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Allowing more basic emergency medical service (EMS) staff to administer naloxone could reduce drug overdose deaths that involve opioids, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study, "Disparity in Naloxone Administration by

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold its 64th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) conference April 20-23 in Atlanta. The event showcases recent ground-breaking and often times life-saving investigations by CDC

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold its 64th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) conference April 20-23 in Atlanta. The event showcases recent ground-breaking and often times life-saving investigations by CDC

There are now 2.5 million kids using e-cigarettes and 1.5 million using hookah. In just one year, the number of kids using hookah doubled, and the number of kids using e-cigarettes appears to have tripled.

In 2014, the products most commonly used by high school students were e-cigarettes (13.4 percent), hookah (9.4 percent), cigarettes (9.2 percent), cigars (8.2 percent), smokeless tobacco (5.5 percent), snus (1.9 percent) and pipes (1.5 percent).

Puerto Rico has the lowest incidence rate of new lung cancer compared with all other races and ethnic groups in the United States, according to a study published today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly

CDC will discuss the 2014 National Youth Tobacco Survey results, highlighting the use of e-cigarette use and hookah use among middle and high school students.

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A senior CDC health official will give an overview of the Sierra Leone Trial to Introduce a Vaccine against Ebola (STRIVE). CDC is launching the trial in partnership with the Sierra Leone College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences and the

CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) - better known as CDC's disease detective program - kicks off its annual conference in Atlanta, GA. The event showcases EIS investigations conducted over the past year.