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In a digital press kit released today, CDC reviews the most pressing public health challenges of 2015 and previews plans for 2016.

In a digital press kit released today, CDC reviews the most pressing public health challenges of 2015 and previews plans for 2016.

Today, the White House released the "National Action Plan to Combat Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB)". This plan is a crucial step to address MDR TB, a growing public health threat that reflects missed opportunities to find, cure, and

Today, the White House released the "National Action Plan to Combat Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB)". This plan is a crucial step to address MDR TB, a growing public health threat that reflects missed opportunities to find, cure, and

On Dec. 22, 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will remove Sierra Leone from the list of nations affected by Ebola that are subject to enhanced visa and port-of-entry screening.

On Dec. 22, 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will remove Sierra Leone from the list of nations affected by Ebola that are subject to enhanced visa and port-of-entry screening.

From 2000 to 2014 nearly half a million Americans died from drug overdoses. Opioid overdose deaths, including both opioid pain relievers and heroin, hit record levels in 2014, with an alarming 14 percent increase in just one year, according to new

From 2000 to 2014 nearly half a million Americans died from drug overdoses. Opioid overdose deaths, including both opioid pain relievers and heroin, hit record levels in 2014, with an alarming 14 percent increase in just one year, according to new

More than a third of American adults are eligible to take cholesterol-lowering medications under the current guidelines or were already taking them - but nearly half of them are not, according to a report by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

More than a third of American adults are eligible to take cholesterol-lowering medications under the current guidelines or were already taking them - but nearly half of them are not, according to a report by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention