US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
More Than 100 MILLION Americans Have Diabetes, Report Reveals
Almost a third of the US population - 100 million people - either has diabetes or pre-diabetes, a new federal report...
Diabetes Or Its Precursor Affects 100 Million Americans
Almost one-third of the US population -- 100 million people -- either has diabetes or its precursor condition, known as...
Zika Birth Defects In 5 Percent of Infected Women In US Islands
Five percent of women in the US territories who were infected with the Zika virus while pregnant had fetus or babies...
US Deaths From Alzheimer’s Soar 55 Percent Since 1999
Deaths from Alzheimer's in America have soared 55 percent since 1999, as the burden of this fatal form of dementia...
Light Cigarettes Linked To Specific Form of Lung Cancer
So-called "light" cigarettes with holes in the filter could be the reason why a specific kind of lung cancer has been...
Life Expectancy For Black Americans Is Four Years Below Whites
African-Americans have made gains in life expectancy but major disparities remain in the United States, where blacks...
More Exercise For Kids Could Save US Billions On Health
Increasing the number of young children who exercise for just under a half hour a few times a week could save tens of...
US To Run Out of Yellow Fever Vaccine Later This Year
The United States will run out of vaccine for yellow fever by mid-2017, and travelers may find it hard to get...
Dead Bat Found In Florida Prepackaged Salad
US health authorities on Monday studied the remains of a dead bat discovered inside a prepackaged salad mix sold in...
Lethal Nerve Gas That Kills In Minutes
The United States believes the Syrian government employed a sarin-like nerve agent in Tuesday's deadly attack in the...
One In 10 US Women With Zika Had Deformed Fetus Or Baby
About one in 10 women in the United States who were infected with Zika virus while pregnant had a fetus or baby with...
One In 10 US Women With Zika Had Deformed Fetus Or Baby
About one in 10 women in the United States who were infected with Zika virus while pregnant had a fetus or baby with...
Kids Exposed To Lead Show Less Intelligence As Adults
Children in New Zealand who were exposed to high levels of lead have grown up to be less intelligent adults than their...
UN Drugs Body Takes Aim At Fentanyl
A UN drugs body moved Thursday to crack down on the production of chemicals made to use illicit fentanyl, a powerful...
Raw Milk Cheese Linked To Two Listeria Deaths In US
Two people have died and several more have fallen ill following an outbreak of listeria linked to recalled cheese in...
Is Yellow Fever the New Zika Virus?
Health experts fear a random outbreak of yellow fever in Brazil could affect millions if it isn't contained. The entire...
Birth Defects Jump Twentyfold In Zika-Hit Mothers
Pregnant women infected with the Zika virus last year were 20 times more likely to bear children with birth defects...