Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) news and information

Up to 1 in 5 children living in the U.S. have mental disorders, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about $247 billion is spent on children's mental health each year.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will pilot test the efficacy of using basic text messages via mobile phones and Web-based messages via smartphones in public health surveillance for programs such as smoking cessation, according to a notice published in the Federal Register.
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America might soon find out what the ultimate cost of prescription drugs will mean for the country: more sick people, many of them uninsured and poor, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying to understand why three of the four people who got organs from a rabies-infected donor in 2011 didn't develop the disease, the agency's top rabies expert said Wednesday.
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Half of all adult Americans are expected to be obese by 2030, and already more than 40 million adults do not meet appropriate physical activity levels. The challenge of addressing obesity and physical inactivity requires new thinking and monitoring by healthcare providers.
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Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are trying out a new tactic. They're sounding the alarm on a deadly superbug while it's still rare in the hopes of halting its spread.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a call to action to U.S. hospitals, urging them to take steps to prevent the spread of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriacea, a deadly superbug that is often impossible to treat.
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iPad users can now pretend to be disease detectives with a new free app from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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There are signs that Americans are paying closer attention to eating healthier and that food producers and restaurants are making it easier to do so.
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The latest infection-tracking report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention brought encouraging news on some fronts but less progress on others.
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