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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Office of Communication Media Relations
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Media Briefing on Antiviral Guidance and 2009 H1N1 Flu
CDC will host a press conference on its updated guidelines on antivirals as well as an update on 2009 H1N1 flu.
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Weekly Update on 2009 H1N1 Flu
CDC will host a press conference to update on 2009 H1N1 Flu.
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CDC to Distribute $40 Million in Recovery Act Funding to Help States Fight Healthcare-Associated Infections
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today announced plans to distribute $40 million to state health departments to help prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
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Births Decline in Most Areas Hardest Hit by Hurricane Katrina
On Friday August 28, 2009, CDC announced that births in most of the Gulf Cost areas hit by Hurricane Karina plunged in the 12 months following the deadly storm.
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Immunization Rates Remain Stable at High Levels Among the Nation’s 19- Through 35-Month-Old Children
CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to provide an update on cases of 2009 H1N1 flu. The briefing will also include an update on NIH’s clinical trials of candidate 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine.
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Media Briefing on 2009 H1N1 Flu
CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to provide an update on cases of 2009 H1N1 flu. The briefing will also include an update on NIH’s clinical trials of candidate 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine.
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Life Expectancy at All Time High; Death Rates Reach New Low, New Report Shows
U.S. life expectancy reached nearly 78 years (77.9), and the age-adjusted death rate dropped to 760.3 deaths per 100,000 population, both records, according to the latest mortality statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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CDC Media Relations Team Offers Highlighted, Embargoed Articles from Emerging Infectious Disease Journal
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) media relations team has launched a new service for journalists.
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Study Shows Benefits of Biculturalism
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supported study shows that Latino adolescents in the United States who maintain ties to their culture of origin are more likely to develop healthy behaviors than their peers who do not.
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The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Education to Announce Updated School Guidance for Influenza Season
Secretaries Sebelius, Duncan, and Napolitano will host a press conference to release updated guidance for schools during the upcoming influenza season.
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Scientists successfully isolate Marburg virus from African fruit bats
A team of scientists reported today the successful isolation of genetically diverse Marburg viruses from a common species of African fruit bat (Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus).
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Study Says Pregnant Women Are More Severely Impacted by Novel H1N1 Influenza Virus and Need Prompt Treatment with Antiviral Medication
Pregnant women infected with 2009 novel H1N1 had a higher rate of hospitalization and greater risk of death than the general population due to the H1N1 flu, according to a study in the Aug. 8 issue of the British medical journal Lancet.
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CDC Advisors Make Recommendations for Use of Vaccine Against Novel H1N1
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met today to make recommendations for use of vaccine against novel influenza A (H1N1).
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Updated CDC Travel Health Book Released
The 2010 edition of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Yellow Book includes new or expanded sections on medical tourism, traveling safely with chronic diseases and conditions, and expert perspectives on popular travel itineraries worldwide. The updated book, which is a definitive guide for healthy international travel, is now available online.
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CDC Recognizes Innovative Obesity Prevention and Control Initiatives with Weight of the Nation Awards
Eight organizations were awarded the Pioneering Innovation Award today at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Weight of the Nation Conference in Washington, D.C.
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CDC Press Conference on Recommendations for Use of Vaccine Against Novel Influenza A (H1N1)
CDC will host a press conference to discuss an update on the proceedings of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and its recommendations for the use of a vaccine against novel influenza A (H1N1).
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CDC Holds Inaugural Conference to Address Obesity Crisis in the United States
Weight of the Nation is designed to provide a forum to highlight progress in the prevention and control of obesity through policy and environmental strategies and highlight strategies that overcome barriers to the primary prevention of obesity for youth and adults in four settings: communities, medical care, schools, and workplaces.
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Study Estimates Medical Cost of Obesity May Be As High as $147 Billion Annually
The health cost of obesity in the United States is as high as $147 billion annually, based on a new study from Research Triangle Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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CDC Briefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu
CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of novel
Influenza A (H1N1).
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Obesity Among Low-Income Preschool Aged Children Appears to be Slowing
One of 7 low-income, preschool-aged children is obese, but the obesity epidemic may be stabilizing, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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