Centers for Disease Control

• 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
  
• 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
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• 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
• 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
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• 3 dead, more than 550 sickened in U.S. in cucumber salmonella outbreak

  There are now three dead in the U.S. linked to an outbreak of salmonella found in field cucumbers.

  Health

  Sep 23, 2015