Centers for Disease Control and Prevention News

That's the message the vast majority of Americans send to the smokers within their social circle, a new study finds.

Despite a study from the Centers for Disease Control that found fecal bacteria in more than half of the water samples taken from metro Atlanta public swimming pools , Cobb officials said the county's pools are safe.

When Amtrak unveils the first of 70 new locomotives Monday at a plant in California, it will mark what the national passenger railroad service hopes will be a new era of better reliability, streamlined maintenance and better energy efficiency.

Middle-aged men who stayed fit were less likely to die from three common cancers after being diagnosed than those who were out of shape, research found.

The only H7N9 patient so far in Taiwan was carrying two strains of the same virus, with one being drug resistant and the other not, making it tricky to treat to him, doctors said yesterday.

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley recently declared May as Lyme Disease Awareness Month, but a diagnosis can be hard to come by in the state.

According to the CDC, the figures from their tests of polls conducted during last summer's swim season showed about 58 percent of the samples tested positive for E. coli and bacteria typically found in human feces.

A new virus in the same family as SARS -- found for the first time in humans in recent months -- has infected 40 people, most of them in the Middle East.

A new virus in the same family as SARS -- found for the first time in humans in recent months -- has infected 40 people, most of them in the Middle East.

And the rate is increasing, said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which produced the study, released Thursday.

The Will County Health Department is asking residents to help minimize the public's risk of West Nile Virus by reporting dead bird sightings.

After reading an unknown girl's blog post, Jackie Rosas, 18 years old, alerted her local police department in Cathedral City, Calif.

It is completely official. The Centers for Disease Control announced this week that 2012 was a terrible year for West Nile Virus - actually the worst ever - and warns that it may happen again.

As many as one in five American children under the age of 17 has a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year, according to a new federal report.

Researchers have found that some predatory bacteria like Bdellovibrio, which latch onto prey and develop within it, could help wipe out superbugs.

Concord, NH - The Immunization Program in the Division of Public Health Services at the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services celebrates the second New Hampshire Childhood Immunization Champion, Angela Smith.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta states that the human immune system, also referred to as the Lymphatic system, is the body's first line of defense against infections and disease.

Before you fire up the grill for some great summer meals, Consumer Reports has a caution: The beef you buy may have been tenderized by machines, and that process can introduce potentially deadly bacteria into your food.

If you want to lower your risk of having a heart attack or stroke, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says there are six foods you may not want to put on your menu.

May is Mental Health Month. Our collective mental health is a crucial topic for us to discuss all the time.