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  Teen Girls Report Record Levels of Sadness, Sexual Violence: CDC

  Teenage girls are experiencing record high levels of sexual violence, and nearly 3 in 5 girls report feeling persistently sad or hopeless, according to a new report by the US Centers for Disease

  2023-02-14

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  Disparities in Current Cigarette Smoking Among US Adults With Mental Health Conditions

  AbstractIntroductionPrevalence of cigarette smoking is disproportionally high among US adults with mental health conditions. Adults with mental health conditions who smoke cigarettes are at increased

  2022-12-23

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  The Global Burden of Disease Study at 30 years

  AbstractThe Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) began 30 years ago with the goal of providing timely, valid and relevant assessments of critical health outcomes. Over this period, the GBD has become

  2022-10-11

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  The Oral Health in America Report: A Public Health Research Perspective

  IntroductionIn December 2021, the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, released its landmark 790-page report, Oral Health in America: Advances an

  2022-09-08

• 20-Year Trends in Tobacco Sales and Self-Reported Tobacco Use in the United States, 2000–2020

  AbstractIntroductionIn the past 2 decades, many tobacco control policies were enacted, and several new or modified products were introduced into the US marketplace. Continued tobacco surveillance is c

  2022-07-28

• Adults Who Have Never Been Screened for Colorectal Cancer, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2012 and 2020

  Lisa C. Richardson, MD, MPH1; Jessica B. King, MPH1; Cheryll C. Thomas, MSPH1; Thomas B. Richards, MD1; Nicole F. Dowling, PhD1; Sallyann Coleman King, MD, MSc1 (VIEW AUTHOR AFFILIATIONS)Suggeste

  2022-04-22

• Coronavirus latest: Scientists clash over virus name

  Updates on the respiratory illness that has infected tens of thousands of people.  Officials in Thailand hand out masks to reduce the risk of the virus spreading there.Credit: Lauren DeCicca/Gett

  2020-02-23

• Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo: January crisis update

  The current Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the worst on record in the country and the second-largest epidemic of the disease recorded anywhere. Almost a year-and-a-half a

  2020-01-22