'500 Cities' website: Users can explore neighborhood health data – Press Release
Users of a new, interactive web application can view and explore city-and neighborhood-level health data for America’s 500 largest cities.
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Nation sees near doubling in colorectal cancer screening in 2015 compared with 2000 – Press Release
More adults are getting recommended screening tests for colorectal cancer, but not for breast or cervical cancers, according to data released today in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Arthritis Limits Daily Activities of 24 million US Adults – Press Release
More than 24 million adults with arthritis have activity limitations from their disease. The percentage of adults with arthritis who have activity limitations grew from 35.9% in 2002 to 42.8% in 2014, a significant increase of 20% overall and independent of the aging of the population.
One in four U.S. middle and high school students say they've been exposed to secondhand aerosol from e-cigarettes – Press Release
About one in four U.S. middle and high school students- nearly 6.5 million youths -report being exposed to secondhand aerosol from e-cigarettes at least once within the past 30 days, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Annual Report to the Nation: Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline – Press Release
Overall cancer death rates continue to decrease in men, women, and children for all major racial and ethnic groups, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2014.
CDC Study Finds Flu Vaccine Saves Children's Lives – Press Release
A new CDC study published today in Pediatrics is the first of its kind to show that flu vaccination significantly reduced a child’s risk of dying from influenza.
About 1 in 10 U.S. pregnant women with confirmed Zika infection had a fetus or baby with birth defects in 2016 – Press Release
Of the 250 pregnant women who had confirmed Zika infection in 2016, 24 – or about 1 in 10 of them – had a fetus or baby with Zika-related birth defects, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Rates of new diagnosed cases of type 1 and type 2 diabetes on the rise among children, teens – Press Release
Rates of new diagnosed cases of type 1 and type 2 diabetes are increasing among youth in the United States, according to a report, Incidence Trends of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes among Youths, 2002-2012, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Campylobacter, Salmonella led bacterial foodborne illnesses in 2016 – Press Release
Campylobacter and Salmonella caused the most reported bacterial foodborne illnesses in 2016, according to preliminary data published today in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Dispatches from the Front Lines: CDC's Disease Detective Conference – Press Release
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold its 66th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference April 24-27, 2017, in Atlanta. The event showcases recent groundbreaking and often life-saving investigations by EIS officers-better known as CDC’s disease detectives.
