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January 14, 2013

Enough flu vaccines to go around - just not everywhere at once

Amid an unusually strong flu season that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called an epidemic, supplies of flu vaccines are running low, and some people hoping to get immunized are having trouble finding them.

August 13, 2012

CDC: Tobacco use among teens on slow decline

Tobacco use among American middle school and high school students showed a slow decline from 2000 to 2011, according to a report released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

June 18, 2012

CDC: Before 2010, only half of adults followed disease-prevention recommendations

Only about half of U.S. adults received selected preventive services — such as screenings, consultations and prescriptions — from a healthcare professional before 2010, according to a study published last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

April 6, 2012

CDC's stop smoking ad campaign results in a sharp spike in quit attempts

Sales of smoking-cessation products may realize a March boom following a recent government advertising campaign that encourages Americans to quit smoking.

November 11, 2011

CDC: 7-in-10 smokers want to quit; half have tried in past year

Most American adults who smoke wish they could quit, and more than half have tried within the past year, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Thursday.

October 14, 2011

CDC: Reductions in heart disease rates vary by geography, race, ethnicity

Despite declines in the number of Americans reporting coronary heart disease, rates vary widely between states and between racial and ethnic groups, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

September 14, 2011

NCPA, APhA members to play critical role in government's Million Hearts campaign

As part of the launch of the Department of Health and Human Services' Million Hearts campaign on Tuesday, HHS identified several key association partners, including the National Community Pharmacist Association and the American Pharmacists Association.

September 6, 2011

Both number of smokers and frequency of tobacco use on decline

Not only are there fewer smokers across the country, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Tuesday, but the men and women that are still smoking also are smoking less.

April 22, 2011

CDC: Half of all states have smoke-free worksites, restaurants and bars

By 2020 or sooner, the entire nation could have laws banning smoking in all indoor areas of private sector worksites, restaurants and bars, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Thursday has found.

November 9, 2010

Report: Cessation programs fall by the wayside

According to a recently published Dow Jones report, state-funded tobacco-prevention programs quickly are becoming the...

November 4, 2010

CDC study reveals smokeless tobacco use trends

According to new data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that covers...

July 11, 2010

Cigarette use among high school students on slow decline

As many as 1-in-5 high school students are still smoking, according to a report published...