(HealthDay)—Use of prescription drugs is similar in the United States and Canada, with almost 70 percent of adults aged 40
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Eight in ten Americans want less nicotine in cigarettes: CDC
(HealthDay)—No matter the age, race, gender, education or income level, most Americans favor forcing tobacco companies to lower nicotine levels
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Salmonella outbreak connected to backyard poultry expands to 41 states, sickens hundreds: CDC
Chickens peck fox to death, because they’re dinosaurs After sneaking into a chicken coop at a farm school in Brittany,
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E. coli outbreak likely linked to ground beef, CDC says
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday said that the outbreak has hospitalized 17 people and that
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Progress toward HIV prevention has 'stalled,' CDC says
FILE – In this June 27, 2013 file photo, Reggie Batiste, program manager with AIDS Healthcare Foundation, administers a free
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CDC researchers examine HIV-related stigma among US healthcare providers
A Systemic Review from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed studies of HIV-related stigma among healthcare provider
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Opioid crisis driving decline in U.S. life expectancy: CDC
(HealthDay)—Life expectancy in the United States has declined for two years in a row, fueled by increasing death rates from
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CDC: Homicides by firearm on the rise in the United States
(HealthDay)—Gun murders are on the rise in the United States and are the most common type of murder, according to
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Apparently People Have to Be Told Not to Reuse Their Friggin' Condoms
Using a condom during sex seems pretty simple, right? You open the package, put it on, and toss it in
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CDC: Office-based physician visit rates vary by patient age, sex
(HealthDay)—There is considerable variation in office-based physician visit rates by patient age and sex, according to a June data brief
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