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Video: Cancer Incidence and Mortality Through 2020

In this video abstract, CDC epidemiologist Dr. Hannah Weir talks about her work to project the number of new cancer cases and deaths to the year 2020. Cancer rates are decreasing or stabilizing, but the number of cancer cases and deaths will continue to increase. Dr. Weir discusses why we still have work to do … Continue reading Video: Cancer Incidence and Mortality Through 2020

Living Through the Decades and Getting Closer to Colorectal Cancer Screening

If you grew up in the 1970s, it was a time of bell bottoms and groovy tunes. You may have worn mood rings and watched John Travolta on Welcome Back Kotter. It’s 2017, and if you’re now 50 years or older, let this be the year of your colorectal cancer screening appointment.

CDC Press Release: Outbreaks of diarrhea caused by summertime parasite increased from 2009 through 2017

Outbreaks of Cryptosporidium (Crypto) in the United States increased an average 13% each year from 2009-2017, according to a report published in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.