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US Teens, Young Adults 'Doing It' Less, Study Says

ATLANTA - Fewer teens and young adults are having sex, a government survey shows, and theories abound for why they're doing it less. Experts say this generation may be more cautious than their predecessors, more aware of sexually spread diseases. Or perhaps emphasis on abstinence in the past decade has had some...

Doctors Say Teens Should Be Banned From Tanning Salons

Teenagers should be barred from tanning salons to help prevent them from getting skin cancer, the American Academy of Pediatrics says. The country's largest group of pediatric doctors warned today that spending time in the tanning salon greatly increases the chances of getting melanoma, the most aggressive and deadly type...

Traveler May Have Spread Measles in 5 US Airports

Public health officials are scrambling to reach airline passengers and staff who may have had contact with a woman infected with measles who passed through as many as five U.S. airports last week. The New Mexico woman was on a transatlantic flight from London to Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C., on Feb....

Background on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services headquartered in Druid Hills, unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, in Greater Atlanta.

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