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About 2.4 million cases of tobacco-related cancers were diagnosed in the U.S. from 1999 to 2004, says the CDC.

Childhood vaccination rates are high, with less than 1% of kids not getting any vaccines by age 19-35 months, the CDC reports.

More than one in 20 Americans aged 12 and older are currently depressed, according to the latest statistics from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.

CDC: In 2006, 37% of U.S. high schools pushed junk food such as candy and fatty chips. But that's down from 53% of schools in 2004.

The Salmonella saintpaul outbreak first tied to tomatoes and then to jalapeno peppers is over, having sickened at least 1,442 people, says the CDC.

ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- The CDC and FDA declared an official end today to this summer's seemingly interminable outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul infection, but questions lingered about whether the hunt for the index microbe was slow and slipshod.

The government said Thursday that the salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 1,440 people appears to be over, but its ultimate source may never be known

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 1,440 people appears to be over....

ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- The CDC has identified 236 human cases of West Nile Virus illness in 28 states so far this year.

ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- More measles cases have been reported in the first seven months of this year than have been reported in any seven-month period since 1996, the CDC said today.