News about Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a normal blood pressure reading is less than 120/80 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg).This includes a systolic pressure reading (the ...

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Africa CDC, WHO probe 'Disease X' in DR Congo. ... The disease, which presents symptoms such as fever, headache and a high mortality rate among children, has so far affected 376 and killed 79. It was ...