#Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

“It is clear e-cigarettes continue to play a major role in preventing our ability to achieve a tobacco-free generation.”

Pre-pandemic report shows a modest improvement for survival for people with hard-to-treat pancreatic cancer.

Updated boosters could go to the “worried well” who have good insurance rather than to those at highest risk.

After mishandling COVID-19 and monkeypox, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention aims to change—with help from Mary Wakefield.

Updated Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna bivalent boosters contain spike proteins from the original and BA.4 and BA.5 omicron variants.

The engineered protein vaccine was highly effective in a clinical trial but faced a long delay for authorization.

The update aims to help the public better protect themselves and understand their risk.

“We urge the Senate and House to consider the nation’s…research and prevention needs and allocate maximum medical research funding.”

World Hepatitis Day aims to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030 by spreading awareness and combating stigma surrounding the disease.

Maintaining a healthy body weight, being physically active and following a healthy diet are linked to improved survival.

Wider test availability will help public health officials get a better idea of the extent of the outbreak.

After a long wait, the FDA authorizes Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for children as young as 6 months old.

The virus can be transmitted via respiratory droplets at close range, but it does not spread through the air over longer distances.

Extra vaccine doses, monoclonal antibodies and antivirals can help prevent severe illness.

Investments will boost Biden’s priority of ending cancer as we know it as part of the Cancer Moonshot and his Unity Agenda for the nation.

Cancer-related deaths climbed 3.2% from 2019 to 2020, the first year of COVID-19, a new report shows.