Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FILE - In this undated colorized transmission electron micrograph file image made available by the CDC shows an Ebola virus virion. Health authorities are investigating nine suspected cases of Ebola in a remote corner of northern Congo, including two deaths, the country's health minister said Friday May 12, 2017.

Two more cases of Ebola confirmed in Uganda as outbreak spreads

Regina Barton · June 12, 2019 5:45 pm

In this Monday, Feb. 11, 2019 photo, confiscated drugs and alcohol are stored inside the anti-drug department at the main police headquarters in Gaza City. An opioid crisis has quietly spread in the Gaza Strip, trapping thousands of people in the hell of addiction and adding another layer of misery to the blockaded and impoverished coastal territory.

More than half of opioid abusers are also binge drinkers, government data shows

Cassidy Morrison · June 11, 2019 4:01 am

U.S. Marines with Mobility Assault Company, 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, 2d Marine Division, clear a room as part of a close quarters training during Exercise Bold Quest 21.2 at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind., Nov. 15, 2021. The exercise is a joint and multinational operational assessment and demonstration to improve technical and procedural tactical-level sensor-to-shooter interoperability.

More parents are spacing out vaccines, a practice doctors say is risky

Cassidy Morrison · June 8, 2019 4:00 am

In this Friday, May 17, 2019 photo, Starr Roden, left, a registered nurse and immunization outreach coordinator with the Knox County Health Department, administers a vaccination to Jonathan Detweiler, 6, at the facility in Mount Vernon, Ohio.

HHS Secretary Alex Azar urges people to vaccinate as measles cases surpass 1,000

Cassidy Morrison · June 5, 2019 9:03 pm

Thomas Frieden, center, leaves Brooklyn federal court, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, in New York.

Former CDC director pleads guilty to disorderly conduct in sex abuse case

Zach Halaschak · June 4, 2019 8:29 pm

In this Friday, May 17, 2019 photo, Starr Roden, left, a registered nurse and immunization outreach coordinator with the Knox County Health Department, administers a vaccination to Jonathan Detweiler, 6, at the facility in Mount Vernon, Ohio.

Confirmed measles cases rise to 981, most in 27 years

Cassidy Morrison · June 3, 2019 3:39 pm

This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York.

Open the way for opioid-free pain reduction

Washington Examiner · June 3, 2019 11:56 am

Vashon Island High School nurse Sarah Day holds information about measles vaccinations as she poses for a photo in Vashon Island, Wash.

Measles count reaches 27-year high

Cassidy Morrison · May 30, 2019 8:07 pm

A sick person is seen in an airplane with her hand over her mouth, as if sneezing or coughing.

Rare air travel ban could return to combat measles

Cassidy Morrison · May 23, 2019 11:37 pm

Four young children playing together.

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Americans aren’t having enough kids, and it shows

Madeline Fry Schultz · May 23, 2019 2:42 pm

Less birth control (and presumably, though the CBO doesn't say it explicitly fewer abortions) will mean more babies. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

US fertility falls to record low, fewest births in 32 years

Cassidy Morrison · May 15, 2019 4:01 am

A woman receives a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, N.Y.

Measles infects nearly 700 people, smashing 25-year record

Kimberly Leonard · April 24, 2019 10:46 pm