States and Communities are working to educate policy makers and other community leaders to promote environmental changes that support healthy choices and the opportunities to...

National Women's Health Week, May 13–19, 2012, is an annual observance to encourage women to make their health a priority and take simple steps for...

HBO will air its critically acclaimed documentary called  The Weight of the Nation on  Monday, May 14, 8:00 pm ET/PT.  It's first program is called...

Screening tests for the early detection of breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer are prioritized clinical preventive services that can reduce the burden of cancer in...

More than 25 million Americans have asthma, including 7 million children. Children with asthma missed more than 10 million days total of school in 2008....

U.S. 'Diabetes Belt' is Identified Posted by Val Willingham - CNN Medical Producer Back in the 1960s, U.S.  health officials pinpointed the geographic area where...

Date:       March 28, 2012                To:            DCPC Program Directors, Partners, and Colleagues From:      Marcus Plescia, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Subject:    Release of the Annual Report...

What is the Connection Between Health and Social and Economic Factors? Public health leaders need to make the health connection by identifying their roles in...

NEW Prevent Blindness America Publication - The Vision Connection: Integrating Vision into State Health Programs Prevent Blindness America released a new public health document –...

Once again, the Prevention and Public Health fund--the nation's greatest source of dedicated prevention funding--is at risk. House leadership has instructed several committees to find...