CDC Announces National Influenza Vaccination Week, Dec. 4-10 WHAT The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a telephone-only media briefing Monday, December 5, to provide up-to-date figures on U.S. influenza activity and …
Promoting safe use of blood thinners and diabetes medications can protect patients Each year, there are nearly 100,000 emergency hospitalizations for adverse drug events in U.S. adults aged 65 years or older, according to a Centers for Disease …
CDC report also notes first decline in C-section rate in over a decade The birth rate for U.S. teens aged 15–19 years hit a record low in 2010, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Births: …
Get Smart About Antibiotics Week 2011 spotlights importance of appropriate antibiotic use The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is launching a new antibiotic tracking system allowing hospitals to monitor antibiotic use electronically, make …
70 percent of smokers want to quit as nation approaches the Great American Smokeout Most American adults who smoke wish they could quit, and more than half have tried within the past year, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control …
WHAT CDC will host a media telebreifing to discuss the new MMWR report on adult smoking cessation. Who Timothy McAfee, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Office on Smoking and Health When Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 12 p.m. ET DIAL- …
Goal is to prevent a million heart attacks and strokes in five years The Million Hearts initiative has announced new partners and commitments, including tools to reach cardiology professionals and consumers to prevent heart attacks and strokes. …
WHAT CDC will host a media telebreifing to discuss the new Vital Signs report on prescription opioid pain reliever overdoses. Who Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., Director, CDC R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director, Office of National Drug …
Kill more Americans than heroin and cocaine combined The death toll from overdoses of prescription painkillers has more than tripled in the past decade, according to an analysis in the CDC Vital Signs report released today from the Centers for …
Recommendations subject to approval by CDC WHAT CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) approved today recommendations for routine vaccination of males 11 or 12 years old with 3-doses of HPV4 to protect against Human …
Study looks at data from 2008 through 2009 Every 15 minutes, someone in the United States dies by suicide. And for every person who dies, there are many more who think about, plan or attempt suicide, according to a report released today by the …
** CREDENTIALED MEDIA ONLY ** WHAT A media briefing to discuss the results of the FDA-led root cause investigation of the multi-state listeria outbreak related to Jensen Farms cantaloupe. A summary of the results will be available at 11: …
WHAT CDC will host a telephone-only media briefing on a new study looking at the economic costs of excessive alcohol consumption. Who Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., Director, CDC Stephen Wing, Associate …
Most of the costs were due to binge drinking The cost of excessive alcohol consumption in the United States in 2006 reached $223.5 billion or about $1.90 per drink, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and …
Please Note the Need to RSVP WHAT Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) WHEN Tuesday and Wednesday October 25 and 26 from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. WHERE Centers for Disease Control and …
Current Activity is Low; Outlook for Vaccine is Good The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the initial “FluView” report for the U.S. 2011–2012 flu season with the message that flu activity is currently low, making …
Million Hearts initiative strikes at leading killer of Americans The number of Americans who report they have coronary heart disease – which includes heart attack and angina (chest pain) – continues to decline but rates vary widely from …
The percentage of teen males aged 15–19 years in the United States who used a condom the first time they had sex increased between 2002 and 2006–2010, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report, “ Teenagers in …
Greatest numbers of visits caused by bicycling, football, and playground activities Emergency department visits for sports– and recreation–related traumatic brain injuries, including concussions, among children and adolescents increased by 60 …
Adults drank too much and got behind the wheel about 112 million times in 2010—that is almost 300,000 incidents of drinking and driving each day—according to a CDC Vital Signs study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “ …
