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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has now confirmed that neither of the two imported cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in the United States spread the virus to any of their household members or to the health care

CDC's Preventing Youth Violence: Opportunities for Action and its companion guide provide information and action steps to help community leaders and members, public health professionals, families, and young people to be part of the solution in

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning the public about an ongoing outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to products containing chia powder. Chia powder is made from small chia seeds that are sprouted and ground into

Transcript of the CDC hosted a telephone-only briefing to discuss the new 2013 results from the National Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey, a survey of high schools students (grades 9-12) conducted every other year.

CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors a wide range of priority health risk behaviors among representative samples of high school students at the national, state, and local levels.

U.S. cancer survivors face significant economic burdens due to growing medical costs, missed work, and reduced productivity, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in today's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Cigarette smoking rates among high school students have dropped to the lowest levels since the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) began in 1991, according to the 2013 results released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDC will host a telephone-only media availability to discuss the new 2013 results from the National Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey, a survey of high schools students (grades 9-12) conducted every other year.

More than 29 million people in the United States have diabetes, up from the previous estimate of 26 million in 2010, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One in four people with diabetes doesn't

Telebriefing: Norovirus is the leading cause of disease outbreaks from contaminated food in the United States. Infected food workers are the most common source of those outbreaks.