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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Changes in prescribing of antiviral medications for influenza associated with new treatment guidelines.

29 Sep 2009 In 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended discontinuing the use of adamantanes (amantadine and rimantadine) to treat influenza because of high levels of resistance to this class of antivirals. We examined changes in ... Read more...

A review of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's response to the HIV/AIDS crisis among Blacks in the United States, 1981-2009.

29 Sep 2009 Among US racial/ethnic groups, Blacks are at the highest risk of acquiring HIV/AIDS. In response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the Heightened National Response to Address the HIV/AIDS Crisis Among African ... Read more...

Eliminating health disparities through transdisciplinary research, cross-agency collaboration, and public participation.

15 Sep 2009 Despite efforts to the contrary, disparities in health and health care persist in the United States. To solve this problem, federal agencies representing different disciplines and perspectives are collaborating on a variety of transdisciplinary ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• CDC updates recommendations for protecting clinicians from influenza. 2 Nov 2009
• Update on emerging infections: news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalized patients with novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection--California, April-May, 2009. 30 Oct 2009
• Changes in prescribing of antiviral medications for influenza associated with new treatment guidelines. 29 Sep 2009
• A review of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's response to the HIV/AIDS crisis among Blacks in the United States, 1981-2009. 29 Sep 2009
• Booming biosafety labs probed. 29 Sep 2009
• Containing risk. 29 Sep 2009
• CDC and FDA response to risk of confusion in dosing Tamiflu oral suspension. 28 Sep 2009
• Eliminating health disparities through transdisciplinary research, cross-agency collaboration, and public participation. 15 Sep 2009
• CDC names H1N1 vaccine priority groups. 14 Sep 2009
• Reporting patterns and characteristics of tuberculosis among international travelers, United States, June 2006 to May 2008. 13 Sep 2009
• CDC links data on health and environment. 7 Sep 2009
• Body mass index in Saudi Arabian children and adolescents: a national reference and comparison with international standards. 30 Aug 2009
• Expanding the public health research agenda for ovarian cancer. 30 Aug 2009
• From biological anthropology to applied public health: epidemiological approaches to the study of infectious disease. 30 Aug 2009
• Swine flu vaccine: what is fair? 30 Aug 2009
• Medical toxicology and public health--update on research and activities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry inhalational methanol toxicity. 30 Aug 2009
• The challenge of infant mortality: have we reached a plateau? 30 Aug 2009
• Challenges and priorities for surveillance of stillbirths: a report on two workshops. 30 Aug 2009
• Determining accurate vaccination coverage rates for adolescents: the National Immunization Survey-Teen 2006. 30 Aug 2009
• Increased activity of Coxsackievirus B1 strains associated with severe disease among young infants in the United States, 2007-2008. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)'

Definition: An agency of the UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE that conducts and supports programs for the prevention and control of disease and provides consultation and assistance to health departments and other countries.

Descriptor UI: D002487

Alternative terms: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); Center for Disease Control; Center for Disease Control and Prevention; CDCP; Centers for Disease Control (U.S.); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; United States Centers for Disease Control; United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CDC; Centers for Disease Control;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I01.409.137.500.600.650.225; N03.540.348.500.500.600.650.225;

Online Note: use CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.) to search CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL (U.S.) & UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL 1983-93, CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL 1982 & UNITED STATES CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL 1978-81

History Note: 94; was CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL (U.S.) 1983-93, was CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL 1982, was UNITED STATES CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL 1978-81; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL was see CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL (U.S.) 1983-93

Technical Notes: add UNITED STATES (NIM); research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; DF: CDC or CDCP CATALOG: use NAF entry