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More than 40 percent of drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2010 were from prescription painkillers, federal health officials say.
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections in U.S. hospitals were unchanged from 2010 to 2011, but central line infections were down, a health official says.
A study of 1,155 U.S. children and adults found this year's seasonal flu vaccine was 62 percent effective, a federal health official said.
With U.S. influenza widespread and some cities reporting crowded hospital emergency rooms, some may have to shop around for a flu shot, officials say.
Moderately overweight people are less likely to die than people of normal weight, a U.S. government study published Wednesday indicates.
The Department of Homeland Security and other federal officials have been accused of withholding key documents on BioWatch from a congressional committee.
From 2000 to 2009, death rates from unintentional injury among U.S. children dropped by one-third, federal health officials said.
In a representative study of 14 U.S. communities, autism spectrum disorders were diagnosed in 1-in-88 children, federal health officials said.
Prescription painkiller overdose is "a silent epidemic," killing more Americans than heroin and cocaine combined, U.S. health officials say.
Someone in the world dies from stroke every 6 seconds, and someone has a stroke every 40 seconds in the United States, federal health officials say.
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