Earlier this week, Community Transformation Grants were distributed to 61 states and communities with more than 120 million residents to help keep people safe from the threats of heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes and other leading causes of illness and death.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the Kimberly-Clark Pediatric/Child Face Mask, designed to be worn in hospitals and health care facilities to help reduce the spread of airborne respiratory tract bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens.

Long-term care helps people remain as independent as possible, for as long as possible. The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program was included in the Affordable Care Act in an effort to help Americans gain access to affordable long-term care insurance assistance.

Today, we are releasing a special report detailing the many benefits and improvements in the health care system that have happened since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Obama. The report discusses how the law is helping to give hard working families the security they deserve and the reforms in the Affordable Care Act that hold insurance companies more accountable and strengthen Medicare.

Many Iraq and Afghanistan veterans received training as health care providers while they served in their deployments. The Obama Administration is committed to helping these veterans translate the health care skills gained during their enlistment into nursing jobs when they return home.

A new report shows that as of March 31, 2011, approximately one million more young adults have coverage, compared with one year ago. The CDC’s National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) shows that in the first quarter of 2011, the percentage of adults between the ages of 19 and 25 with health insurance increased to 69.6%, from 66.1% in 2010. This amounts to 1 million more young adults with insurance than last year, because of the health law signed by President Obama. The Census Bureau’s results only included data through the end of 2010. The report released from the CDC today includes data from a portion of 2011.

Examination of lung tissue and other autopsy material from 68 American soldiers who died of respiratory infections in 1918 has revealed that the influenza virus that eventually killed 50 million people worldwide was circulating in the United States at least four months before the 1918 influenza reached pandemic levels that fall.

State Partnership model gives states another option to tailor their Exchange to accommodate local needs and market conditions.

This report summarizes influenza activity in the United States and worldwide since the last update

This report summarizes the 115 cases of influenza-associated pediatric mortality reported to CDC that occurred from September 1, 2010, through August 31, 2011.

The study reports 115 influenza–associated deaths of people younger than 18, from September 2010 through August 2011 and highlights the importance of both annual vaccination and rapid antiviral treatment.

Although children and teenagers rarely die from flu–related causes, many of the deaths could have been prevented if the children had been vaccinated against the flu, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.