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A rise in temperature and sunny weather are forecast for this weekend, raising expectations for one last spring trip out of the city.

Bug off It might not be West Nile season yet, but here are precautions you can take just in case: Use insect repellents when you go outdoors -- specifically repellents containing DEET, picaridin, IR3535 and para-menthan-diol. These repellents provide longer-lasting protection than some other products.

This file photo shows the Inside of one of 2,100 dialysis centers owned by Fresenius Medical Care in North America.

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Over the past ten years, the rate of mental health disorders in American children has been rising, according to a new study.

As she flipped through the cemetery register, Mary Blakely's eyes filled with tears.

CDC provides tools to help all U.S. dialysis facilities reduce potentially deadly infections The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released results of its Dialysis Bloodstream Infection Prevention Collaborative showing a 32 percent decrease in overall bloodstream infections and a 54 percent decrease in vascular access-related ... (more)

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.