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The 2014 Ebola outbreak is the largest in history and the first Ebola outbreak in West Africa. This outbreak is actually the first Ebola epidemic the world has ever known - affecting multiple countries in and around West Africa.

Millions of infants, children and adolescents in the United States did not receive key clinical preventive services, according to a report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in today's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

This month's Vital Signs report looks at sodium intake among U.S. children, as well as the major sources of sodium for children and teens.

More than 90 percent of U.S. children, aged 6-18 years, eat more sodium than recommended, putting them at risk for developing high blood pressure and heart disease later in life, according to a new CDC Vital Signs report.

CDC hosted a media telebriefing that discussed Enterorvirus D68, the respiratory illness affecting children in multiple states.

CDC will host a media telebriefing today to discuss Enterorvirus D68, the respiratory illness affecting children in multiple states.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced new state awardees for the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). CDC's $7.5 million in funding will expand NVDRS from 18 to 32 participating states and enable greater collection of

This month's Vital Signs report looks at sodium intake among U.S. children, as well as the major sources of sodium for children and teens.

The latest CDC map detailing the prevalence of obesity for all U.S. states based on 2013 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data is now available at www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/prevalence-maps.html. Three additional maps demonstrate

Despite the fact that sepsis affects more than a million Americans each year and kills up to half of them, a new survey published by Sepsis AllianceExternal Web Site Icon found that fewer than half of all Americans have ever even heard of the term