Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Artificial intelligence in medicine? Here is the post-pandemic future of AI
Though still in its infancy as a field, artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to transform the practice of medicine and ...
CDC strengthens recommendations for pregnant and breast-feeding women to get COVID vaccine
CDC has released new data on the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant people and is recommending all people ...
How GMO mosquitos work
Ever wonder how GMO mosquitos work in fight against vector-borne diseases like the Zika virus? Check out this infographic about ...
Can knowledge of epigenetics help us improve our health?
In September 2014, one of us (MJK) spoke on the topic of epigenetics at the Annual Meeting of the Association for State and Territorial ...
CDC Report: Genomics ready to help prevent disease
[B]oth zip and genetic codes are important for our health. Genetic factors are known to play a role in nine ...
Public health genomics: 15 years on
Genomic research was widely expected to transform medicine, ushering in a new era of personalized healthcare and disease prevention, but ...
Evidence matters in genomic medicine: Cancer genomic tests
In a previous blog, CDC’s Office of Public Health Genomics announced a list of health-related genomic tests and applications, stratified ...
Newborn screening can help prevent problems
Newborn babies are screened, even if they look healthy, because some medical conditions cannot be seen by just looking at ...
Public benefits of whole genome sequencing
Rapid advances in genomic sequencing technologies are making the possibility of reliable and affordable whole genome sequencing (WGS) a reality ...