disease control and prevention

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.


 

Mortality High in Native Alaskan Infants (CME/CE)

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Fri, 01/13/2012 - 10:00

(MedPage Today) -- Mortality rates in the postneonatal period -- between one month and one year of age, when many deaths are preventable -- remain persistently high among Native Alaskans, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


 

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.