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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a serious public health problem. New infections continue to occur, and morbidity and mortality are increasing among an estimated 2.7-3.9 million persons in the United States living with HCV infection. Most persons are unaware of their infection status. Existing CDC guidelines for laboratory testing and reporting ...

Teen childbearing has potential negative health, economic, and social consequences for mother and child. Repeat teen childbearing further constrains the mother's education and employment possibilities. Rates of preterm and low birth weight are higher in teens with a repeat birth, compared with first births.

Enterobacteriaceae are a family of bacteria that commonly cause infections in health-care settings as well as in the community. Among Enterobacteriaceae, resistance to broad-spectrum carbapenem antimicrobials has been uncommon. Over the past decade, however, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) have been recognized in health-care settings ...

Cigarette smoking remains the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the United States. Despite overall declines in cigarette smoking, a high prevalence of smoking persists among certain subpopulations, including persons with mental illness.

Binge drinking is a dangerous behavior but is not widely recognized as a women's health problem. Drinking too much - including binge drinking - results in about 23,000 deaths in women and girls each year. Binge drinking increases the chances of breast cancer, heart disease, sexually transmitted diseases, unintended pregnancy, and many other health ...

About 50,000 people are infected with HIVeach year, and 1 in 4 is 13 to 24 years old.Youth make up 7% of the more than 1 million people in the US living with HIV. About 12,000 youth were infected with HIV in 2010. The greatest number of infections occurred among gay and bisexual youth. Nearly half of all new infections among youth occur in African ...

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the United States (2005-2009). Breast cancer deaths are going down the fastest among white women compared to women of other races and ethnicities. Black women have the highest death rates of all racial and ethnic groups and are 40% more likely to die of breast cancer than whi ...

The percentage of teens in high school who drink and drive has decreased by more than half since 1991, but more can be done. Nearly one million high school teens drank alcohol and got behind the wheel in 2011. Teen drivers are 3 times more likely than more experienced drivers to be in a fatal crash. Drinking any alcohol greatly increases this risk ...

Public fact sheet detailing methods for blood pressure control to prevent heart disease and stroke.

Fact sheet highlighting the use and abuse of methadone as a painkiller.

Public fact sheet discussing prevention of child injuries.

Fact sheet highlighting the challenges of reducing sodium in the American diet. It explains the link between high-sodium diets and heart disease and vascular diseases and points out that the source of much of the sodium in American diets is due to processed foods and restaurant foods. The factsheet lists methods to choose foods with less sodium and ...

Binge drinking accounts for more than half of the estimated 80,000 average annual deaths and three quarters of $223.5 billion in economic costs resulting from excessive alcohol consumption in the United States.

An estimated 1.2 million persons in the United States were living with human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) infection in 2008. Improving survival of persons with HIV and reducing transmission involve a continuum ofservices that includes diagnosis (HIV testing), linkage to and retention in HIV medical care, and ongoing HIV preventioninterventions, incl ...

Overdose deaths involving opioid pain relievers (OPR), also known as opioid analgesics, have increased and now exceed deaths involving heroin and cocaine combined. This report describes the use and abuse of OPR by state.

Alcohol-impaired driving crashes account for nearly 11,000 crash fatalities, or about one third of all crash fatalities in the United States.CDC analyzed data from the 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey to obtain the prevalence, episodes, and rates of alcohol-impaired driving (defined as driving "when you've had perhaps too much ...

CDC is often the first call when outbreaks strike globally, thanks to the trusted relationships CDC has built over time with governments, Ministries of Health, and other partners. In a year marked by multiple deadly infectious disease threats, CDC's global health investments have proven more valuable than ever. In 2024, CDC responded to:• New and e ...

A previously conducted national survey of restaurant inspection programs associated the practice of disclosing inspection results to consumers at the restaurant point of service (POS) with fewer foodborne outbreaks. We used data from the national Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System (FDOSS) to assess the reproducibility of the survey resu ...

Standardized Utilization Ratio data for the 2024 HAI Progress Report ( Long- term acute care hospitals): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is committed to protecting patients and healthcare personnel from adverse healthcare events and promoting safety, quality, and value in healthcare delivery. Preventing healthcare-associated in ...

Standardized Utilization Ratio data for the 2024 HAI Progress Report (Inpatient Rehabilitation): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is committed to protecting patients and healthcare personnel from adverse healthcare events and promoting safety, quality, and value in healthcare delivery. Preventing healthcare-associated infections ...