Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data regarding varicella (chickenpox) virus incidence and mortality rates. *Source:* https://data.cdc.gov/NNDSS/NNDSS-Table-II-Varicella-to-West-Nile-virus-d... [1] *Related Data Story: *An End to...
Statistics on U.S. smoking rates and tobacco taxation rates for all fifty states. *Source:* Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015 https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/state_data/ [1] *Related Data Story: *State-Level Policies...
If you’re an American over the age of 25, you may remember chickenpox -- formally known as the varicella zoster virus -- as an inevitable rite of passage. As the Center for Disease Control has written: “Before the availability of varicella...
The Center for Disease Control, the National Cancer Institute and a multitude of advocacy organizations such as the American Cancer Society have fought for decades to educate Americans about the dangers of smoking, and why it’s best to quit as...