The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Office of Smoking and Health is including members of the LGBT community in its new anti-smoking campaign. 

That makes sense considering CDC data shows that LGBT people are almost 70% more likely to smoke cigarettes than others. (Sidebar, what's with people lighting up after they leave the gym??)

Check out the CDC's video with Ellie, who currently lives with her partner in a smoke-free home. Ellie suffers from asthma caused by second-hand smoke; she's never been a smoker. Watch after the jump.

The Centers for Disease Control has illuminated the LGBT community today by releasing the first set of national prevalence data on reported violence within same-sex relationships. With our first real grasp at the rate of intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence (SV) LGBT members face in their relationships compare to the heterosexual community?

It's been a week rife with reminders that it's still no time to be complacent about HIV/AIDS, and a new report from the CDC backs that up. Details follow. 

The world might be cautiously optimistic after the United Nations recently said an end to the AIDS epidemic might be in sight, but one of the most at-risk populations—young American men—aren't doing enough to make that dream a reality, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control. 

The Centers for Disease Control is attempting the largest ever study of gay and bisexual men's health conducted by a U.S. federal agency. With every completion of a "Sex Is The Question" survey online, the CDC will make a donation to the It Gets Better Project. Details follow. 

The Centers for Disease Control has launched a new HIV-awareness campaign aimed both at eradicating the disease as well as the decades worth of stigma shadowing it. Details follow. 

A trip to your local drugstore could soon include a free HIV test.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced a $1.2 million pilot program that will offer free rapid HIV tests at pharmacies and in-store clinics in 24 cities and rural communities.

More after the jump.

As we approach World AIDS Day tomorrow, new numbers from the Centers for Disease Control's latest report on HIV in America remind us of the importance of the international day of awareness and reflection. Details follow.

Because of treatment options, testing and awareness, the number of deaths attributed to AIDS has fallen below deaths because of chronic Hepatitis C infection. Details follow.

Yes, Sunday. And yes, the Emmys. But it is also National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day. Get the details after the jump!

Troubling new numbers from the Centers for Disease Control today, which reports that while overall HIV infection rates in the U.S. have remained steady since 2009, new infection rates among the gay black male population is up 50 percent. Details follow. 

As if there weren't already enough reasons to practice safe-sex, yet another arrives courtesy of this week's Morbidity and Mortality Report from the CDC. Details follow.