Homelessness in America is a major public health concern that demands the attention of the healthcare community.

The terrorist attacks on 9/11, the subsequent criminal spread of anthrax through the mail and the SARS epidemic in late 2002 emphasized the need to modernize the systems we rely upon to detect bioterrorist acts and emerging infectious diseases.

Here's a refresher on your responsibilities when it comes to disease reporting.

Here is the scoop on three common misunderstandings about pandemic influenza.

Public health officials aim for an unprecedented coordinated response to influenza.

Recommended vaccines for 11- and 12-year-olds can prevent diseases including HPV.

Treating partners via expedited partner therapy can reduce reinfections. Here are the steps a provider can use to help these patients.

Physicians can help with routine opt-out HIV testing and rapid HIV testing.

Orange County pediatricians help children through enhanced learning opportunity.

Through better planning and infrastructure, Inland Empire residents can get healthier.

Patients need you to remind and encourage them to exercise.

Physicians have a role in curbing the health damage caused by methamphetamine. Learn the 15 steps to helping meth abusers.

Get started today in screening and vaccinating patients against human papillomavirus.

By educating patients and writing prescriptions, physicians can help
prevent unwanted pregnancies.

Physicians can reduce preterm labor and birth outcome disparities with proactive care.

The long-term public health dangers of global warming deserve our immediate attention.

The top public health official in Ventura County says, "We're going to fail."

The hotter months bring out more injuries among children. Here's what to tell parents.

A few statistical bright spots are eclipsed by many more negative indicators. Perhaps worst is the fact that the incidence of diabetes in U.S. adults is indeed rising rapidly, increasing from 4.9 per 1,000 in 1997 to 6.9 per 1,000 in 2003.

Despite the tremendous health and economic costs associated with smoking, survey results show that only 43.5 percent of smokers were advised to quit by their healthcare provider in the past year. Although it would only take a minute, many healthcare providers are not assessing their patients' smoking status, advising them to quit or providing referrals to smoking cessation interventions.

Learn and communicated the common-sense guidelines to prevent illness and injury.

Physicians can anticipate an expanded role in preservng and promoting patient health.

Physicians can spread the word to parents and grandparents about buckling up kids better. An estimated 82 percent of children who are placed in a child safety seat are improperly restrained.

The avian flu threat, while overblown, reinforces the value of personal preparedness.

Physicians can look forward to an easier disease reporting process through a new WEB-CMR system.

Licensing tobacco retailers could stop illegal cigarette sales and curb nicotine addiction.