Injuries Exact Heavy Toll on Americas - CDC Report
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More than 157,000 Americans were killed  and about 1.6 million hospitalized as a result of car crashes,  falls, violent acts and accidents in 2001, federal officials  said on Thursday in a report that urged the nation to pay more  attention to basic safety.
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Most of the health problems reported  after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks have involved respiratory  difficulties and mental distress, according to a U.S.  government report published on Wednesday.
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Accidents from trendy roller shoes are far more numerous than previously thought, contributing to roughly 1,600 emergency room visits last year, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - Pregnant women suffer injuries requiring hospitalization more often than previously thought, a new nationwide study shows.
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Three Americans on a charity mission to Honduras were killed Tuesday and 17 other people were injured in a traffic accident in the Central American country, authorities said.
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Â· Iraq and Afghanistan casualties to get HIV tests  Â· Poor record keeping at US field hospitals blamed
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In its first study of seasonal spills, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says about 58-hundred people end up in US emergency rooms each holiday season because of decorating injuries.
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_ The city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said most people enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Registry reported one or more respiratory problems that started or became worse after the Sept.
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More than 63,162 people were killed in 12 countries in southern Asia and Africa from Sunday's massive earthquake and tsunami waves, according to official figures. A breakdown of the toll so far:
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Americans, and especially women, are three times more likely to suffer premature death and adverse health due to sexual activity than people in other rich nations, scientists said on Thursday.
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A dangerous germ that has been spreading around the country causes more life-threatening infections than public health authorities had thought and is killing more people in the United States each year than the AIDS virus, federal health officials reported yesterday.
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More than 1.5 million Americans are injured every year by drug errors in hospitals, nursing homes and doctor's offices, a count that doesn't even estimate patients' own medication mix-ups, says a report that calls for major steps to increase patient safety.
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The horrific death toll from violence in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan has been revealed in a new epidemiological study of four areas in West Darfur.
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Patients with serious injuries are put at risk by untested and potentially dangerous treatments, experts say.
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Medication errors made in hospitals and clinics around the country harm at least 1.5 million Americans every year, according to a study by the National Academy of Sciences.
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Respiratory ailments, mental trauma and other problems that arose after the Sept. 11 attacks are costing the U.S. health care system $393 million per year, according to an analysis that city officials released Tuesday.
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CHICAGO A new report is raising concerns about just how safe we&#39;d be if we&#39;re hit by a biological or chemical attack. The new findings are stunning and indicate that Chicago and other major cities would struggle to cope.