U.S. Outpatient Surgeries on the Rise
The number of outpatient surgery visits in the United States increased from 20.8 million visits in 1996 to 34.7 million visits in 2006, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Nation s Childhood Immunization Rates Remain at or above record levels
New estimates show adolescent rates below nation s 2010 goals…
New Resource for Preventing Diabetes in African-Americans
A new diabetes prevention resource designed to encourage and help faith-based and community organizations get actively involved in deterring preventable diabetes among African-Americans was released by the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), a joint venture of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health. …
CDC Telebriefing on Investigation of Human Cases of H1N1 Flu
CDC will host a telephone-only briefing to discuss an update in the investigation of cases of H1N1 Flu.


