Special Alerts
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<description>Office of Communication Media Relations</description>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/?s_cid=mediarel_CDClink</link>
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<title>Media Briefing on Antiviral Guidance and 2009 H1N1 Flu </title>
<description>CDC will host a press conference on its updated guidelines on antivirals as well as an update on 2009 H1N1 flu.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 8 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090908.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090908</link>
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<title>Weekly Update on 2009 H1N1 Flu</title>
<description>CDC will host a press conference to update on 2009 H1N1 Flu.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090902.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090902</link>
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<title>CDC to Distribute $40 Million in Recovery Act Funding to Help States Fight Healthcare-Associated Infections</title>
<description>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).</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090901.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090901</link>
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<title>Births Decline in Most Areas Hardest Hit by Hurricane Katrina</title>
<description>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.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090828.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090828</link>
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<title>Immunization Rates Remain Stable at High Levels Among the Nation’s 19- Through 35-Month-Old Children</title>
<description>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.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090827.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090827</link>
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<title>Media Briefing on 2009 H1N1 Flu</title>
<description>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.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090821.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090821</link>
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<title>Life Expectancy at All Time High; Death Rates Reach New Low, New Report Shows</title>
<description>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).</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090819.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090819</link>
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<title>CDC Media Relations Team Offers Highlighted, Embargoed Articles from Emerging Infectious Disease Journal</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) media relations team has launched a new service for journalists.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090812.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090812</link>
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<title>Study Shows Benefits of Biculturalism</title>
<description>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.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090807.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090807</link>
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<title>The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Education to Announce Updated School Guidance for Influenza Season</title>
<description>Secretaries Sebelius, Duncan, and Napolitano will host a press conference to release updated guidance for schools during the upcoming influenza season.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090806.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090806</link>
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<title>Scientists successfully isolate Marburg virus from African fruit bats</title>
<description>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).</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090731.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090731</link>
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<title>Study Says Pregnant Women Are More Severely Impacted by Novel H1N1 Influenza Virus and Need Prompt Treatment with Antiviral Medication</title>
<description>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.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090729c.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090729c</link>
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<title>CDC Advisors Make Recommendations for Use of Vaccine Against Novel H1N1</title>
<description>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).</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090729b.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090729b</link>
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<title>Updated CDC Travel Health Book Released</title>
<description>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.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090728.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090728</link>
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<title>CDC Recognizes Innovative Obesity Prevention and Control Initiatives with Weight of the Nation Awards</title>
<description>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.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090729.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090729</link>
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<title>CDC Press Conference on Recommendations for Use of Vaccine Against Novel Influenza A (H1N1) </title>
<description>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).</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:30:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090729.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090729</link>
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<title>CDC Holds Inaugural Conference to Address Obesity Crisis in the United States</title>
<description>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.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090727.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090727</link>
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<title>Study Estimates Medical Cost of Obesity May Be As High as $147 Billion Annually</title>
<description>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.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090727.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090727</link>
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<title>CDC Briefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu</title>
<description>CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of novel
Influenza A (H1N1).</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090724.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090724</link>
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<title>Obesity Among Low-Income Preschool Aged Children Appears to be Slowing</title>
<description>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.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090723.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090723</link>
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<title>CDC Briefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu</title>
<description>CDC Briefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090717.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090717</link>
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<title>Discovery of New Transmission Patterns May Help Prevent Rotavirus Epidemics</title>
<description>New Vaccines Shift the Course of Childhood Diarrhea-Causing Disease and Could Have Big Global Impact</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090716b.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090716b</link>
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<title>Improvements in Sexual and Reproductive Health of Teens and Young Adults Slowing</title>
<description>After a period of improvement, trends in the sexual and reproductive health of U.S. teens and young adults have flattened, or in some instances may be worsening, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090716a.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090716a</link>
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<title>New Obesity Data Shows Blacks Have the Highest Rates of Obesity</title>
<description>Blacks had 51 percent higher prevalence of obesity, and Hispanics had 21 percent higher obesity prevalence compared with whites, according to researchers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090716.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090716</link>
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<title>CDC Provides Free, Ready-to-Publish Health Content</title>
<description>CDC provides free formatted articles for download and use in newsletters, newspapers, magazines, community publications, web sites, and more. These articles cover a variety of health topics and are ready for use in any publication.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090715.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090715</link>
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<title>Obesity Among U.S. Adults Continues to Rise</title>
<description>The proportion of U.S. adults who are obese increased to 26.1 percent in 2008 compared to 25.6 percent in 2007...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090708.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090708</link>
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<title>CDC Launches New Environmental Public Health Tracking Network</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today the launch of the Web-based Environmental Public Health Tracking Network...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090707.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090707</link>
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<title>CDC Holds Inaugural Conference to Address Obesity Crisis in the United States</title>
<description>Weight of the Nation Conference...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090706.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090706</link>
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<title>The White House Announces H1N1 Flu Preparedness Summit</title>
<description>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 Preparedness Summit...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090702.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090702</link>
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<title>Nearly 44 Million in United States Without Health Insurance in 2008</title>
<description>An estimated 43.8 million Americans had no health insurance in 2008, approximately 2.8 million more than in 1997...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090701.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090701</link>
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<title>47,000 Older Adults Treated in Emergency Departments Annually for Fall Injuries Related to Walkers and Canes</title>
<description>Fractures most common injury; one in three injuries required hospitalization...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090629.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090629</link>
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<title>CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of Novel Influenza A (H1N1)</title>
<description>CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of novel Influenza A (H1N1)...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090626.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090626</link>
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<title>CDC Introduces New Website to Help Employers Combat Obesity and Reduce Health-Related Costs</title>
<description>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...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090625.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090625</link>
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<title>CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of Novel Influenza A (H1N1)</title>
<description>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”...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090618.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090618</link>
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<title>CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meeting</title>
<description>Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090617.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090617</link>
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<title>CDC Press Conference on Investigation of Human Cases of Novel Influenza A H1N1</title>
<description>CDC will host a press conference to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of novel influenza A H1N1...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090611.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090611</link>
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<title>Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, begins role as CDC Director and ATSDR Administrator</title>
<description>Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., today became the 16th director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and administrator for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). He was named director of CDC by the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services on May 15...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090608.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090608</link>
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<title>Three in Every One Thousand U.S. Children Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome</title>
<description>The first-ever national estimate among a nationally representative sample of U.S. children revealed that 3 out of every 1000 children between the age of 6 and 17 in the United States have been diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome (TS)...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090604.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090604</link>
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<title>CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of novel H1N1 Flu</title>
<description>CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of novel H1N1 flu.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090604.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090604</link>
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<title>CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu</title>
<description>CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090528.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090528</link>
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<title>CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu</title>
<description>CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090526.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090526</link>
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<title>Update on the Novel Influenza A H1N1 Virus and New Findings Published Today</title>
<description>CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to provide an overall update on the novel Influenza A H1N1 virus and to discuss a recently published article in the journal Science.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090522.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090522</link>
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<title>New Data Show Drinking While Pregnant Still a Problem</title>
<description>Exposure to alcohol is a known cause of birth defects...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090521.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090521</link>
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<title>CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu</title>
<description>CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu. Daniel Jernigan, MD, PhD, Medical Epidemiology, Influenza Division</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090520.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090520</link>
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<title>CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu</title>
<description>CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090519.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090519</link>
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<title>CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu</title>
<description>CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090518.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090518</link>
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<title>CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu</title>
<description>CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090515.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090515</link>
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<title>Pool Chemical Injuries Send Thousands to ER Each Year</title>
<description>2009 National Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week is May 18-24</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090514.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090514</link>
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<title>Increase in Unmarried Childbearing Also Seen in Other Countries</title>
<description>The proportion of births to unmarried mothers in the United States has risen steeply over the past few decades, consistent with patterns in other countries, a report from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics shows.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090513.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090513</link>
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<title>CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu</title>
<description>CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090512.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090512</link>
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<title>CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu</title>
<description>CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090511.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090511</link>
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<title>CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu</title>
<description>CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu.</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090509.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090509</link>
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<title>CDC Briefing Information on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu</title>
<description>CDC will host a press briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090508.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090508</link>
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<title>CDC Telebriefing on New England Journal of Medicine Articles on H1N1 Flu</title>
<description>CDC will host a PHONE ONLY press briefing to discuss two New England Journal of Medicine articles by CDC authors on H1N1 Flu. The articles are title “Human Infections with Triple-Reassortant Swine Influenza A (H1) Viruses in the United States, 2005-2009” and “Emergence of a Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus in Humans.”</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090507b.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090507b</link>
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<title>CDC Briefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu</title>
<description>CDC will host a press briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090507.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090507</link>
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<title>CDC Briefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu</title>
<description>CDC will host a press briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090506.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090506</link>
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<title>CDC Briefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu</title>
<description>CDC will host a press briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090505.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090505</link>
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<title>CDC Briefing on Public Health Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)</title>
<description>CDC will host a press briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090504.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090504</link>
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<title>CDC Briefing on Public Health Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)</title>
<description>CDC will host a press briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090501.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090501</link>
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<title>Number of U.S. Adults Reporting Disabilities is Increasing</title>
<description>The number of U.S. adults reporting a disability increased by 3.4 million between 1999 and 2005, according to a recent report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090430.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090430</link>
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<title>CDC Briefing on Public Health Investigation of Human Cases of Swine Influenza</title>
<description>CDC will host a press briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of swine influenza. Thursday April 30, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. ET.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090430.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090430</link>
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<title>CDC Briefing on Public Health Investigation of Human Cases of Swine Influenza</title>
<description>CDC will host a press briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of swine influenza.Thursday April 30, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. ET</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090428.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090428</link>
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<title>CDC Briefing on Public Health Investigation of Human Cases of Swine Influenza</title>
<description>CDC will host a press briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of swine influenza. Please call in 10 to 15 minutes before the briefing to get on the line.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090427.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090427</link>
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<title>CDC Media Availability on Human Swine Influenza Cases</title>
<description>Telephone only media availability for press with questions related to the investigation of cases of swine influenza. Please call in 10 to 15 minutes before the briefing in order to get on the line.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090426.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090426</link>
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<title>Media Availability on CDC Investigation of Human Cases of Swine Influenza</title>
<description>Media availability for press with questions related to the investigation of cases of swine influenza.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090425.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090425</link>
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<title>CDC Briefing on Public Health Investigation of Human Cases of Swine Influenza</title>
<description>CDC will host a press briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of swine influenza in California and Texas. CDC issued an MMWR dispatch on Tuesday April 21. The briefing will update information included in the dispatch.</description>
<pubDate>Thurs, 23 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090423.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090423</link>
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<title>National Infant Immunization Week Highlights Importance of Protecting Infants from Life-Threatening Diseases</title><description>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will launch National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) with events beginning April 25 and continuing through May 2, 2009.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/s090423.htm?s_cid=mediarel_s090423</link>
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<title>CDC Responds to Salon.com Article</title>
<description>An April 10, 2009 article appearing on Salon.com inaccurately represents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) 2004 public health response to a request from the Washington D.C. Department of Health for assistance concerning lead in water in District of Columbia neighborhoods (Blood Lead Levels in Residents of Homes with Elevated Lead in Tap Water — District of Columbia, 2004 MMWR Dispatch Vol. 53., March 30, 2004).</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/s090410.htm?s_cid=mediarel_s090410</link>
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<title>CDC Reports Progress in Foodborne Illness Prevention has Reached a Plateau</title>
<description>The incidence of the most common foodborne illnesses has changed very little over the past three years, according to a 10-state report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</description>
<pubDate>Thurs, 9 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090409.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090409</link>
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<title>CDC Media Telebriefing on 2008 Preliminary FoodNet Data</title>
<description>Release of “Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food — 10 States, 2008,” which is being published in this week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.</description>
<pubDate>Thurs, 9 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090409.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090409</link>
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<title>32nd Annual CDC Diabetes Conference: New Strategies for Changing Times</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) 32nd Annual Diabetes Conference, New Strategies for Changing Times will focus on new strategies for diabetes prevention and control for practitioners, providers, and leaders. The conference is sponsored by the CDC’s Division of Diabetes Translation (DDT) and features plenary sessions, various lectures, symposia, oral presentations, roundtable discussions, exhibits, and poster sessions on the latest and most innovative advances in diabetes prevention and initiatives.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 8 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090408.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090408</link>
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<title>Obama Administration Announces New Campaign to Refocus National Attention on the HIV Crisis in the United States</title>
<description>WASHINGTON - Every 9 ½ minutes another person in America becomes infected with HIV. Officials from the White House, Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today a new five-year national communication campaign, Act Against AIDS, which highlights this alarming statistic and aims to combat complacency about the HIV/AIDS crisis in the United States.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 6 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/AAAPressRelease.html?s_cid=mediarel_AAAPressRelease</link>
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<title>Americans Consume Too Much Salt</title>
<description>Most Americans consume more than double the amount of their daily recommended level of sodium. A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that more than 2 out of 3 adults are in population groups that should consume no more than 1,500 milligrams (mg) per day of sodium. During 2005-2006 the estimated average intake of sodium for persons in the United States age 2 years and older was 3,436 mg per day.</description>
<pubDate>Thurs, 26 Mar 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090326.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090326</link>
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<title>CDC Hosts 43rd National Immunization Conference</title>
<description>Thousands of health officials from around the country will gather to examine the latest developments in vaccine science, policy, education, technology, and planning issues related to immunization in general and vaccine-preventable disease. Topics will include the impact of new vaccines on health, addressing vaccine hesitancy, monitoring vaccine safety, effect of state laws on uptake of recommended vaccines and other important topics.</description>
<pubDate>Thurs, 26 Mar 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090326.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090326</link>
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<title>Teen Birth Rates Up Slightly in 2007 for Second Consecutive Year </title>
<description>The birth rate for U.S. teens aged 15 to 19 increased by about 1 percent in 2007, from 41.9 births per 1,000 in 2006 to 42.5 in 2007, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is the second year in a row that teen births have gone up. They increased 3 percent in 2006 following a 14-year decline.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090318.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090318</link>
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<title>Wireless-Only Phone Use Varies Widely Across United States</title>
<description>Oklahoma leads the nation in the percentage of households with cell phones only, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than a quarter of households (26.2 percent) in Oklahoma had only wireless and no landline phones in 2007. On the other end of the spectrum, only 5.1 percent of households in Vermont were wireless-only in 2007.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090311.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090311</link>
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<title>Arthritis Pain May Keep People with Heart Disease Physically Inactive</title>
<description>Arthritis may create an additional barrier to using physical activity to help people manage their heart disease, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090226.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090226</link>
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<title>Health Habits of Adults Aged 18-29 Highlighted in Report on Nation’s Health</title>
<description>Young adults in the United States aged 18-29 face a number of health challenges, including increases in obesity, high injury rates, and lack of insurance coverage compared to older adults, according to the latest report on the nation’s health.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090218.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090218</link>
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<title>CDC Adds African-American Media Resources to New Online Newsroom</title>
<description>Resources for African-American media have been added to the new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Online Newsroom. The African-American Media Resource section is designed to provide easy access to credible health information for African-American media and media with an African-American audience. ..</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/a090204.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a090204</link>
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<title>U.S. Outpatient Surgeries on the Rise</title>
<description>The number of outpatient surgery visits in the United States increased from 20.8 million visits in 1996 to 34.7 million visits in 2006, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090128.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090128</link>
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<title>Study Finds Broad Access to Parenting Support Lowers Risk of Child Maltreatment</title>
<description>When parents have access to proven parenting information and support designed to address problems all families face—from tantrums to encouraging good behavior—key measures of child maltreatment fall, according to a study released in the Jan. 26 online edition of the journal Prevention Science...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090126.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090126</link>
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<title>CDC and National Expert Panel Promote Revised Field Triage Guidelines of Trauma Patients</title>
<description>Will Help Save Lives by Getting the Right Patient, to the Right Place, at the Right Time...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090122.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090122</link>
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<title>Campaign Helps Hispanics With Diabetes Enjoy Healthy, Traditional Foods</title>
<description>New tools are available to help Hispanics enjoy healthy versions of their favorite recipes and control portion sizes, all designed to reduce their risk of developing diabetes. The recipes and other materials are part of a campaign called Más que comida...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090112.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r090112</link>
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<title>CDC Study: Failures to Follow Infection Practices Have Placed More than 60,000 Patients at Risk for Hepatitis B and C</title>
<description>In the last decade, more than 60,000 patients in the United States were asked to get tested for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) because health care personnel in settings outside hospitals failed to follow basic infection control practices, according to a new study by the CDC...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r09106.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r09106</link>
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<title>Study Says Folic Acid Fortification of Corn Masa Flour Could Increase Folic Acid Intake among Mexican-Americans</title>
<description>Fortification of corn masa flour products could increase folic acid intake by nearly 20 percent for Mexican-Americans, who are at a 30-40 percent higher risk for a number of severe brain and spinal birth defects, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study is published in the January issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 5 Jan 2009 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r09105.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r09105</link>
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<title>Health Groups Release 2009 Immunization Schedules</title>
<description>Updated immunization recommendations for childhood influenza vaccinations are included in the 2009 Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules released jointly today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r081231b.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r081231b</link>
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<title>Smoke-free Policy Leads to Dramatic, Sustained Drop in Heart Attack Hospitalizations in Pueblo, Colorado</title>
<description>Heart attack hospitalizations in the city of Pueblo, Colorado fell sharply after the implementation of a municipal law making workplaces and public places smoke-free, and this decrease was sustained over a three-year period...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r081231a.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r081231a</link>
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<title>New CDC Report Finds Motor Vehicles and Falls are Causes of Most Child and Teen Injuries and Deaths in the United States</title>
<description>An estimated 55 million children and teens from birth to age 19 were treated in emergency departments for unintentional injuries from 2001 to 2006, according to a new report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r081210.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r081210</link>
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<title>Annual Report to the Nation Finds Declines in Cancer Incidence and Death Rates; Special Feature Reveals Wide Variations in Lung Cancer Trends across States </title>
<description>A new report from the nation’s leading cancer organizations shows that, for the first time since the report was first issued in 1998, both incidence and death rates for all cancers combined are decreasing for both men and women, driven largely by declines in some of the most common types of cancer...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r081202.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r081202</link>
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<title>National Birth Defects Prevention Study Shows Assisted Reproductive Technology is Associated with an Increased Risk of Certain Birth Defects </title>
<description>Infants conceived with Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) are two to four times more likely to have certain types of birth defects than children conceived naturally, according to a study by the CDC...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r081117.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r081117</link>
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<title>New CDC Study Finds Community Physical Activity Programs Are Money Well Spent</title>
<description>Smoking in the United States Causes 443,000 Deaths Annually and Costs $193 Billion As Nation Observes Great American Smokeout</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r081114.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r081114</link>
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<title>Slightly Lower Adult Smoking Rates</title>
<description>Smoking in the United States Causes 443,000 Deaths Annually and Costs $193 Billion As Nation Observes Great American Smokeout</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r081113.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r081113</link>
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<title>CDC Releases First Estimate of Human Papillomavirus-Associated Cancer Data</title>
<description>Twenty-five thousand cases of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers occurred in 38 states and the District of Columbia annually during 1998-2003, according to studies conducted by CDC. ...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r081103.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r081103</link>
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<title>New Cases of Diagnosed Diabetes on the Rise</title>
<description>State-specific data provide glimpse into geographical differences...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r081030.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r081030</link>
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<title>ATSDR Issues Report on Asbestos Exposure from Libby Vermiculite</title>
<description>ATLANTA –Employees, their families and people living close to 28 exfoliation sites may have been exposed to amphibole asbestos from vermiculite mined Libby, Montana between the 1920s and the early 1990s., a report from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has concluded....</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r081029.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r081029</link>
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<title>CDC Study Finds 3 Million U.S. Children have Food or Digestive Allergies</title>
<description>The number of young people who had a food or digestive allergy increased 18 percent between 1997 and 2007, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r081022.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r081022</link>
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<title>CDC Media Analysis Examines Car Surfing</title>
<description>Teens are getting injured or killed by riding on the outside of a moving vehicle – an activity known as car surfing, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) review of newspaper articles released today in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r081016.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r081016</link>
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<title>CDC Releases New Infant Mortality Data</title>
<description>The United States ranked 29th in the world in infant mortality in 2004, compared to 27th in 2000, 23rd in 1990 and 12th in 1960, according to a new report from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r081015.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r081015</link>
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<title>Nation’s Teen Vaccination Coverage Increasing, But Below 2010 Goals</title>
<description>CDC press release issed October 9, 2007, announcing the 2007 National Immunization Survey results for teens (NIS-Teen), that show the nation′s immunization coverage rates for preteens and teens are increasing for routinely recommended vaccines, but most still do not have all of the recommended immunizations.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r081009.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r081009</link>
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<title>CDC Awards $10.9 Million for Preparedness Research Centers at Seven Schools of Public Health</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded a $16.9 million contract to American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) of Manassas, Va. to implement the CDC Influenza Reagent Resource (CDC-IRR), a secure, Web-based system that will improve access to influenza viruses, test kits and other reagents for approved laboratories. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r081008.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r081008</link>
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<title>CDC Awards $16.9 Million Contract to Improve Capabilities to Combat Pandemic, Seasonal Influenza</title>
<description>CDC Press Release issued Monday, October 6, 2008: CDC Awards $10.9 Million for Preparedness Research Centers at Seven Schools of Public Health</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r081006.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r081006</link>
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<title>It’s Time to Get Smart about the Use of Antibiotics</title>
<description>CDC campaign aims to draw attention to the increasing problem of antibiotic resistance</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r081002.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r081002</link>
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<title>CDC Awards $10 million to New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation to provide Health Services to Residents, Other Community Members Affected by 9/11 Attack</title>
<description>CDC press release on September 30, 2008, announcing a $10 millon award grant given to the New York Health and Hospital Corporation for the first year of a three-year competitive grant to provide medical examinations, diagnostic testing, referral and treatment for residents, students, and others in the community that were directly affected by the dust and debris from the collapse of the World Trade Center buildings on Sept. 11, 2001.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080930.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080930</link>
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<title>CDC Awards $24 Million for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Projects</title>
<description>CDC Press Release, CDC Awards $24 Million for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Projects Dated September 24, 2008</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080924.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080924</link>
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<title>CDC Expands Testing Recommendations For Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection</title>
<description>New Guidance Also Issued on Patient Management for Those Infected</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080918.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080918</link>
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<title>Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Effective for Treating Trauma Symptoms in Children and Teens</title>
<description>CDC press release, dated Tuesday, September 9, 2008, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Effective for Treating Trauma Symptoms in Children and Teens.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080909.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080909</link>
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<title>CDC Steps Up Efforts to Fight Drug-Resistant Germ</title>
<description>New Effort Teaches Parents How to Protect Children from MRSA</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080908.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080908</link>
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<title>New Report Estimates More than 2 million Cases of Tobacco-related Cancers Diagnosed in the United States During 1999-2004</title>
<description>CDC press release on Thursday September 4, 2008 announcing new report estimates more than 2 million cases of tobacco-related cancers diagnosed in the U.S. during 1999-2004.</description>
<pubDate>Thr, 04 Sep 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080904a.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080904a</link>
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<title>Most US Parents are Vaccinating According to New CDC Survey Vaccine Coverage Rates for Children Remain High</title>
<description>The vast majority of the nation′s parents are having their children get recommended vaccinations, according to 2007 vaccine coverage estimates released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).</description>
<pubDate>Thr, 04 Sep 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080904.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080904</link>
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<title>CDC Director Named To Forbes List of 100 Most Powerful Women</title>
<description>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Julie Gerberding has been named to the Forbes List of the 100 Most Powerful Women in the world. This year marks the fourth consecutive year that Dr. Gerberding has made the list.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080902.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080902</link>
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<title>CDC Launches New Program to Train Veterinarians</title>
<description>In an effort to help address a national shortage of veterinarians certified to work with laboratory animals, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has begun a new residency program in laboratory animal medicine. </description>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080829.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080829</link>
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<title>CDC Releases 1918 Pandemic Flu Storybook</title>
<description>CDC press release about the release of an online storybook containing narratives, photos and videos from survivors, families and friends about the 1918 influenza pandemic that killed millions of people around the world.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080821a.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080821a</link>
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<title>Most U. S. Measles Cases Reported since 1996</title>
<description>CDC Press Release issued Thursday, August 21, concerning a CDC report about the recent measles outbreaks in Illinois, New York, Washington, Arizona, California, Wisconsin, Michigan, Hawaii, Arkansas, Washington, D.C., Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080821.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080821</link>
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<title>CDC Launches CDC-TV On-Line Video Resource</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched CDC-TV, a new online video resource available through www.cdc.gov. CDC-TV videos will cover a variety of health, safety and preparedness topics.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080819.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080819</link>
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<title>Reductions in Smoking Show Promise for Reducing Home Fire Deaths</title>
<description>Home fire deaths are higher in states that have a greater percentage of smokers, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study published this month in the journal Injury Prevention. </description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080808.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080808</link>
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<title>CDC Releases New Data on Epilepsy from Multiple States</title>
<description>Men aged 18-44 years are more than twice as likely as women of the same age group to have adopted a child, according to a new report released today by CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080807a.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080807a</link>
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<title>New Report Provides Demographic Profile of Adoptive Parents</title>
<description>A multi-state study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that about one out of 100 adults have active epilepsy, and more than one-third are not getting sufficient treatment...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080807.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080807</link>
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<title>Americans Made Over 1 Billion Hospital and Doctor Visits in 2006</title>
<description>Patients in the United States made an estimated 1.1 billion visits to physician offices and hospital outpatient and emergency departments in 2006...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080806.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080806</link>
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<title>New Technology Reveals Higher Number of New HIV Infections in the United States than Previously Known</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control andPrevention (CDC) announced today that an estimated 56,300 HIV infections occurred in the United States in 2006.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080803.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080803</link>
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<title>
National Birth Defects Prevention Study Finds Pre-pregnancy Diabetes
Increases Risk for Multiple Types of Birth Defects
</title>
<description>Women who receive a diagnosis of diabetes before they become pregnant are three to four times more likely to have a child with one or even multiple birth defects than a mother who is not diabetic, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released in the <em>American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.</em>.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080730.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080730</link>
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<title>
Alternative Warm-Up Program Reduces Risk of ACL Injuries
For Female College Soccer Players
</title>
<description>The risk of potentially devastating tears to an important knee ligament may be reduced in female college soccer players by an alternative warm-up program that focuses on stretching, strengthening, and improving balance and movements, according to a CDC study published online this week in <em>The American Journal of Sports Medicine</em>.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080725.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080725</link>
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<title>New CDC Grant Program Extends Health Resources to Residents and other Community Members Affected by 9/11 Attack</title>
<description>$30 Million Being Made Available for Health and Medical Services Programs</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080724.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080724</link>
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<title>Latest CDC Data Show More Americans Report Being Obese</title>
<description>The proportion of U.S. adults who self report they are obese increased nearly 2 percent between 2005 and 2007, according to a report in today’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080717.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080717</link>
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<title>Community Water Fluoridation Now Reaches Nearly 70 percent of U.S. Population</title>
<description>Nearly 70 percent of U.S. residents who get water from community water systems now receive fluoridated water, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080710.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080710</link>
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<title>CDC Releases Reports on Formaldehyde Tests of Trailers</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) posted on Wednesday two reports from its work related to assessing the levels of formaldehyde in the indoor air of travel trailers used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080702.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080702</link>
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<title>CDC Web Site Receives Government Web Managers Forum 2008 Best Practice Award</title>
<description>The CDC launched the newly revamped Web site in April 2007. The Web site redesign was led by CDC’s National Center for Health Marketing, Division of eHealth Marketing.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080630.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080630</link>
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<title>Respiratory Illness, Dog Bites Among Top Concerns For Travelers to China</title>
<description>Beijing–bound Olympic travelers should worry less about exotic diseases, and instead focus on preventing more mundane health problems like respiratory illness and dog bites.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080626.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080626</link>
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<title>Fewer Kids Suffering from Rotavirus This Season</title>
<description>Credit May Go to Newly Introduced Infant Vaccine</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080625.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080625</link>
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<title>Number of People with Diabetes Increases to 24 Million</title>
<description>Estimates of Diagnosed Diabetes Now Available for all U.S. Counties</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080624.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080624</link>
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<title>Traumatic Brain Injuries Can Result From Senior Falls</title>
<description>Traumatic brain injuries due to falls caused nearly 8,000 deaths and 56,000 hospitalizations in 2005 among Americans 65 and older...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080623.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080623</link>
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<title>New CDC Study Finds Gaps in Breastfeeding Support in U.S. Hospitals and Birth Centers</title>
<description>Many birth facilities in the United States are not providing maternity care that is fully supportive of breastfeeding, according to a study in today’s MMWR...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080612.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080612</link>
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<title>U.S. Deaths Down Sharply in 2006</title>
<description>Age-adjusted death rates in the United States dropped significantly between 2005 and 2006 and life expectancy hit another record high, according to preliminary death statistics released today by CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080611.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080611</link>
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<title>CDC Finds Some Bird Flu Strains have Acquired Properties that Might Enhance Potential to Infect Humans</title>
<description>ATLANTA, Ga.-The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released results of a study suggesting that some North American avian influenza A H7 virus strains have properties that might enhance their potential to infect humans as well as their potential to spread from human to human.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080610a.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080610a</link>
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<title>New CDC Study First To Present National Outdoor Recreational Injury Estimates</title>
<description>Nearly 213,000 treated in emergency departments annually-- more than half of injuries among young people ages 10-24</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080610.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080610</link>
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<title>CDC’s National Center for Health Marketing Forms Professional Advisory Group</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has established a panel of outside experts that will advise CDC’s National Center for Health Marketing on its health marketing and communication programs. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080605.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080605</link>
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<title>Nation’s High School Students Showing Overall Improvements in Health-Related Behaviors</title>
<description>However, Hispanic Students Not Showing Progress in Some Key Areas</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080604.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080604</link>
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<title>CDC Reports More U.S. Nonsmokers Are Protected by Smoke-Free Laws</title>
<description>Good News as World Celebrates “World No Tobacco Day 2008”...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080522.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080522</link>
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<title>CDC Recommends Shingles Vaccine</title>
<description>People age 60 and older should be vaccinated against shingles, or herpes zoster, a condition often marked by debilitating chronic pain...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080519.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080519</link>
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<title>Cases Of Recreational Water Illnesses On The Rise</title>
<description>Cryptosporidiosis or Crypto, a chlorine-resistant parasite, is likely to pose an even bigger challenge in the future</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080515.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080515</link>
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<title>New CDC Study Finds Arthritis Can be a Barrier for Adults Seeking to Manage Diabetes through Physical Activity</title>
<description>More than half of adults with diagnosed diabetes also have arthritis, a painful condition that can be a barrier to physical activity—an important health strategy for managing diabetes...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080508.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080508</link>
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<title>Falls a Leading Cause of Injury-Related Emergency Department Visits for Infants Each Year, CDC Study Shows</title>
<description>Half of the estimated 328,500 infants 12 months of age or younger who were treated for injuries in hospital emergency departments each year from 2001 to 2004 were injured as a result of a fall, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080506.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080506</link>
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<title>National Infant Immunization Week Reminds Parents of the Importance of Immunizations and Encourages them to Look to their Child’s Doctor for Information</title>
<description>More Than Twenty Percent of Children Not Fully Protected Against Vaccine-Preventable Disease </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080424.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080424</link>
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<title>CDC Urges Travelers to Israel to Protect Themselves from Measles</title>
<description>Concern Raised over Americans Traveling to Israel for Passover</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080414a.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080414a</link>
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<title>Pregnancy Rate Drops for Women Under Age 25 - April 14, 2008</title>
<description>Pregnancy rates for females under age 25, including teenagers, in the United States declined in 2004 compared to 1990, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080414.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080414</link>
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<title>CDC Report Points to Need for New Foodborne Illness Strategies</title>
<description>A 10-state report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed little change in the incidence of some foodborne infections after a period of decline.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080410.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080410</link>
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<title>Smoking Early In Pregnancy Raises Risks Of Heart Defects In Newborns</title>
<description>Mothers who smoke early in pregnancy are more likely to give birth to infants with heart defects, according to a study funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080407.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080407</link>
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<title>Pregnant Women Who are Obese Linked with Greater Health Care Services Use</title>
<description>Also have longer hospital stays</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080402.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080402</link>
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<title>Study Shows Rural Alaska Natives without In-Home Running Water Suffer More Disease</title>
<description>Rural Alaska Natives living without in-home access to running water have disproportionately higher rates of respiratory and skin infections, according to a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080401.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080401</link>
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<title>First-Ever County Level Report on Stroke Hospitalizations</title>
<description>County-level maps can help identify racial, ethnic and geographic differences</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080328.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080328</link>
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<title>Community Heroes Honored for Contributions to CDC's Steps Program</title>
<description>Seven community heroes were recently honored at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Steps Program’s Action Institute for their extraordinary contributions in improving the health and well-being of Americans in school, worksite, healthcare or community settings.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080317.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080317</link>
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<title>Studies Describe the Funding, Development, and Implementation of a National Colorectal Cancer Screening Demonstration Program in the United States</title>
<description>What: Colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer killer in the United States of cancers that that affect both men and women.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/a080317.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a080317</link>
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<title>New Study Shows Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates Increasing Among U.S. Adults</title>
<description>Disparities in screening still persist in certain populations...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080313.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080313</link>
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<title>New CDC study underscores impact of older adult falls</title>
<description>CDC releases new resources to help prevent falls</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080306.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080306</link>
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<title>CDC Study Reveals Adults May Not Get Enough Rest or Sleeps</title>
<description>About 10 percent of adults report not getting enough rest or sleep every day in the past month, according to a new four-state study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080228.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080228</link>
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<title>CDC’s Advisory Committee Recommends Influenza Vaccination for Children 6 months through 18 years of age </title>
<description>A panel of immunization experts advised the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today to expand the recommended ages for annual influenza vaccination of children to include all children from only 6 months to 59 months of age. The expanded recommendation is to take effect as soon as feasible, but no later than the 2009 14:00:00 EST – 2010 influenza season...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080227.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080227</link>
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<title>Disparities in Awareness of Heart Attack Warning Signs Among Adults in 14 States Revealed by CDC Study</title>
<description>An alarming number of adults fail to recognize heart attack warning signs and symptoms that could, if heeded, save their lives, according to...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080221.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080221</link>
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<title>CDC State Preparedness Report Highlights Progress and Challenges</title>
<description>An inaugural report on public health preparedness released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates states have made significant progress with respect to emergency preparedness, but that significant challenges remain.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080220.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080220</link>
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<title>CDC Releases Results of Formaldehyde Level Tests</title>
<description>(NEW ORLEANS) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released today preliminary results from recent testing that found higher than typical indoor exposure levels of formaldehyde in travel trailers and mobile homes used as emergency housing in the Gulf Coast Region.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080214b.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080214b</link>
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<title>More Children in Low-Income Countries Getting Vaccinated Against Hib Pneumonia and Meningitis</title>
<description>Vaccine use increasing in places where most Hib disease and deaths occur</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080214a.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080214a</link>
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<title>CDC Study Warns of Deaths Due to the "Choking Game"</title>
<description>Most fatalities in 11-to-16 year old boys</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080214.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080214</link>
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<title>Update on Seasonal Influenza Activity</title>
<description>The telebriefing will provide an update on the current influenza season.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/a080208.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a080208</link>
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<title>New Resource for Preventing Diabetes in African-Americans</title>
<description>A new diabetes prevention resource designed to encourage and help faith-based and community organizations get actively involved in deterring preventable diabetes among African-Americans was released by the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), a joint venture of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health. ...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080206.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080206</link>
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<title>New Study Shows Tobacco Control Programs Cut Adult Smoking Rates</title>
<description>Greater investments in state tobacco control programs are independently and significantly associated with larger and more rapid declines ...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080130.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080130</link>
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<title>New Report Provides Information on HIV Prevalence in the U.S. Household Population</title>
<description>Unsupervised Ingestion Accounts for 66 Percent of Incidents...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080129.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080129</link>
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<title>CDC Study Estimates 7,000 Pediatric Emergency Departments Visits Linked to Cough and Cold Medication</title>
<description>Approximately half of 1 percent (0.47 percent) of the U.S. household population between the ages of 18 and 49 are living with HIV...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080128.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080128</link>
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<title>Un estudio de los CDC estima que 7,000 urgencias pediátricas estuvieron vinculadas a medicamentos para la tos y el resfriado</title>
<description>Un número estimado de 7,000 niños, de 11 años de edad o menos, son atendidos cada año en urgencias hospitalarias debido al consumo de medicamentos para la tos y el resfriado, según un estudio de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades....</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/rs080128.htm?s_cid=mediarel_rs080128</link>
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<title>New Study Finds Decline in Single-Victim School-Associated Violent Deaths</title>
<description>Multiple Victim Rates Remain Stable Since the Early 90s...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080117.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080117</link>
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<title>CDC To Launch Study on Unexplained Illness</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in conjunction with Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California Division of Research launched a study to learn about an unexplained skin condition known as Morgellons...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080116.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080116</link>
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<title>Health Groups Release 2008 Immunization Schedules</title>
<description>Updated immunization recommendations for childhood influenza and adolescent meningococcal vaccinations are included in the 2008 Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules released jointly today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2008/r080111.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r080111</link>
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<title>New CDC Study Finds 5.5 Percent Increase in Injury Mortality from 1999 to 2004</title>
<description>Increases in deaths among 20-to-29 and 45-to-54 year olds contribute to first overall increase in years</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r071213a.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r071213a</link>
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<title>CDC to Begin Testing Trailers for Formaldehyde</title>
<description>FEMA continues efforts to move residents out of trailers</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r071213.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r071213</link>
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<title>CDC and FDA Advise Public of Vaccine Recall</title>
<description>Telebriefing to discuss Merck(c) Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine recall</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a071212a.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a071212a</link>
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<title>FEMA Administrator and CDC Director to Brief News Media on Formaldehyde Testing Plan</title>
<description>The administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), R. David Paulison, and the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Julie Gerberding, will brief the news media Thursday at FEMA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The purpose is to discuss the plan to test air quality in travel trailers and mobile homes in the Gulf</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a071212f.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a071212f</link>
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<title>December 13th Press Briefing Related to CDC Testing of Occupied FEMA Trailers in the Gulf Coast Area</title>
<description>CDC press conference to announce the start date for testing trailers in Louisiana and Mississippi for formaldehyde levels in trailers and mobile homes.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a071212.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a071212</link>
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<title>Teen Birth Rate Rises for First Time in 14 Years</title>
<description>The teen birth rate in the United States rose in 2006 for the first time since 1991, and unmarried childbearing also rose significantly, according to preliminary birth statistics released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r071205.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r071205</link>
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<title>Nearly One in Five Americans Say They
Can’t Afford Needed Health Care</title>
<description>Nearly one in five U.S. adults – more than 40 million people – report they do not have adequate access to the health care they need, according to the annual report on the nation’s health released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). </description>
<pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r071203.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r071203</link>
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<title>CDC statement on pending HIV incidence estimates</title>
<description>Recent media reports have speculated about CDC's pending estimates of new HIV infections in the United States. CDC emphasizes that the new estimates are not yet final.</description>
<pubDate>Sun, 2 Dec 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/s071202.htm?s_cid=mediarel_s071202</link>
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<title>Independent Panel Issues Report on Transfer of Youth from Juvenile to Adult Justice System</title>
<description>A new report - "Effects on Violence of Laws and Policies Facilitating the Transfer of Youth from the Juvenile to the Adult Justice System: A Report on Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services,"</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a071129.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a071129</link>
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<title>A New CDC Study Finds no Real Increase in Obesity Among Adults; But Levels Still High</title>
<description>After a quarter century of increases, obesity prevalence has not measurably increased in the past few years but levels are still high</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r071128.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r071128</link>
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<title>ADOLESCENT AGGRESSION NO LONGER LIMITED TO THE SCHOOL YARD</title>
<description>Sixty-four percent of kids and teens who are harassed online, not harassed at school</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a071127.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a071127</link>
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<title>CDC Promotes National Influenza Vaccination Week to Encourage Flu Vaccination throughout the Influenza Season</title>
<description>New Data Show Few Flu Vaccines Given After November</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r071123.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r071123</link>
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<title>2007 NATIONAL PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION SUMMIT</title>
<description>The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will host the 2007 National Prevention and Health Promotion Summit: Creating a Culture of Wellness.</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a071119.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a071119</link>
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<title>Telebriefing on the Current Influenza Season and Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Distribution and Availability</title>
<description>The telebriefing will provide an update on the current influenza season as well as seasonal influenza vaccine distribution and availability</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a071109.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a071109</link>
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<title>Nation's Influenza Vaccine Supplies Continue to Increase; CDC Advises Broadening of Vaccination Efforts</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that the nation's influenza vaccine manufacturers report that more than 103 million doses of influenza</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r071109.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r071109</link>
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<title>Cardiovascular Disease Decreasing Among Adults with Diabetes</title>
<description>Separate Report Finds People with Diabetes Doing a Better Job of Checking Blood Sugar</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r071101.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r071101</link>
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<title>CDC Advisory Committee Recommends Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine for Children Ages Two to Five</title>
<description>A panel of immunization experts has voted to expand the recommendation for the nasal spray influenza vaccine...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r071026.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r071026</link>
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<title>CDC Study Finds U.S. Schools Making Progress in Decreasing Availability of Junk Food and Promoting Physical Activity</title>
<description>Activity However, More Progress Needed to Foster Health and Wellness of Students</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r071019a.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r071019a</link>
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<title>CDC Launches Redesigned Spanish Web Site "CDC en Español"</title>
<description>Usable Layout, New Search Engine and New Features Help People Find Information and Resources</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r071019.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r071019</link>
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<title>CDC estimates 94,000 invasive drug-resistant staph infections occurred in the U.S. in 2005</title>
<description>Study establishes baseline for MRSA infection estimates</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r071016.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r071016</link>
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<title>Annual Report to the Nation Finds Cancer Death Rate Decline Doubling</title>
<description>Special Feature Examines Cancer in American Indians and Alaska Natives</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r071015.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r071015</link>
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<title>CDC Presents First State-by-State Data on Work Limitations Caused by Arthritis</title>
<description>Work limitation due to arthritis in all working-age adults ranges from a low of 3.4 percent in Hawaii to a high of 15 percent in Kentucky, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study that provides the first ever state-by-state data on adults experiencing work limitations caused by arthritis.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r071011.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r071011</link>
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<title>CDC Scientist Awarded China’s Highest Honor for Outstanding Contributions to Public Health</title>
<description>Robert E. Fontaine, M.D., CDC senior epidemiologist and Resident Advisor to the U.S. Field Epidemiology Training Program in Beijing, China, has been honored with the Friendship Award of 2007.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r071005.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r071005</link>
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<title>Smoking Rates Highest Among People with Disabilities</title>
<description>Health Disparities Persist Among People with Disabilities</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r071004.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r071004</link>
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<title>CDC Awards $35 Million to Support HIV Testing and Increase Early Diagnosis of HIV among African Americans</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded $35 million in funding to state and local health departments to increase HIV testing opportunities among populations disproportionately affected by HIV, primarily African Americans.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070927.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070927</link>
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<title>Early Thimerosal Exposure and Neuropsychological Outcomes at 7 to 10 Years</title>
<description>New England Journal of Medicine Telebriefing</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a070926.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a070926</link>
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<title>CDC’s Global Health Odyssey Invites Public to Smithsonian Museum Day 2007</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Global Health Odyssey opens to the public for the first Saturday ever on September 29 in conjunction with national Museum Day, sponsored by Smithsonian Magazine. Special Saturday hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission and parking are free, with driver’s license or passport required for entry.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070914.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070914</link>
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<title>U.S. Life Expectancy Hits New High of Nearly 78 Years</title>
<description>A child born in the United States in 2005 can expect to live nearly 78 years (77.9) – a new high – according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2005.”</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070912.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070912</link>
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<title>US Declared Canine-Rabies Free, CDC Announces at Inaugural World Rabies Day Symposium</title>
<description>For the last several decades, state and local public health authorities in the United States have been working tirelessly on the prevention and control of rabies. Coincident with the recognition of World Rabies Day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has formally declared the elimination of the type of rabies previously found in dogs in the United States...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070907.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070907</link>
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<title>CDC Report Shows Largest One-Year Increase in Youth Suicide Rate in 15 Years</title>
<description>Following a decline of more than 28 percent, the suicide rate for 10- to-24-year-olds increased by 8 percent, the largest single-year rise in 15 years, according to a report released today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070906.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070906</link>
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<title>Suicide Trends Among Youths and Young Adults Aged 10-24 Years-United States, 1990-2004</title>
<description>MMWR Telebriefing to Announce Release of the Study. The study reports the first changes in suicide rates among 10-24
year olds in more than 15 years...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a070905.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a070905</link>
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<title>First World Rabies Day to be Observed at CDC</title>
<description>CDC's World Rabies Day Symposium and Expo includes experts and an appearance by the first human rabies survivor in the United States...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a070831.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a070831</link>
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<title>Nation’s Childhood Immunization Rates Remain at or above record levels</title>
<description>New estimates show adolescent rates below nation’s 2010 goals...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070830.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070830</link>
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<title>MEDIA ADVISORY: MMWR Telebriefing</title>
<description>CDC will announce 2006 national and state vaccination coverage rates among young children and adolescents...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a070829.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a070829</link>
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<title>The End of Polio: Photographs of Sebastião Salgado Opens to Public</title>
<description>Early in 2001 in Somalia, Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Salgado began to document the global effort to eradicate the crippling disease poliomyelitis...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070824.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070824</link>
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<title>CDC Researchers find possible animal source for Marburg virus</title>
<description>Identification of infection in a common African fruit bat...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070822.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070822</link>
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<title>Community Measures Prevent Deaths During Pandemic, New Study Finds</title>
<description>School closures and other community strategies designed to reduce the possibility of spreading disease between people during an epidemic can save lives, particularly when the measures are used in combination and implemented soon after an outbreak begins in a community...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070807.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070807</link>
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<title>CDC will Provide Investigational New Medicine for Treatment of Severe Malaria</title>
<description>CDC and Walter Reed collaboration fosters the availability of artesunate for emergency use</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070802a.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070802a</link>
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<title>More Women Choosing to Breastfeed, but Rates of Exclusive Breastfeeding Fall Short of National Objectives</title>
<description>Although more women are choosing to initiate breastfeeding, the percentage of mothers who breastfeed exclusively is far short of national objectives...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070802.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070802</link>
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<title>CDC’s 2007 Cancer Conference:</title>
<description>Meeting Future Challenges features presentations and topic sessions on key issues relating to cancer prevention and early detection.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a070801.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a070801</link>
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<title>CDC Urges Parents to Protect Preteens with Three Recommended Vaccines</title>
<description>New CDC campaign launched during National Immunization Awareness Month encourages a routine health checkup for 11-and 12-year-olds</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070801.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070801</link>
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<title>New Study Finds Most Sports- and Recreation-Related Traumatic Brain Injuries Occur In Youth and Teens</title>
<description>CDC Launches New Youth Sports Tool Kit to Help Coaches, Athletes, and Parents “Play it Safe”</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070726.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070726</link>
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<title>Four Communities to Pilot New Federal Environmental Health Partnership</title>
<description>EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson and CDC/ATSDR Director Dr. Julie Gerberding signed a formal memorandum of understanding (MOU) today, signaling their intentions to develop collaborative strategies that assist communities coping with health problems that may be related to environmental hazards.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070719.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070719</link>
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<title>CDC Travel Health Book Advises Travelers on Hazards Both Ordinary and Extraordinary</title>
<description>New Edition of CDC’s “Yellow Book” Provides Updated Information on International Travel Health Risks</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070713.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070713</link>
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<title>Update on Tuberculosis Case in an International Traveler</title>
<description>Update on Tuberculosis Case in an International Traveler </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 3 Jul 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a070703.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a070703a</link>
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<title>CDC Issues New Patient Visit Report</title>
<description>The CDC today issued a new report, “Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2005,” which contains information on patient visits to emergency departments, outpatient centers and hospitals. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a070629.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a070629a</link>
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<title>CDC Infection Tracking System Now Available to All U.S. Hospitals</title>
<description>A secure, Web-based reporting network that lets facilities track infections associated with health care is now available to all health care facilities in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070627a.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070627a</link>
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<title>New Study Finds Few Risks of Birth Defects from Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy</title>
<description>Women Should Talk with Their Doctors about Risks and Benefits</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070627.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070627</link>
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<title>Meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices</title>
<description>When: June 27-28, 2007, Where: CDC 1600 Clifton Road NE, Agenda: Hepatitis A Vaccine Prophylaxis</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a070625.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a070625</link>
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<title>New CDC Report Documents Percentage of People Without Health Insurance</title>
<description>CDC's National Center for Health Statistics is issuing a new report today entitled "Early Release of Health Insurance Estimates Based on Data From the 2006 National Health Interview Survey."</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/b070625.htm?s_cid=mediarel_b070625</link>
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<title>NATIONAL HIV TESTING DAY, JUNE 27, 2007</title>
<description>Statement by Dr. KEVIN FENTON, Director OF CDC’S National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, TB Prevention</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/s070621.htm?s_cid=mediarel_s070621</link>
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<title>CDC Reports High Lyme Disease Rates in 10 States Number of the most common vector-borne disease doubles in 15 years</title>
<description>Reported cases of Lyme disease have more than doubled since 1991, when Lyme became a nationally notifiable disease, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report also said 93 percent of reported cases were concentrated in 10 states.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070614.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070614</link>
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<title>ATSDR Press Release: Marine-Base Housing Contained Drinking Water Contaminated with Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) for Nearly 30 Years Says Federal Health Agency</title>
<description>ATLANTA - Water in the drinking water system for the Tarawa Terrace family housing area at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, affecting possibly 75,000 residents, was contaminated with tetrachloroethylene (PCE), a dry cleaning solvent, during the period November 1957 through February 1987, an analysis by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) concludes</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070612.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070612</link>
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<title>CDC Media Update: XDR TB Public Health Investigation</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides the following update regarding its investigation and public health actions related to a patient with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB). CDC is recommending that passengers and crew on two trans-Atlantic flights taken by the patient be notified of potential exposure to tuberculosis and evaluated for TB...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 8 Jun 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070608.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070608</link>
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<title>CDC Announces Updated Information to help Physicians Recognize and Manage Concussions Early</title>
<description>Multimedia tool kit adds patient evaluation tool to improve early diagnosis...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jun 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070607.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070607</link>
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<title>CDC Media Update: XDR TB Public Health Investigation</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides the following update regarding its investigation and public health actions related to a patient with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB). CDC is recommending that passengers and crew on two trans-Atlantic flights taken by the patient be notified of potential exposure to tuberculosis and evaluated for TB...</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 2 Jun 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a070602.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a070602</link>
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<title>Telebriefing update on CDC investigation into people potentially exposed to patient with extensively drug-resistant TB</title>
<description>Dr. Julie Gerberding, Director, Dr. Martin Cetron, Director, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, and Dr. Ken Castro, Director, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, CDC</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 1 Jun 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a070601a.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a070601a</link>
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<title>Severe Weather Can Threaten Summer Fun, Safety and Health</title>
<description>Severe Weather Can Threaten Summer Fun, Safety and Health Seasonal Hazards Include Hurricanes, Extreme Heat and Wildfires, Soaring temperatures, summer storms, and drought conditions can all contribute to extreme weather...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 1 Jun 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a070601.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a070601</link>
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<title>Update on CDC investigation into people potentially exposed to patient with extensively drug-resistant TB</title>
<description>CDC Press Briefing - 2 p.m. ET TODAY</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070530.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070530</link>
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<title>Public Health investigation seeking people exposed to extensively drug-resistant TB infected person</title>
<description>CDC Press Briefing - 2 p.m. ET TODAY</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070529.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070529</link>
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<title>CDC Releases New Toolkit to Assist Humanitarian Workers Assess Reproductive Health Needs of Women Refugees</title>
<description>A new resource for health care officials working with women displaced from conflict-affected regions throughout the world was announced today by the CDC.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070529a.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070529a</link>
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<title>More U.S. Households Adopting Smoke-free Home Rules World No Tobacco Day is May 31</title>
<description>Nearly three out of four U.S. households do not allow smoking anywhere and any time in the home, according to a study in this week’s issue of CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). This study, which uses data from...</description>
<pubDate>Thr, 24 May 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070524.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070524</link>
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<title>CDC Report Finds Significant Differences in Stroke Prevalence Among U.S. States and Territories</title>
<description>Stroke prevalence varies widely from state to state, with some states and U.S. territories having more than double the stroke prevalence of others, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...</description>
<pubDate>Thr, 17 May 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070517.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070517</link>
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<title>U.S. Preparedness to Respond to Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Strengthened by CDC/CSTE Partnership</title>
<description>New three-day training course released online today May 15, 2007</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070515.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070515</link>
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<title>INTERIM GUIDANCE ISSUED FOR THE USE OF FACEMASKS AND RESPIRATORS IN PUBLIC SETTINGS DURING AN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC</title>
<description>The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released interim advice to the public about the use of facemasks and respirators in certain public (non-occupational) settings during an influenza pandemic....</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070503.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070503</link>
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<title>CDC Issues Interim Guidance for the Use of Facemasks and Respirators in Public Settings During an Influenza Pandemic</title>
<description>Who: Dr. Julie Gerberding, Director CDC, WHEN: Thursday, May 3, 2007...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a070502.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a070502</link>
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<title>Overall Infant Mortality Rate in United States Largely Unchanged: Rates Among Black Women More than Twice that of White Women</title>
<description>The infant mortality rate in the United States in 2004 was 6.78 infant (under 1 year of age) deaths per 1,000 live births, not significantly different from the rate of 6.84 in 2003, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070502.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070502</link>
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<title>Oral Health Improving for Most Americans, But Tooth Decay Among Preschool Children on the Rise</title>
<description>Americans of all ages continue to experience improvements in their oral health. However, tooth decay in primary (baby) teeth increased among children aged 2 to 5 years...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070430.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070430</link>
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<title>National Infant Immunization Week Urges Parents to Vaccinate On Time</title>
<description>More Than Twenty Percent of Children Not Fully Protected Against Vaccine-Preventable Disease...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070420.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070420</link>
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<title>CDC Launches New Home Page and other Web Site Improvements</title>
<description>Usable Layout, New Search Engine and New Features Help People More Easily Find Information and Resources ...</description>
<pubDate>Thr, 19 Apr 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070419.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070419</link>
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<title>National Influenza Vaccine Summit</title>
<description>Dr. Julie Gerberding to Address National Influenza Summit Meeting in Atlanta to Address 2007 – 2008 Influenza Vaccine Issues...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a070417.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a070417</link>
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<title>CDC Disease Detectives Highlight Findings from Recent Investigations</title>
<description>56th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a070413.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a070413</link>
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<title>CDC Media Briefing Preliminary FoodNet Data</title>
<description>Release of "Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food 10 States, United States, 2006" being published in this week's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report...</description>
<pubDate>Thr, 12 Apr 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a070412.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a070412</link>
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<title>CDC Changes Recommendations for Gonorrhea Treatment Due to Drug Resistance</title>
<description>Few Treatment Options Remain for One of Nation’s Most Common STDs...</description>
<pubDate>Thr, 12 Apr 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070412a.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070412a</link>
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<title>New Report Highlights Growing Foodborne Illness Challenges E. coli</title>
<description>A report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a leveling of cases for some foodborne infections after a period of decline. For others, incidences of infection which had declined appear to be returning to earlier levels...</description>
<pubDate>Thr, 12 Apr 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070412.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070412</link>
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<title>CDC Disease Detectives Highlight Findings from Recent Investigations</title>
<description>56th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a070411.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a070411</link>
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<title>U.S. Tuberculosis Cases at All-Time Low; Drug Resistance Remains a Threat</title>
<description>Tuberculosis rates in the United States reached an all-time low in 2006, though progress to eliminate TB continued to slow. Drug-resistant TB, including extensively drug-resistant TB, presents significant challenges to treatment...</description>
<pubDate>Thr, 22 Mar 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070322.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070322</link>
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<title>CDC Releases Safety Data on Rotavirus Vaccine Reported Intussusception Cases Fall Within Expected Range</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released today new safety data on a recently licensed rotavirus vaccine given to infants that indicate the vaccine does not pose an elevated risk for intussusception...</description>
<pubDate>Thr, 15 Mar 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070315a.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070315a</link>
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<title>Acute Viral Hepatitis Cases Down</title>
<description>The three most common forms of acute viral hepatitis in the United States – hepatitis A, B and C – declined dramatically between 1995 and 2005, with hepatitis A and B at the lowest levels...</description>
<pubDate>Thr, 15 Mar 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070315.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070315</link>
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<title>National Immunization Conference to be held in Kansas City March 5-8, 2007</title>
<description>The Changing Face of Women's Health, an interactive exhibit, has returned to Atlanta. The exhibit explores menopause, society and body image, puberty, osteoporosis, breast health, heart disease...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a070227.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a070227</link>
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<title>The Changing Face of Women’s Health Returns to Atlanta</title>
<description>CDC is holding the 41st annual National Immunization Conference to explore the latest developments in vaccine science, policy, education, and technology....</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a070226.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a070226</link>
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<title>New Report Shows Decline in Stillbirths; Racial Disparities Persist</title>
<description>The rate of fetal deaths, also known as stillbirths, occurring at 20 weeks of gestation or more declined substantially between 1990 and 2003, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070221.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070221</link>
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<title>CDC Report Provides First State-Specific Data on Persons Living with Heart Disease</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released a report that finds a wide range of variation in the prevalence of coronary heart disease (a narrowing of the arteries that feed the heart), heart attack and angina (chest pain that occurs when the heart does not get enough blood). The report provides the first ever information on the percentage of people living with heart disease...</description>
<pubDate>Thr, 15 Feb 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070215.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070215</link>
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<title>CDC Releases New Data on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) from Multiple Communities in the United States</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported findings today from the first and largest summary of prevalence data from multiple U.S. communities participating in an autism spectrum disorder
(ASD) surveillance project...</description>
<pubDate>Thr, 8 Feb 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070208.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070208</link>
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<title>NATIONAL BLACK HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY</title>
<description>February 7 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Nearly half of the more than 1 million Americans estimated to be living with HIV in the United States are African Americans...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 7 Feb 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/a070207.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a070207</link>
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<title>HHS UNVEILS TWO NEW EFFORTS TO ADVANCE PANDEMIC FLU PREPAREDNESS</title>
<description>The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in cooperation with departments and agencies across the Federal Government, today announced two new efforts designed to improve state...</description>
<pubDate>Thr, 1 Feb 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070201a.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070201a</link>
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<title>Small Changes in 1918 Pandemic Virus Knocks Out Transmission</title>
<description>Small Changes in 1918 Pandemic Virus Knocks Out Transmission Research Provides Clues for Assessing Pandemic Potential of New Influenza Viruses...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Feb 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070201.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070201</link>
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<title>CDC Reports Binge Drinking Common Among High School Students</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced $3.7 million in new grants designed to enhance healthcare information in an effort to improve the detection and response to emerging public health threats...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 8 Jan 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070108.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070108</link>
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<title>CDC Reports Binge Drinking Common Among High School Students</title>
<description>Children and adolescents can now be protected against more diseases than ever before, according to the 2007 Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules released jointly today by the Centers for Disease Control...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Jan 2007</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2007/r070104.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r070104</link>
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<title>CDC Reports Binge Drinking Common Among High School Students</title>
<description>New Studies Shed Light on Circumstances Associated with Violent Deaths Findings also include data on suicides, homicides, and homicide-suicides from 2003-2004...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r061228.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r061228</link>
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<title>New Studies Shed Light on Circumstances Associated with Violent Deaths</title>
<description>Binge drinking is common among high school students in the United States and is strongly associated with sexual activity, violence, and other risky behaviors, according to a new study...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/a061218.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a061218</link>
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<title>State of Childhood Asthma, United States: 1980-2005</title>
<description>A new report on childhood asthma released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that death rates for asthma among children under age 18 have declined since 1999...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r061212.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r061212</link>
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<title>Training for Terrorism-Related Conditions in Hospitals</title>
<description>Teaching hospitals were better trained than other hospitals for bioterrorism, and Joint Commission accredited hospitals had prepared more of their physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses and lab staff for such emergencies...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r061211.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r061211</link>
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<title>CDC Meeting Explores Community Strategies to Reduce Impact of Pandemic Influenza</title>
<description>The impact of pandemic influenza extends well beyond health and medical communities into many segments of society. Developing a pandemic influenza vaccine could take several months....</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/a061207.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a061207</link>
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<title>CDC Awards $11.4 Million to Develop New Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Avian Influenza</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today announced $11.4 million in new contracts to four companies working to develop new diagnostic tests that doctors and field epidemiologists could eventually use to quickly and accurately test patients for avian influenza H5N1 and other emerging influenza viruses...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 Dec 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r061204.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r061204</link>
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<title>CDC Conference Spotlights Environmental Health Effects of Hurricane Katrina</title>
<description>CDC Conference Spotlights Environmental Health Effects of Hurricane Katrina, Hazardous Waste and Climate Change Other Highlights to Include Addresses by...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 Dec 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/a061204.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a061204</link>
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<title>World AIDS Day</title>
<description>Statement from Dr. Gerberding December 1, 2006...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 1 Dec 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/a061201.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a061201</link>
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<title>New Report Shows Teen Births Drop To Lowest Level Ever</title>
<description>The teen birth rate in the United States fell to its lowest level ever in 2005, according to the latest birth statistics...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r061121.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r061121</link>
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<title>Public Health Thank You Day</title>
<description>Statement from Dr. Gerberding November 20, 2006</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/s061120.htm?s_cid=mediarel_s061120</link>
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<title>Falls Have Become the Leading Cause of Injury Deaths for Seniors</title>
<description>Falls Have Become the Leading Cause of Injury Deaths for Seniors CDC report reveals that men more likely to experience fatality than women...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r061116.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r061116</link>
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<title>New Report Finds Pain Affects Millions of Americans</title>
<description>One in four U.S. adults say they suffered a day-long bout of pain in the past month, and one in 10 say the pain lasted a year or more, according to the government's annual,...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r061115.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r061115</link>
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<title>CDC Names New Director for Health Promotion</title>
<description>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Julie Gerberding announced today the appointment of Kathleen Toomey, M.D., M.P.H.,...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r061114.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r061114</link>
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<title>CDC Announces Weeklong Event to Focus on the Importance of Influenza Vaccination</title>
<description>77 Million Doses of Vaccine Supply Delivered, with Record Numbers Expected by End of Year...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r061113.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r061113</link>
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<title>CDC Child Development Campaign Expands to Target More Than 400,000 Child Care Facilities Nationwide</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with a coalition of national partners, is launching a new phase of the "Learn the Signs. Act Early"...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 8 Nov 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r061108.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r061108</link>
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<title>CDC Launches "Get Informed. Get Diagnosed. Get Help." Campaign</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today launched a national public education and awareness campaign on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 3 Nov 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r061103.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r061103</link>
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<title>CDC's Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Public Education and Awareness Campaign</title>
<description>Launch of new CDC campaign to increase awareness about chronic fatigue syndrome....</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Nov 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/a061101.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a061101</link>
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<title>Decline in Adult Smoking Rates Stall</title>
<description>Millions of Nonsmoking Americans Remain Exposed to Secondhand Smoke...</description>
<pubDate>Thr, 26 Oct 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/a061026a.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a061026a</link>
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<title>CDC and Consumer Product Safety Commission Warn of Winter Home Heating Hazards</title>
<description>Dr. Howard Frumkin, director, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry...</description>
<pubDate>Thr, 26 Oct 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/a061026.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a061026</link>
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<title>CDC's Advisory Committee Recommends "Shingles" Vaccination
</title>
<description>Atlanta The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), a federal panel of immunization experts, has recommended people age 60 and older receive a new vaccine to prevent herpes zoster, or shingles, a condition that often leads to debilitating chronic pain...</description>
<pubDate>Thr, 26 Oct 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r061026.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r061026</link>
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<title>CDC Urges Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities to Increase Efforts to Reduce Drug-Resistant Infections</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released new guidelines outlining strategies to prevent the spread of drug-resistant infections in healthcare settings...</description>
<pubDate>Thr, 19 Oct 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r061019.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r061019</link>
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<title>CDC Awards $5.2 Million to Evaluate Community Strategies to Reduce Impact of Pandemic Influenza</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today announced $5.2 million in new cooperative agreements designed to evaluate the effectiveness of community-level measures that could be used during an influenza pandemic to reduce the spread of infection...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r061010.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r061010</link>
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<title>CDC Launches Multi-state Study on Autism; $5.9 Million Awarded to Five Sites.</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is initiating a multi-state collaborative study to help identify factors that may put children at risk for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and other developmental disabilities. Approximately 2,700 children, ages 2 to 5, and their parents will be part of this study...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 6 Oct 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r061006.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r061006</link>
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<title>Almost Half of Hospitals Experience Crowded Emergency Departments</title>
<description>Between 40 percent and 50 percent of U.S. hospitals experience crowded conditions in the emergency department (ED) with almost two-thirds of metropolitan EDs experiencing crowding at times, according to a new report issued today by CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r060927.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r060927</link>
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<title>CDC Influenza Expert Selected as Federal Employee of the Year</title>
<description>Growing up in a tiny town in rural Iowa, Nancy Cox dreamed of finding a way to combine her love of science with adventures traveling the world...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r060928.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r060928</link>
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<title>CDC Recommends Routine, Voluntary HIV Screening in Health Care Settings</title>
<description>New recommendations designed to increase early diagnosis of HIV infection as a pathway to improved treatment and prevention</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r060921.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r060921</link>
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<title>People with Disabilities Are Less Healthy than those without Disabilities</title>
<description>New Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on
Health of People with Disabilities</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:30:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r060912.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r060912</link>
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<title>More than 100 Million Doses of Influenza Vaccine Expected To Be Available This Year Almost all providers should have some vaccine in October</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that influenza (flu) vaccine manufacturers are expecting to produce and distribute more than 100 million doses of influenza vaccines in the United States between now and early January, 2007.
</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 6 Sep 2006 13:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r060906b.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r060906b</link>
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<title>Annual Report to the Nation Finds Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop;
Lower Cancer Rates Observed in U.S. Latino Populations
</title>
<description>A new report from the nation’s leading cancer organizations finds that Americans’ risk of dying from cancer continues to drop, maintaining a trend that began in the early 1990s. However, the rate of new cancers remains stable. The “Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2003, Featuring Cancer among U.S. Hispanic/Latino Populations” is published in the October 15, 2006, issue of Cancer
</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 6 Sep 2006 10:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r060906.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r060906</link>
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<title>Quick Diagnosis of Flu Strains Possible with New Microchip Test</title>
<description>Scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed a microchip-based test that may allow more labs to diagnose influenza infections and learn more about the viruses causing illness.
</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:30:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r060828.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r060828</link>
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<title>CDC and APHL Make Influenza Virus Sequence Data Publicly Accessible</title>
<description>Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released genetic blueprints for over 650 genes of influenza viruses into a database accessible to researchers worldwide.
</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 13:30:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r060822.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r060822</link>
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<title>More Physicians Using Electrical Medical Records</title>
<description>CDCs National Center for Health Statistics is issuing a new Health E-Stat today entitled Electronic Medical Record use by Office-based Physicians: United States, 2005.
</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 July 2006 12:30:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/a060721.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a060721</link>
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<title>CDC’s Advisory Committee Recommends Changes in Varicella Vaccinations </title>
<description>Second dose of varicella vaccine to offer more protection for children, adolescents, and adults
</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 June 2006 17:30:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r060629-b.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r060629-b</link>
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<title>CDC’s Advisory Committee Recommends Human Papillomavirus Virus Vaccination</title>
<description>CDC’s Advisory Committee Recommends Human Papillomavirus Virus Vaccination Vaccine considered highly effective in preventing infections that are the cause of most cervical cancers.
</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 June 2006 14:30:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r060629.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r060629</link>
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<title>Health Insurance for Children Improved in 2005; Overall Coverage Varies by State</title>
<description>New estimates of health insurance coverage and other major indicators of health and health care were released today in two new reports by the CDC. In addition to health insurance, the reports present the latest data on health habits, such as smoking, preventive health care including immunizations, and prevalence of diabetes, asthma and psychological distress.
</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 June 2006 11:30:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r060621.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r060621</link>
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<title>Fewer High School Students Engage in Health Risk Behaviors; Racial and Ethnic Differences Persist</title>
<description>Fewer U.S. high school students are engaging in health risk behaviors compared to their counterparts from 15 years ago, according to the 2005 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 June 2006 10:30:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r060608.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r060608</link>
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<title>Fusarium Keratitis Update</title>
<description>As of May 12, 2006, CDC has received reports of 122 confirmed cases, 15 possible cases and 60 cases still under investigation from 33 U.S. states and territories. 75 reports include insufficient evidence to classify them as cases or carry other non-Fusarium diagnoses.
</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2006 14:30:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/fusariumKeratitis/r060512.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r060512</link>
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<title>Thirteen Month Delay Between Evaluation and Autism Diagnosis in Children</title>
<description>Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) may experience a 13-month delay before they are diagnosed. A study in the April autism supplement of the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics released today, found that children diagnosed in metropolitan Atlanta were initially evaluated at an average of 4 years of age but were not diagnosed with an ASD until an average of 5 years 1 month.
</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r060510.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r060510</link>
</item>
<item>
<title>Birth and Fertility Rates for States by Hispanic Origin Subgroups: United States, 1990 and 2000</title>
<description>The report, from CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, is the first-ever comprehensive look at birth and fertility rates among the growing U.S. Hispanic population, and contains detailed findings by state showing trends in births and fertility rates among Hispanics in the United States in 1990 and again in 2000. The data are based on U.S.
Census Bureau information, which is collected every 10 years.
</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 9 May 2006 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/a060509.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a060509</link>
</item>
<item>
<title>Fusarium Keratitis Update</title>
<description>As of May 5, 2006, CDC has received reports of 102 confirmed cases, 12 possible cases and 81 cases still under investigation from 31 U.S. states and territories. 65 reports include insufficient evidence to classify them as cases or carry other non-Fusarium diagnoses.
</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2006 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/fusariumKeratitis/r060505.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r060505</link>
</item>
<item>
<title>CDC Invests $10 million for Research to Reduce Infections in Healthcare Settings</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced an award of $10 million for new research to five academic centers as part of its Prevention Epicenter grant program, which supports efforts to develop and test innovative approaches to reducing infections in healthcare settings.
</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 May 2006 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r060504.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r060504</link>
</item>
<item>
<title>CDC to Host First Diabetes and Obesity Conference</title>
<description>Diabetes and obesity have reached alarming rates in the United States. CDC’s Division of Diabetes Translation and the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity are convening a national conference that will examine these issues and discuss ways to combat these illnesses through improving the environment, changing policies, building better health care systems, and helping individuals make lifestyle changes.
</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/a060420b.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a060420b</link>
</item>
<item>
<title>CDC Releases National Recommendations to Improve Health of Babies and Moms</title>
<description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with more than 35 federal, public and private partners, today released national recommendations designed to encourage women to take steps toward good health before becoming pregnant.
</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/r060420b.htm?s_cid=mediarel_r060420b</link>
</item>
<item>
<title>CDC Disease Detectives Highlight Findings from Recent Investigations</title>
<description>WHAT: 55th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference WHO: The CDC Disease Detectives will present findings from recent investigations, including these: outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis among river rafters in the Grand Canyon,outbreak of cryptosporidiosis associated with a recreational water spray park</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<link>http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/a060420.htm?s_cid=mediarel_a060420</link>
</item>
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</rss>
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| Detail |
Content is not allowed in prolog.
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| ErrNumber |
0
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| ExceptionMessage |
Content is not allowed in prolog.
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| Message |
An error occured while Parsing an XML document.
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| StackTrace |
coldfusion.xml.XmlProcessException: An error occured while Parsing an XML document.
at coldfusion.xml.XmlProcessor.parse(XmlProcessor.java:183)
at coldfusion.runtime.CFPage.XmlParse(CFPage.java:211)
at cfrss2ecfc1176165916$funcGETXML.runFunction(D:\Inetpub\DomainID182157\com\rss.cfc:588)
at coldfusion.runtime.UDFMethod.invoke(UDFMethod.java:418)
at coldfusion.runtime.UDFMethod$ReturnTypeFilter.invoke(UDFMethod.java:360)
at coldfusion.runtime.UDFMethod$ArgumentCollectionFilter.invoke(UDFMethod.java:324)
at coldfusion.filter.FunctionAccessFilter.invoke(FunctionAccessFilter.java:59)
at coldfusion.runtime.UDFMethod.runFilterChain(UDFMethod.java:277)
at coldfusion.runtime.UDFMethod.invoke(UDFMethod.java:192)
at coldfusion.runtime.CfJspPage._invokeUDF(CfJspPage.java:2471)
at cfrss2ecfc1176165916$funcGETENTRIES.runFunction(D:\Inetpub\DomainID182157\com\rss.cfc:198)
at coldfusion.runtime.UDFMethod.invoke(UDFMethod.java:418)
at coldfusion.runtime.UDFMethod$ReturnTypeFilter.invoke(UDFMethod.java:360)
at coldfusion.runtime.UDFMethod$ArgumentCollectionFilter.invoke(UDFMethod.java:324)
at coldfusion.filter.FunctionAccessFilter.invoke(FunctionAccessFilter.java:59)
at coldfusion.runtime.UDFMethod.runFilterChain(UDFMethod.java:277)
at coldfusion.runtime.UDFMethod.invoke(UDFMethod.java:463)
at coldfusion.runtime.TemplateProxy.invoke(TemplateProxy.java:453)
at coldfusion.runtime.TemplateProxy.invoke(TemplateProxy.java:320)
at coldfusion.runtime.CfJspPage._invoke(CfJspPage.java:2222)
at coldfusion.tagext.lang.InvokeTag.doEndTag(InvokeTag.java:358)
at cfspecialalerts2ecfm807312873.runPage(D:\Inetpub\DomainID182157\quicklinks\specialalerts.cfm:179)
at coldfusion.runtime.CfJspPage.invoke(CfJspPage.java:196)
at coldfusion.tagext.lang.IncludeTag.doStartTag(IncludeTag.java:388)
at coldfusion.filter.CfincludeFilter.invoke(CfincludeFilter.java:65)
at coldfusion.filter.ApplicationFilter.invoke(ApplicationFilter.java:288)
at coldfusion.filter.RequestMonitorFilter.invoke(RequestMonitorFilter.java:48)
at coldfusion.filter.MonitoringFilter.invoke(MonitoringFilter.java:40)
at coldfusion.filter.PathFilter.invoke(PathFilter.java:86)
at coldfusion.filter.ExceptionFilter.invoke(ExceptionFilter.java:70)
at coldfusion.filter.ClientScopePersistenceFilter.invoke(ClientScopePersistenceFilter.java:28)
at coldfusion.filter.BrowserFilter.invoke(BrowserFilter.java:38)
at coldfusion.filter.NoCacheFilter.invoke(NoCacheFilter.java:46)
at coldfusion.filter.GlobalsFilter.invoke(GlobalsFilter.java:38)
at coldfusion.filter.DatasourceFilter.invoke(DatasourceFilter.java:22)
at coldfusion.CfmServlet.service(CfmServlet.java:175)
at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapServlet.service(BootstrapServlet.java:89)
at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.doFilter(FilterChain.java:86)
at com.intergral.fusionreactor.filter.FusionReactorFilter.b(FusionReactorFilter.java:376)
at com.intergral.fusionreactor.filter.FusionReactorFilter.c(FusionReactorFilter.java:254)
at com.intergral.fusionreactor.filter.FusionReactorFilter.doFilter(FusionReactorFilter.java:164)
at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.doFilter(FilterChain.java:94)
at coldfusion.monitor.event.MonitoringServletFilter.doFilter(MonitoringServletFilter.java:42)
at coldfusion.bootstrap.BootstrapFilter.doFilter(BootstrapFilter.java:46)
at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.doFilter(FilterChain.java:94)
at jrun.servlet.FilterChain.service(FilterChain.java:101)
at jrun.servlet.ServletInvoker.invoke(ServletInvoker.java:106)
at jrun.servlet.JRunInvokerChain.invokeNext(JRunInvokerChain.java:42)
at jrun.servlet.JRunRequestDispatcher.invoke(JRunRequestDispatcher.java:286)
at jrun.servlet.ServletEngineService.dispatch(ServletEngineService.java:543)
at jrun.servlet.jrpp.JRunProxyService.invokeRunnable(JRunProxyService.java:203)
at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$DownstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:320)
at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$ThreadThrottle.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:428)
at jrunx.scheduler.ThreadPool$UpstreamMetrics.invokeRunnable(ThreadPool.java:266)
at jrunx.scheduler.WorkerThread.run(WorkerThread.java:66)
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CF_CFPAGE
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| LINE |
588
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| RAW_TRACE |
at cfrss2ecfc1176165916$funcGETXML.runFunction(D:\Inetpub\DomainID182157\com\rss.cfc:588)
|
| TEMPLATE |
D:\Inetpub\DomainID182157\com\rss.cfc
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CFML
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| 2 |
| struct |
|---|
| COLUMN |
0
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| ID |
CF_UDFMETHOD
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| LINE |
198
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| RAW_TRACE |
at cfrss2ecfc1176165916$funcGETENTRIES.runFunction(D:\Inetpub\DomainID182157\com\rss.cfc:198)
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| TEMPLATE |
D:\Inetpub\DomainID182157\com\rss.cfc
|
| TYPE |
CFML
|
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| 3 |
| struct |
|---|
| COLUMN |
0
|
| ID |
CFINVOKE
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| LINE |
179
|
| RAW_TRACE |
at cfspecialalerts2ecfm807312873.runPage(D:\Inetpub\DomainID182157\quicklinks\specialalerts.cfm:179)
|
| TEMPLATE |
D:\Inetpub\DomainID182157\quicklinks\specialalerts.cfm
|
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CFML
|
|
|
| Type |
Expression
|
| proc |
Parsing
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| struct |
|---|
| AUTH_PASSWORD |
[empty string]
|
| AUTH_TYPE |
[empty string]
|
| AUTH_USER |
[empty string]
|
| CERT_COOKIE |
[empty string]
|
| CERT_FLAGS |
[empty string]
|
| CERT_ISSUER |
[empty string]
|
| CERT_KEYSIZE |
[empty string]
|
| CERT_SECRETKEYSIZE |
[empty string]
|
| CERT_SERIALNUMBER |
[empty string]
|
| CERT_SERVER_ISSUER |
[empty string]
|
| CERT_SERVER_SUBJECT |
[empty string]
|
| CERT_SUBJECT |
[empty string]
|
| CF_TEMPLATE_PATH |
D:\Inetpub\DomainID182157\quicklinks\specialalerts.cfm
|
| CONTENT_LENGTH |
0
|
| CONTENT_TYPE |
[empty string]
|
| CONTEXT_PATH |
[empty string]
|
| GATEWAY_INTERFACE |
CGI/1.1
|
| HTTPS |
off
|
| HTTPS_KEYSIZE |
[empty string]
|
| HTTPS_SECRETKEYSIZE |
[empty string]
|
| HTTPS_SERVER_ISSUER |
[empty string]
|
| HTTPS_SERVER_SUBJECT |
[empty string]
|
| HTTP_ACCEPT |
text/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5
|
| HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING |
gzip
|
| HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE |
en-us,en;q=0.5
|
| HTTP_CONNECTION |
close
|
| HTTP_COOKIE |
[empty string]
|
| HTTP_HOST |
www.phd1.idaho.gov
|
| HTTP_REFERER |
[empty string]
|
| HTTP_USER_AGENT |
CCBot/1.0 (+http://www.commoncrawl.org/bot.html)
|
| PATH_INFO |
/quicklinks/specialalerts.cfm
|
| PATH_TRANSLATED |
D:\Inetpub\DomainID182157\quicklinks\specialalerts.cfm
|
| QUERY_STRING |
[empty string]
|
| REMOTE_ADDR |
38.107.191.102
|
| REMOTE_HOST |
38.107.191.102
|
| REMOTE_USER |
[empty string]
|
| REQUEST_METHOD |
GET
|
| SCRIPT_NAME |
/quicklinks/specialalerts.cfm
|
| SERVER_NAME |
www.phd1.idaho.gov
|
| SERVER_PORT |
80
|
| SERVER_PORT_SECURE |
0
|
| SERVER_PROTOCOL |
HTTP/1.1
|
| SERVER_SOFTWARE |
Microsoft-IIS/6.0
|
| WEB_SERVER_API |
[empty string]
|