing and reversing the deadly epidemic caused by smoking. The first Surgeon General's report on smoking and health, released on January 11, 1964, made clear that smoking causes cancer.

No less than 55 countries are struggling with serious health worker shortages as they continue to seek better paid opportunities in wealthier nations that have stepped up efforts to recruit them amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health

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

About 6.2 million U.S. middle and high school students were current (past 30-day) users of some type of tobacco product in 2019, according to new National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) data released in today's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Comprehensive smoke-free laws cover 30 of 50 largest U.S. cities, up from just one in 2000.

CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) will host the 66th Annual EIS Conference from April 24-27 in Atlanta. During the event, EIS officers-also known as CDC disease detectives-describe the investigations they conducted over the past year.

CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) will host the 67th Annual EIS Conference from April 16-19 in Atlanta. During the event, EIS officers-also known as CDC "disease detectives" -will describe the investigations they conducted over the past year.

CDC will hold its annual gathering of past and present disease detectives April 29-May 2, 2019, in Atlanta. The 68th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference will feature presentations on groundbreaking investigations and often life

An estimated 70 percent of U.S. middle and high school students who have used a tobacco product in the past 30 days have used at least one flavored tobacco product during this period, according to a study published by the Centers for Disease Control

As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to surge across the world, the UN health agency on Tuesday said that it was crucial that more is done to help all countries receive lifesaving coronavirus jabs as quickly as possible.