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There is an average of 6 alcohol poisoning deaths every day in the US. Most deaths occur among middle-aged adults. Alcohol poisoning deaths are preventable.

More than 2,200 people die from alcohol poisoning each year in the United States - an average of six deaths each day - according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

On Tuesday, January 6, 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will remove Mali from the list of Ebola-affected nations subject to enhanced visa and port-of-entry screening.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting today that a small amount of material from an Ebola virus experiment that was securely transported from a Select-Agent-approved BSL-4 lab to a Select-Agent-approved BSL-2 lab may have

After more than a year of Ebola transmission in Guinea and more than 7 months of transmission in Liberia and Sierra Leone, there is still much to be done to stop the world's first Ebola epidemic, CDC director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H reported from

This CDC media telebriefing included a public health assessment of the current status of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Media telebriefing will include a public health assessment of the current status of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

A study released today shows that benefits of a school-and community-based childhood obesity intervention program can spill over to parents, decreasing parents' body mass index (BMI).

It's been an unprecedented year for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as America's public health agency continues its emergency response to the most complex Ebola epidemic in history. Ebola, however, is far from the only critical

The first-ever report on the global use and public health impact of smokeless tobacco finds that more than 300 million people in at least 70 countries use these harmful products. The report, Smokeless Tobacco and Public Health: A Global Perspective