The survey, jointly conducted by the China Center for Disease Control, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization, shows that seven out of 10 adults reported being exposed to secondhand smoke in a typical week.
The average American is 36 times more likely to die from heart disease than be murdered, six times more likely to die in an accident and four times more likely to die from Alzheimer's disease, according to data compiled by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
These programs were funded by large groups such as the Pan American Health Organization, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and U.S President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
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"Most authorities would still recommend use of other preventive methods such as condoms, " even if the HIV-positive sexual partner is on antiretroviral treatment, Kevin De Cock, director of the Center for Global Health at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, wrote in an email.
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Its elimination has been on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control list of priorities since 1999.
Even the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have gotten into the act.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides national guidelines for dental offices to help prevent the spread of infections.
Currently, more than half of all U.S. adults are considered overweight or obese, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also maintains an excellent collection of resources on mass casualty event preparedness and response.
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative also includes the World Health Organization, Rotary International, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and UNICEF.
"The H7N9 situation is evolving very quickly, " said Nancy Cox, director of the Influenza Division at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Though commonly known as "stomach flu, " it is not caused by the influenza virus, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently recommended Prevenar 13 for adults aged 19 years or older with impaired immune system.
It is commonly known as "stomach flu, " but is not caused by the influenza virus, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Recognizing the rapid maturity of HIV medical, behavioral and social sciences, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now considers HIV a winnable battle.
In the United States, the carriers of hantavirus are deer mice, cotton rats, rice rats and white-footed mice, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
From a peak of 1, 650 cases in 1991, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the number is now down to fewer than 200 a year.
Authorities said one test detected a pig-borne disease in the river called porcine circovirus, but that doesn't normally affect humans, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Institutions say they are calling former patients and offering free testing, and that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is helping state health officers and hospitals tackle the problem.
Dr. Philip Graitcer, a former influenza epidemiologist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said there was no public health reason to isolate people simply because they are Mexican.
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The bacteria, known as C. difficile, causes about 500, 000 infections and 30, 000 deaths a year in the U.S., mostly among people in hospitals and the elderly, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
Of the 42 states that have reported infections in people, birds or mosquitoes, 80% of them have been in Texas, Mississippi and Oklahoma, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement.
Natural hazards killed 21, 491 people in the U.S. between 1979 and 2004, according to a study by epidemiologists from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released earlier this year in the journal Disasters.
Chinese officials have said they are working closely with the World Health Organization, while the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said on its website this week that it is working with others on developing an H7N9 vaccine.
The issue is a source of concern since about 17 percent of U.S. children and teens are obese and another 15 percent are overweight, according to 2010 data by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The hot zone for exposure is generally two seats beside, in front of and behind you, according to a study in July in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
If anything, this most recent outbreak in Europe points to how strong our own food-safety system is, and not just because the nationwide reach and capabilities of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control is unmatched elsewhere in the world.
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Young people ages 13 to 24 account for 26 percent of all new HIV infections, according to the report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which was released on Tuesday in advance of World AIDS Day on December 1.
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But diagnosis in an individual who has only recently been infected can be difficult since early symptoms, such as red eyes and skin rash, are seen more frequently in patients who have more common diseases, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Previous reports have focused on higher rates of binge drinking among males, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in its report, aims to raise awareness of binge drinking among women as a serious problem that's held steady for more than a decade.
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