• Teen birth rates lowest in U.S. history, but remain significantly higher than those in most industri

    After declining 2% between 2007 and 2008, birth rates for 15- to 19-year-olds decreased again between 2008 and 2009 for all races and for Hispanics. However, teen birth rates in the U.S. remain up to nine times higher than in most other developed nations. ...

  • Helping Your Child Manage Diabetes at School [CDC, Kids' Health]

    Make a plan to help your child manage diabetes at school. Start by meeting with school staff and by making sure your child has the necessary supplies for routine care and blood sugar emergencies. ...

  • Ocular Toxocariasis-United States, 2009-2010 [CDC, Kids' Health]

    Although ocular toxocariasis (OT) is uncommon, it most often affects young children and can cause debilitating ophthalmologic disease, including blindness. Good hygiene practices, timely disposal of pet feces, and routine deworming of pets are strategies necessary to reduce OT in humans. ...

  • Physical Activity Levels of High School Students---United States, 2010 [CDC, Kids' Health]

    Healthy People 2020 (HP 2020), released in December 2010, outlines numerous public health objectives, including objectives for youth physical activity participation. To determine the proportion of U.S. youths who meet these HP 2020 objectives, CDC analyzed data from the 2010 National Youth Physical...

  • Let's Move

    Michelle Obama's national effort to address childhood obesity launched recently. Learn more and join the First Lady, community leaders, medical and public health professionals, and parents in this campaign to tackle childhood obesity. ...

  • Fight the Bite Poster Contest

    CDC and the DEET Education Program have set April 5 as the deadline for this year's Fight the Bite Poster Content. This contest is open to all fifth and sixth graders in the U.S. The contest encourages students to illustrate ways to protect themselves and family members from diseases spread by mosquitoes...

  • Parents are the Key

    Through the Parents are the Key campaign, CDC, with funding from The Allstate Foundation, offers parents tools and proven steps for reducing teen driving injuries and deaths. Resources are also available for businesses and groups to participate in the campaign and help keep young drivers safe. ......

  • STRYVE: Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere

    STRYVE is a guide for communities, states, and the country to use in developing and implementing evidence-informed strategies, programs, and policies for stopping violence before it occurs. STRYVE includes a multidisciplinary strategic plan of action to increase the effectiveness and efficacy of youth...

  • April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month

    Approximately 794,000 children are confirmed by Child Protective Services each year as being abused or neglected. These confirmed cases, however, represent only a fraction of the true magnitude of the problem. This feature article discusses child maltreatment as a significant public health problem....

  • Safe and Healthy Kids and Teens

    At a very young age, children develop the habits and behaviors that will influence their life-long health. This page provides links to information that will help you guide your kids in making healthy choices. ...

  • Autism Research

    April is Autism Awareness Month. Learn more about CDC’s Study to Explore Early Development (SEED), which is the largest collaborative scientific study to date of the risk factors of autism. ...

  • Dating Matters: Understanding Teen Dating Violence Prevention

    CDC, in partnership with Liz Claiborne, Inc., has developed a new online training called Dating Matters: Understanding Teen Dating Violence Prevention. The training will help educators, youth leaders, and others working with teens understand the importance of healthy relationships and how to prevent...

  • An Average of 1 in 110 Children have an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

    April is Autism Awareness Month. CDC's most recent data show that between 1 in 80 and 1 in 240 children with an average of 1 in 110 have an ASD. This is a prevalence of about 1% of children. These recent results reflect data collected by CDC's Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM)...

  • Sun Safety for America's Youth Toolkit

    This toolkit is designed as a resource for state/tribe/territory/jurisdiction comprehensive cancer control (CCC) programs interested in engaging schools and other education partners in sun safety efforts to reduce their state/tribe/territory/jurisdiction’s incidence of skin cancer. Since a majority...

  • Schools Can Help Teach our Youth to Live Tobacco Free

    Smoking and smokeless tobacco use are almost always initiated and established during adolescence. Most people who begin smoking during adolescence are addicted by the age of 20. ...

  • Green Kids

    This week is National Environmental Education Week, and April 22 is Earth Day. Are you a green kid? Or is your child a green kid? Green is more than just a color. Being green means taking special steps to protect the environment — the water, the land, and the air we breathe. Read this article and...

  • Detect Autism Early

    We naturally think of height and weight, but from birth to 5 years, your child should reach milestones in how he or she plays, learns, speaks and acts. A delay in any of these areas could be a sign of a developmental problem, even autism. The good news is, the earlier it's recognized the more you...

  • How to Prevent Meningococcal Disease

    Meningococcal disease is a serious, vaccine-preventable infection. The meningococcal conjugate vaccine is recommended for all 11-18 year olds. Kids should get this vaccine at their 11-12 year old check-up with other preventive services. Kids 13-18 years old who haven’t gotten the vaccine can get...

  • National Infant Immunization Week

    National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) is an annual celebration of the significant role immunizations play in keeping our children and our communities healthy. NIIW 2010 is April 24—May 1. Immunization is one of the best ways parents can protect their infants and young children from potentially...

  • The CDC Parent Portal

    Did you know that CDC had a Parent Portal? On this site, you'll find everything from safety at home and in the community to immunization schedules and developmental milestones. Let the CDC Parent Portal help you keep your child healthy and safe! ...