centers for disease control

Alarming number die of overdoses

NYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News  Sun, 02/12/2012 - 23:54

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says fatal overdoses now kill more Americans than car crashes.


 

More teen boys using condoms: study

NYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News  Wed, 10/12/2011 - 17:30

More teenage boys today are using condoms than youths did a decade ago, a new study says. Roughly 80% of boys said they used a condom when they first had sex, up from 71% in 2002, the Centers for Disease Control found.


 

Tainted cantaloupe linked to 4 deaths; toll could rise

NYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News  Tue, 09/20/2011 - 08:33

Killer melons from Colorado have caused four deaths across the U.S. - and more could be coming, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.


 

Man bitten by vampire bat becomes first confirmed vampire bat ra...

NYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News  Mon, 08/15/2011 - 13:16

A Mexican farm worker bitten by a vampire bat last year was the first person in the U.S. to die from a vampire bat rabies virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced.


 

Health survey to include Bronx residents

NYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News  Tue, 04/26/2011 - 11:38

The Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today brings to the Bronx what is being called the most extensive health survey taken in the U.S.