Centers For Disease Control

• Deadly germ behind baby formula shortage added to CDC watchlist

  U.S. health officials will start tracking infections caused by the rare but potentially deadly germ that sickened babies and triggered a nationwide shortage of infant formula.

  Health

  Jun 30, 2023
  
• CDC backtracks, says coronavirus could be spread through airborne transmission

  Aerosols lingering in the air could be a major source of COVID-19 transmission, a group of U.S. scientists warned in an unrelated open letter published in medical journal Science on Monday.

  Health

  Oct 5, 2020
  
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• Wildfire smoke can harm your lungs, your heart, and maybe even your mental health: research

  Research around wildfire smoke has drawn links with diseases of the heart and lungs. Wildfires can also have mental health effects.

  Canada

  May 30, 2019
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• More people died of suicide in the U.S. last year than in at least 50 years: CDC

  For decades, U.S. life expectancy was on the upswing, rising a few months nearly every year. Now it’s trending the other way.

  Health

  Nov 29, 2018
• Ex-chief of U.S. health agency arrested on sex abuse charge, denies allegation

  Thomas Frieden, who also is a former New York City health commissioner, is charged with forcible touching, sex abuse and harassment.

  Crime

  Aug 24, 2018
• Florida health officials probe 1st possible Zika case from Miami mosquito bite

  Miami-Dade County has the most confirmed infections in Florida so far - 88, but all have been found to be travel-related.

  Health

  Jul 20, 2016
• CDC says filtration system inadequate at waterpark where amoeba killed teenager

  Chlorination and filtration systems were inadequate at the U.S. National Whitewater Center, where a rafter became infected with a deadly amoeba, a federal health official said Thursday.

  World

  Jun 30, 2016
• FDA says stop eating raw cookie dough

  In a warning that's sure to disappoint many who enjoy sneaking a taste of cookie dough, federal regulators said this week that people should not eat raw dough or batter of any kind due to an ongoing outbreak of illnesses related to a strain of E. coli bacteria found in some recalled flour.

  Health

  Jun 30, 2016
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• US health officials urged to get ready for Zika

  The government urged health officials around the country Friday to get ready now in case there are outbreaks of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in the U.S. this summer.

  Health

  Apr 1, 2016
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• Rare infection Elizabethkingia has killed 17 people in the U.S. — what is it?

  An outbreak of infection has sickened 53 people in Wisconsin and Michigan and 17 people have died, according to health officials.

  Health

  Mar 24, 2016