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The proportion of U.S. adults who are obese increased to 26.1 percent in 2008 compared to 25.6 percent in 2007...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today the launch of the Web-based Environmental Public Health Tracking Network...

Weight of the Nation Conference...

The White House today announced that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Homeland Security Advisor John Brennan will host an all-day H1N1 Flu

An estimated 43.8 million Americans had no health insurance in 2008, approximately 2.8 million more than in 1997...

Fractures most common injury; one in three injuries required hospitalization...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today unveiled LEANWorks!, a Website designed to help businesses address obesity. LEAN stands for Leading Employees to Activity and Nutrition...

CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of novel influenza A (H1N1) as well as the MMWR report, "Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infections Among Health-Care Personnel - United States, April-May, 2009

Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)...

CDC will host a press conference to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of novel influenza A H1N1...