The CDC pointed ABC News to some of the recent "disability work" it has done, including funding to embed disability specialists in 28 state, territorial, and local health department across the U.S ...

More than 70 million adults — or one in four — in the United States reported having a disability in 2022, according to a press release from the CDC. The CDC released its annual update to the ...

Additionally, boys were more likely than girls to be diagnosed with any developmental disability — 10.8% compared to 5.3% — and specifically were an estimated three times more likely to ...

The CDC also says nearly 44% of people age 65 and older reported having a disability, which is the most among any age group. Nearly 39% of native Americans and those with multiracial backgrounds ...

The CDC acknowledged in its updated guidance that people with certain disabilities have a higher risk of complications from respiratory viruses, citing data showing that even though those with ...

The agency said that five of its Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network sites will start keeping tabs on the incidence of cerebral palsy in their communities in addition to autism.

The largest study conducted by the CDC to capture the scope of disability in the U.S. and representing 245 million people, the authors found that nearly half of those over 65 reported being ...

CDC Finds Nearly 9% of U.S. Children Diagnosed with a Developmental Disability The rate of U.S. children diagnosed with any developmental disability rose from 7.4% in 2019 to 8.56% in 2021.

THURSDAY, July 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- More kids in the United States are getting a developmental disability diagnosis, with prevalence close to 9% in 2021, the U.S. Centers for ...

The CDC also says nearly 44% of people age 65 and older reported having a disability, which is the most among any age group. Nearly 39% of native Americans and those with multiracial backgrounds ...

"For the first time, we're so pleased to be able to present data by disability status on the presence of long COVID at the state level and at the national level," said Joseph Holbrook, team lead for ...

The CDC on Tuesday released its annual Disability and Health Data System update that for the first time includes data on long COVID, which is described as COVID-19 symptoms that last for three or more ...