Posts Tagged ‘CDC’
Flu Season Reaching Peak
While the flu season got off to a slow start in the United States last fall, influenza is now circulating in all 50 states and is widespread in 37, health officials report. Of the three confirmed flu viruses -- influenza A H1N1, influenza A H3N2 and influenza B -- the H3N2 strain has predominated, but all three are circulating, according to the [...]
Major Outbreak Of Whooping Cough Expected
Cases of whooping cough, caused by the bacteria Bordetella pertussis, have been cropping up all over the nation. As of two weeks ago, almost 10,000 new cases of pertussis had been reported in 2010, almost surpassing the total number of cases reported in 2009. Public health experts are warning local health departments that this fall and winter [...]
Decline In Teen Smoking Hits Plateau
Data from the National Youth Tobacco Survey indicates the decline in teen smoking is leveling off. The biennial report showed that between 2000 and 2009, cigarette smoking rates declined from 28 percent to 17.2 percent among high school students, and from 11 percent to 5.2 percent among middle school students. However, the researchers from the [...]
