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AÂ study recently released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that 3.08 million (11.3%) U.S. middle and high …
More than 3 Million Youth Reported Using a Tobacco Product in 2022 Read More
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released updated and expanded recommendations for clinicians providing pain care for adult outpatients with short- and long-term pain. These clinical recommendations, …
CDC Releases Updated Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain Read More
Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) adults in the United States are more likely to be hospitalized with flu, as well as less likely to be vaccinated against flu, …
CDC Working to Increase Flu Vaccination Rates Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released federal data from the 2022 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) on e-cigarette …
2.5 Million Middle and High School Students Are Using E-Cigarettes Read More
Nineteen states and two territories have at least 35% of residents with adult obesity – more than doubling the number of states with a high obesity prevalence since 2018 – …
CDC: 19 States Have Adult Obesity Rates of 35 Percent or More Read More
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced the Monkeypox Vaccine Equity Pilot Program to increase access to monkeypox vaccine for at-risk populations. The new pilot program will …
CDC Announces New Monkeypox Vaccine Equity Pilot Program Read More
On Thursday, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendations for use of updated COVID-19 boosters from Pfizer-BioNTech for people ages …
COVID-19 Booster Recommendations Updated Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that the demand for N95 respirators is no longer greater than the available supply. This means that there is now increased domestic …
FDA Removes N95 Respirators from Shortage List Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — CDC has streamlined its COVID-19 guidance to help people better understand their risk, how to protect themselves and others, what actions to take if exposed to COVID-19, …
Get the Facts About COVID-19 and CDC’s New Guidance Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 2020, overdose death rates (number of drug overdose deaths per 100,000 people) increased 44 percent for Black* people and 39 percent for American Indian and Alaska …
COVID-19 Pandemic Exacerbates Drug Overdose Deaths Read More