The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a health advisory as a response to recent reports of increases in human exposure to rabid or possible rabid animals. Locally, two bats collected ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention functions as the primary federal agency responsible for protecting public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease.
CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries provides money and technical assistance for population-based registries that collect information about cancer cases, allowing public-health officials to ...
Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...
Public health relies on data – whether it is tracking the effectiveness of a given year’s flu vaccine, monitoring blood lead levels around the country or estimating the prevalence of diabetes. This ...
Prevention means giving parents access to the support they need before stress and difficulties become a crisis.
As autumn arrives, CHI Health Good Samaritan is urging older adults and caregivers to take simple preventive steps to avoid accidental falls.
Sept. 22 marked Falls Prevention Awareness Day, and the numbers behind it deserve more attention than they get.