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America's obsession with zombies has become so powerful that it's not just Hollywood dramatizing an apocalypse at the hands of the undead — news outlets and the CDC are too!

Thanks in part to the zombie lure's growing popularity in our culture, the CDC released a "tongue in cheek campaign" last year for surviving a possible zombie uprising. In response to the current media coverage of the recent canibalistic attack in Miami, the CDC has clarified:

"CDC does not know of a virus or condition that would reanimate the dead (or one that would present zombie-like symptoms)."

Stephen Colbert is questioning the government agencies flip-flopping stance on the existence of the walking dead and has a developed new theory: The CDC has been taken over by zombies!

LOL! As always, Colbert delivers HIGHlariously entertaining commentary on pop culture. Check out his statement on the impending zombie apocalypse (above)!

Tags: attack, cann, cdc, miami, news outlets, stephen colbert, virus, zombies

We already know that there are AH-MAY-ZING benefits to breastfeeding including: healthy development for the baby, weight loss for the momma, and even a lower risk of breast and ovarian cancer later down the line!!

According to a new study in the July issue of Pediatrics, most moms who attempt to exclusively breastfeed after giving birth sadly

Tags: birth, breast cancer, breast milk, breastfeeding, cdc, centers for disease control, centers for disease control and prevention, july 2012 issue, ovarian cancer, pediatrics, study

Mommy see, mommy do!

Home births and midwife assistance is becoming the ultimate trend thanks to Ricki Lake and her controversial documentary The Business of Being Born!!!

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of home births jumped over

Tags: american congress of obstetrician and gynecologists, cdc, centers for disease control and prevention, laurel phillips, lorelei laird, ricki lake, santa barbara birth center

30%

That’s the amount the early death-rate among children aged 19 years-old (or younger) has DECLINED between 2000 and 2009.

Not really that great considering

Tags: cdc, centers for disease control and prevention, ileana arias

The Mount Sinai Children’s Environmental Health Center (CEHC) just released a list of the top ten toxic chemicals that are suspected to cause autism and learning disabilities in children.

The CDC reported that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) now affects

Tags: america, autism, cdc, chemicals, child, children, disease, environment, food, happy, health, healthy, kids, mental health, organic, people, science, tips

It makes sense, right??

Why would a hospital, which doesn't allow smoking indoors, allow such unhealthy food to be a part of their cafeterias??

That's why Corporate Accountability International is leading a campaign called Value [the] Meal, which wants McDonald's out of hospitals. They ALSO want McD's to quit marketing to kids.

Almost 2,000 health professionals support and endorse the cause. Here's what the Campaign director said:

Tags: campaign, cdc, child, children, diet, disease, food, health, healthier, healthy, hospital, illness, kids, meal, medical, parents, prevent, prevention, smoking, support, treatment, unhealthy

Holy smokes! That's a BIG jump!

More and more kids are being diagnosed with autism these days. In fact, rates in the United States have risen 78% in the last decade!

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention actually estimates that 1 in 88 children have a form of autism spectrum disorder, which is partly due to

Tags: autism, cdc, centers for disease control and prevention, cnn, decade, disorder, dr. sanjay gupta, increase, rates, rise, united states