Nearly one in five children in the United States is obese, according to the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that autism affects almost one percent of children in the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

Republicans would need a 40-seat gain in November to take back majority control in the U.S.House of Representatives.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

The U.S.Centers for Disease Control says the percentage of overweight Americans increased 60 percent between 1991 and 2000.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

The U.S.Centers for Disease Control says a form of autism may affect one in every 150 American children.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

The U.S.Centers for Disease Control reports that obesity costs at least $147 billion annually, and that figure is based on data from 2006.

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

The general also reports smooth operations at the Port-au-Prince airport, which has been under U.S.control since Friday by agreement with the Haitian government.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19

The acting director of the U.S.Centers for Disease Control, Richard Besser, spoke on ABC's "This Week" program.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

The Centers for Disease Control shows that the number of children with autism in the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.02.10

The U.S.military has assumed control of air traffic control in and out of the capital, prompting complaints from some aid organizations and foreign officials.

VOA: standard.2010.01.18

"Because 20 years after the end of the Cold War, the U.S.-Russian relationship has to be about more than just security and arms control."

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

A study by the U.S.Centers for Disease Control reports that medical care and the loss of worker productivity averages about $3,000 annually for each smoker.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

Gil Kerlikowske is the top U.S.drug control official, commonly known as America's drug czar.

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

In May 1960,the U.S.Food and Drug Administration approved the world's first birth control pill.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

Earlier,White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said U.S.commanders in Iraq are confident that Iraqi security forces will be able to take control of the nation's cities.

VOA: standard.2009.06.30

Dr.Stephen Redd, who headed the H1N1 flu response at the U.S.Centers for Disease Control.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

But the interim director of the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Richard Besser, says it will be months before any decisions are made about mass-inoculations.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

The U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has strongly opposed the parties.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

Dr.Anne Schuchat is director of the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

President Obama said Sebelius is watching the situation carefully, along with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Dr.Richard Besser, the acting Director of the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01

Rotary is now a partner with the World Health Organization, UNICEF,the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a renewed effort to eradicate polio.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

President Obama will be hitting the road frequently to campaign for his party's candidates in a number of states important to Democrat's hope of retaining control of the House and the U.S.Senate.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

U.S.Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher expressed confidence that despite deep partisan divisions in Congress, the Senate would pass the successor to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, although she gave no timeframe.

VOA: standard.2010.02.03

Senior U.S.and Russian negotiators are to convene in Moscow May 18th to begin arms control talks with the aim of having at least the outlines of a deal when President Obama meets Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in the Russian capital in July.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

Whereas a lot of studies are limited to basically asking, 'Did you have a fever in the last month or six months?'" Sarah Olson's study appears in the July issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, which is published by the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17