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Center For Disease Control Warns Of Early Start To Flu Season

CDC Encourages People to Get Flu Shots

Jan 17, 2017 08:25 PM EST

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that it is not too late to take a flu shot now. The center revealed that although there is a slow yet steady increase of flu cases from November to December last year, the numbers are expected to increase.

Rise in National US Death Rate Stumps Experts

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

Jun 03, 2016 11:46 AM EDT

The increase was the first such rise in a decade.

CDC Reports First American with Incurable Superbug Resistant to all Antibiotics

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

May 27, 2016 08:45 AM EDT

The mcr-1 gene was discovered last year in people and pigs in China.

US Health Authorities to Regulate Painkiller Prescriptions

Carlene Vision |

Mar 16, 2016 10:48 AM EDT

Health authorities across the United States on March 10, issued some guidelines governing the prescription and distribution of pain killers across the country. This endeavor is an effort to tackle the increasing number of overdose incidents in the US, which accounts for about 40 deaths among Americans every day.

Senate Holds Hearing On US Preparedness For Public Health Threats

Cancer-Related Death Rate Continues to Drop in the US; Liver Cancer Death Rate Rises

Carlene Vision |

Mar 14, 2016 01:39 AM EDT

Statistics in he United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) annual Report to the Nation shows that there has been a continual decline in the rate of cancer-related deaths in the country. Although this may be good news, along with the report also comes data showing an increase in liver cancer-related deaths across the nation.

CDC Warns of Prepackaged Caramel Apple That Killed 4, Sickened 28 in 10 States

Vittorio Hernandez |

Dec 20, 2014 11:24 PM EST

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has warned consumers of eating prepackaged caramel apples, following the death of four people and hospitalization of 26 people across 10 states who all ate the sweet delight.

Most binge drinkers aren't alcoholics, study finds.

Study Finds 90 percent Of U.S. Binge Drinkers Aren't Alcoholics

Dan Weisman |

Nov 23, 2014 05:51 PM EST

The National Survey of Drug Use and Health came out this week with the news that most alcohol drinkers in the U.S weren't alcoholics, even if they were binge drinkers. The implication from the findings was more could be done to help binge, or heavy drinkers, since they weren't genetically indisposed to quitting.

Google Searches May Provide Accurate Data on Flu Infection Rates

Sami Ghanmi |

Nov 03, 2014 08:27 AM EST

Researchers claim Google’s search data can provide accurate real time estimates of current flu infection rates with almost no delay.

CDC, White House Reject Mandatory Ebola Quarantines

Rubi Valdez |

Oct 28, 2014 02:30 AM EDT

The White House on Monday urged health workers and travelers from countries with Ebola outbreak to voluntarily isolate themselves instead of relying on state-wide quarantine policies.

CDC Issues New Protocols For Ebola Treatment

Acsilyn Miyazaki |

Oct 21, 2014 01:48 PM EDT

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a new set of guidelines for health workers treating patients suspected or confirmed with Ebola on Monday.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on revising Ebola guidelines

CDC Overhauls Ebola Guidelines in Hopes to Reduce Infection

Rubi Valdez |

Oct 16, 2014 02:08 PM EDT

The United States federal guidelines are too lenient in containing Ebola cases in the country which posed more risks of contamination, experts from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.

U.S. Organizing Rapid-Response Ebola Team

Marc Maligalig |

Oct 15, 2014 07:40 AM EDT

Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, acknowledged lapses in the treatment of the Liberian man infected with the virus.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director, Dr. Thomas Frieden, speaks at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry Says Five Young Students Exposed to Ebola Patient

Dan Weisman |

Oct 01, 2014 04:06 PM EDT

Five students at different schools were exposed to the Ebola virus patient being treated at a Dallas hospital, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and state health officials said in a news conference Wednesday addressing issues related to the first U.S. diagnosed Ebola patient.

Ebola Reaches the United States

Mitch de Leon |

Sep 30, 2014 11:30 PM EDT

The first case of Ebola in the United States had been diagnosed as announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday.

Anti-Addiction Demonstration Call For New FDA Commissioner

Christl Leong |

Sep 29, 2014 05:31 AM EDT

Hundreds of protesters marched outside Washington on Sunday as they called for stricter regulations on prescription drugs and for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to step down.

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