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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (or CDC) is a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services headquartered in Druid Hills, unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, in Greater Atlanta.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Scientists are getting closer to producing a vaccine against norovirus — the number one cause of foodborne illness in the United States .Researchers have now tested ...
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A large group of U.S. doctors on Monday gave the green light for pediatricians to offer vaccines to close family members of babies who are too young to get shots the...
The number of deaths caused by a contaminated batch of cantaloupes has doubled to eight, the Center for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) confirmed in its latest ...
No parent wants to hear their child called fat, unless perhaps that assessment is coming not from the schoolyard but rather their family pediatrician.However, doctor...
Forces often need to operate in areas where the local infrastructure is rudimentary at best or has collapsed. Kitchen, laundry, water and sanitation facilities are e...
Dirty needles at a private clinic have been blamed for an outbreak of hepatitis C among kids in central China , underscoring the challenges of policing healthcare as...
Dirty needles at a private clinic have been blamed for an outbreak of hepatitis C among kids in central China , underscoring the challenges of policing healthcare as...
Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease affecting over 20 million individuals in the US alone. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates...
A call for young boys to recieve a Gardisal vaccine to protect against HPV
Is weight gain really the biggest health epidemic in America – or is weight loss ?That’s the question filmmaker Darryl Roberts raises in “ America the Beautiful 2: T...
Agency warns deaths from virus are on the rise
Dr. Siegel shares tips for staying healthy
When 63-year-old John Harrison had surgery to repair his rotator cuff in 2009, he assumed the ordeal would be quick and relatively painless.Instead, Harrison, who ha...
California health officials sent out a medical alert earlier this month after tracing the mercury poisoning of a 39-year-old Alameda County woman to an illegal skin-...
The Center for Disease control in Atlanta is urging caution in German health officials' declaration Friday that bean sprouts are the ultimate source of the E. coli o...
Cerebral palsy refers to a group of disorders affecting brain and nervous system functions, including muscle tone, motor skills, cognitive functioning, vision, heari...
The teen pregnancy rate in 2009, the latest year for which data are available, hit its lowest since tracking began 70 years ago, the Center for Disease Control said ...
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