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Since peaking in 2009, the number of newly diagnosed cases of diabetes in the United States has dropped by 35 percent according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “The findings suggest that our work to stem the tide of type 2 diabetes may be working—but we still have a very long way to go. We must continue proven interventions and deploy innovative strategies if we’re going to see a continued decline in type 2 diabetes among Americans,” said Ann Albright, PhD, director of the CDC’s Division of Diabetes Translation. CDC scientists used 1980-2017 cross-sectional survey data from the  to examine how diabetes diagnoses had changed among adults 18 to 79 years of age. (CDC news , 5/28/19)