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Death Rates Up for 5 of the 12 Leading Causes of Death

Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 10:05 AM
CDC's National Center for Health Statistics today released Health, United States, 2017 - the 41st annual health of the nation report from the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the President and Congress. This report includes an in

Deaths from gastroenteritis double

Monday, March 12, 2012 - 6:00 AM
The number of people who died from gastroenteritis (inflammation of the stomach and intestines that causes vomiting and diarrhea) more than doubled from 1999 to 2007, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Decades of health gains at risk in Brazil due to COVID-19

Friday, April 30, 2021 - 2:20 PM
Although COVID-19 cases are declining in Brazil, the pandemic is putting decades of public health gains there at risk, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

Decline in Early Childhood Obesity in WIC Families

Thursday, November 21, 2019 - 10:45 AM
In a new study, 41 U.S. states and territories show significant declines in obesity among children, aged 2-4 years, from low-income families enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) between 2010