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The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A top-ranking official of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says production of a vaccine for swine flu virus is behind schedule and people should take precautionary steps to prevent its spread.
The number of deaths involving methadone has jumped nearly sevenfold from 1999 to 2006 — more than from any other opioid analgesic, a new federal report says.
Less than 10 percent of U.S. high school students are eating the combined recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables, a finding that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called "poor" in a report Tuesday.
Nearly 45,000 deaths a year in the U.S. are associated with lack of health insurance, up from a previous estimate of about 18,000, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard Medical School.
Influenza is circulating unusually early this year with cases in all 50 states — nearly all the swine flu variety, government health officials said Friday.
Government health officials are urging people not to panic over estimates of 90,000 people dying from swine flu this fall. "Everything we've seen in the U.S. and everything we've seen around the world suggests we won't see that kind of number if the virus doesn't change," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
You may be ingesting more during those romantic, candlelit dinners than a nice cabernet and a lamb chop. Side of benzene, anyone?
The percentage of Americans with private health insurance has hit its lowest mark in 50 years, according to two new government reports.
With swine flu continuing to spread around the world, researchers say they have found the reason it is — so far — more a series of local blazes than a wide-raging wildfire.
Inching closer to a swine flu vaccine, the government is beginning to analyze two candidates for the key ingredient to brew one.
Key developments on swine flu outbreaks, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization and government officials:
For seven years, Dr. Thomas Frieden has been the nagging conscience of the nation's biggest city, the man who made sure New Yorkers couldn't smoke in bars or eat french fries cooked in artery-clogging trans fats.
Pregnant women should take prescription flu medicines if they are diagnosed with the new swine flu, health officials said Tuesday.
Key developments on swine flu outbreaks, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization and government officials:
In a high-tech shift accelerated by the recession, the number of U.S. households opting for only cell phones has for the first time surpassed those that just have traditional landlines.
Already grumbling about the false stigma of the name “swine flu,” pork farmers and agricultural officials have another message for Americans: Don’t infect our pigs.
Key developments on swine flu outbreaks, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization and government officials:
Hundreds of schools scattered around the country closed as the nation's swine flu caseload passed 100 Thursday, and U.S. authorities said they eventually could produce enough vaccine for everyone if necessary — but that shots couldn't begin until fall at the earliest.
An Atlanta attorney at the center of an international health scare when he flew to Europe for his wedding even though he was infected with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis is suing federal health officials, claiming they invaded his privacy.
President Barack Obama pledged "great vigilance" in confronting the swine flu outbreak Wednesday night as it began hitting home across the U.S. The outbreak spread to 11 states and closed schools amid confirmation of the first U.S. death — a Mexican toddler who visited Texas with his family — and the confinement of dozens of Marines after one came down with the disease in California.
The acting head of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention says the confirmed death of a toddler in Texas is a tragic development, but that it's too soon to say just how fast the swine flu virus is spreading.
Weeks before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization alerted the public to a growing number of swine flu cases, a startup based in Seattle's suburbs already had a hunch something was up.
Worried patients suffering fever, cough, sniffles and other symptoms crowded emergency departments across the United States over the weekend as word of a widening swine flu outbreak spread, doctors on the frontlines reported.
The federal government is preparing a travel advisory instructing Americans to avoid nonessential travel to Mexico, the acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
In a recent MSN news article about the coming availability of new vaccines for Alzheimers, AIDS, and Herpes it was quiet clearly spelled out that the development and manufacturing of vaccines had been put on a back burner because it simply didn't produce enough profit for the dru …
Regenstrief tapped to combat potentially catastrophic disease outbreaksINDIANAPOLIS -- The Centers for Disease Control has awarded the Indiana University School of Medicine a $2.6 million initial contract with the possibility of nearly $10 million in funding over five years to accelerate the real-time ability of local, state and regional entities to …
Mommyhood by the numbers A new mathematical model could help women decide the optimal time in their lives to have kids. This stand-in decision-maker takes into account social interests and professional goals, indicating, for instance, that career gals should start early.
Global Warming Is The New AIDS The left is always looking for an injustice to place squarely upon the shoulders of rich white men. In the case of AIDS, white politicians are demonized if they fail to confiscate more wealth from their rich white constituents to fund more AIDS research.
Flu Shots are for Idiots But, personally, before I do anything like submit myself to having a needle jammed in my arm that I have to pay for, I always ask myself, is there any evidence that this is going to actually help ME?
School Calls in Medical ExpertSix days ago, it was reported that some students at a large high school in Roanoke, Virginia, were experiencing strange symptoms. The Roanoke school superintendent and the high school have not identified the symptoms, angering some parents, worrying more.
Causes of Death Are Linked to a Person's Weight - New York TimesAbout two years ago, a group of federal researchers reported that overweight people have a lower death rate than people who are normal weight, underweight or obese. Now, investigating further, they found out which diseases are more likely to lead to death in each weight group.
Today it's staph -- tomorrow, who knows You might want to wash your hands after reading this.
Effectiveness of this year's flu vaccine questionedBy ALAN BAVLEY The Kansas City Star Flu vaccine is plentiful this season. Distribution is going smoothly. No long, anxious lines at flu clinics. No problem, right? Well, maybe.
Most OK with birth control at school, poll finds surprise, despite media coverage to the contrary, maybe bc isn't so alien in schools to freeking 6th graders after all!
Our Toxic Legacy Series - USATODAY.comMILWAUKEE — The house is not the biggest on the block, but Blanca de la Cruz's brick bungalow, on a quiet street south of downtown, is swept and tidy, with twin pots of vivid pink petunias hanging from the front porch.
Governments urged to make killer bugs a priority A killer bacteria known as MRSA has been a growing problem for years, particularly in hospitals and nursing homes.
Two reports show "superbug" bacteria spread. By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor. Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:17pm EDTThe number of cases of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are rising. Also in ear infections. It was estimated that "94,360 invasive MRSA infections occurred in the United States in 2005; these infections were associated with death in 18,650 cases."
Still Losing the AIDS FightOn the day you read this column, an estimated 12,000 people worldwide will contract HIV. Ninety percent of them, about 10,800 people, will not learn they are infected until full-blown AIDS hits them -- in 2015.
Deadly mystery disease follows troops home Infections seen in military hospitals in Iraq spread to U.S
Deadly mystery disease follows troops homeThe young American Army medic would not stop bleeding. He had been put on a powerful regimen of antibiotics by doctors aboard the hospital ship Comfort in the Persian Gulf. But something was wrong.
China Rushes to Halt Bird Flu Among DucksBEIJING, Sept. 18 -- China scrambled to respond Tuesday to an outbreak of bird flu among ducks in the southern city of Guangzhou. But as officials sought to reassure the public, there were signs that China was reluctant to release details about a possible health threat.
Congo's Ebola Outbreak Could Be Worst in YearsJOHANNESBURG, Sept. 18 -- International medical personnel and supplies are being airlifted to a remote region of central Congo to combat what threatens to become the world's most serious outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in years.
BBC NEWS | Africa | Major Ebola outbreak in DR CongoMajor Ebola outbreak in DR Congo More than 200 people died in a previous outbreak in Kikwit An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been confirmed by the World Health Organization in Kasai province. At least 166 people have died and WHO …
Ebola Outbreak Feared in CongoUnited Nations officials reported an outbreak of Ebola virus in central Congo today and were rushing supplies and doctors into the region to contain the outbreak.
Fear on the FarmHow terrorists could use our own agricultural systems against us.
Katrina: a Reality Check for All Towns Katrina did more than claim lives and property.
Our girls are not guinea pigs - Is an upcoming mass inoculation of a generation unnecessary and potentially dangerous?...Emily's story is only one of 1,637 complaints involving Gardasil, filed as of May to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), a national surveillance database sponsored by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC …
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