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The President has proclaimed Nov. 16-22 "Get Smart About Antibiotics Week." Get Smart Week builds on the momentum generated at the White House Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship, where more than 150 organizations pledged to improve antibiotic use and

American adults who are uninsured or on Medicaid smoke at rates more than double those for adults with private health insurance or Medicare, according to a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in today's Morbidity and

On November 10, 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will modify enhanced Ebola port-of-entry screening for travelers from Sierra Leone.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with federal, professional, and non-profit organizations, has developed a set of resources called Parents for Healthy Schools. School groups such as parent-teacher associations and

Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have discovered cancer cells originating in a common tapeworm may take root in people with weakened immune systems, causing cancer-like tumors. It is the first known case of a person

Multistate foodborne disease outbreaks sicken thousands, highlight need for action

To identify best practices and to increase use of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated blood clots, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today launched a challenge designed to find, honor and recognize hospitals, multi-hospital

Multistate outbreaks cause more than half of all deaths in foodborne disease outbreaks despite accounting for only a tiny fraction (3 percent) of reported outbreaks in the United States, according to a new Vital Signs report released today by the

Millions of Americans get sick from foodborne germs each year. Most foodborne outbreaks occur among small groups in a local setting. Outbreaks that make people in more than one state sick with the same germ are less common but more severe.