Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States, and heart attacks are a major category of heart disease; someone in the United States has a heart attack every 40 seconds (1). February is American Heart Month, an id...

Bacteria of the genus Shigella cause approximately 500,000 illnesses each year in the United States. Diarrhea (sometimes bloody), fever, and stomach cramps typically start 1-2 days after exposure and usually resolve in 5-7 days. For patients with sev...

Each February, the observance of American Heart Month helps raise awareness of ways to stay heart healthy and prevent heart disease. For 30 years, the number of deaths from heart disease, the number one killer of persons in the United States, decline...

American Heart Month — February 2019 — Awareness of Heart Attack Symptoms and Response Among Adults — United States, 2008, 2014, and 2017 / Jing Fang, MD; Cecily Luncheon, MD, DrPH; Carma Ayala, PhD; et al. — Actions in Support of Newborn Scr...