CDC Influenza Expert Selected as Federal Employee of the Year
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006Growing 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…
Archive for September, 2006
Almost Half of Hospitals Experience Crowded Emergency Departments
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006Between 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.
CDC Recommends Routine, Voluntary HIV Screening in Health Care Settings
Thursday, September 21st, 2006New recommendations designed to increase early diagnosis of HIV infection as a pathway to improved treatment and prevention
People with Disabilities Are Less Healthy than those without Disabilities
Wednesday, September 13th, 2006New Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on
Health of People with Disabilities
More than 100 Million Doses of Influenza Vaccine Expected To Be Available This Year Almost all providers should have some vaccine in October
Wednesday, September 6th, 2006The 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.
Annual Report to the Nation Finds Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop; Lower Cancer Rates Observed in U.S. Latino Populations
Wednesday, September 6th, 2006A 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” […]