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According to the latest CDC Vital Signs report, pregnancy-related deaths can occur during pregnancy, at delivery, and even up to a year afterward (post-partum). Every pregnancy-related death is tragic, and 60 percent are preventable. New data take a

"While small construction firms are particularly hard hit, we encourage all leaders in the construction industry to make fall prevention and the safety of construction workers their highest priority," said NIOSH Director John Howard, M.D. "Addressing

Transcript for the CDC Telebriefing on the National Update on Measles outbreak.

As CDC Director and as a physician, I have and continue to wholeheartedly advocate for infant immunization. More importantly, as a father and grandfather I have ensured all of my children and grandchildren are vaccinated on the recommended schedule

A CDC investigation update of a multistate outbreak of E. coli O103 infections has been posted https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2019/o103-04-19/index.html.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold its 68th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference April 29-May 2, 2019 in Atlanta.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will discuss the latest measles case counts in the United States-and the importance of on-time vaccination and being vaccinated to protect against measles before international travel-as part of

A CDC food safety alert update about a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to pre-cut melons has been updated.

As of 3 p.m. today, April 24, 2019, CDC is reporting 695 cases of measles from 22 states. This is the greatest number of cases reported in the United States since measles was eliminated from this country in 2000.