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MMWR Telebriefing to Announce Release of the Study. The study reports the first changes in suicide rates among 10-24 year olds in more than 15 years...

Following a decline of more than 28 percent, the suicide rate for 10- to-24-year-olds increased by 8 percent, the largest single-year rise in 15 years, according to a report released today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC)

CDC's World Rabies Day Symposium and Expo includes experts and an appearance by the first human rabies survivor in the United States...

New estimates show adolescent rates below nation's 2010 goals...

CDC will announce 2006 national and state vaccination coverage rates among young children and adolescents...

Early in 2001 in Somalia, Brazilian photojournalist Sebasti-o Salgado began to document the global effort to eradicate the crippling disease poliomyelitis...

Identification of infection in a common African fruit bat...

School closures and other community strategies designed to reduce the possibility of spreading disease between people during an epidemic can save lives, particularly when the measures are used in combination and implemented soon after an outbreak

Although more women are choosing to initiate breastfeeding, the percentage of mothers who breastfeed exclusively is far short of national objectives...

CDC and Walter Reed collaboration fosters the availability of artesunate for emergency use