Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The findings examine outcomes of Zika-affected pregnancies that occurred in the U.S. territories. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Zika caused serious birth defects in 120 babies in US territories, CDC says

Kimberly Leonard · June 8, 2017 5:38 pm

The agency accidentally leaked a copy of the draft. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

6 things to know about Trump’s health budget

Kimberly Leonard · May 22, 2017 11:19 pm

A new report shows state and local investment in public health hasn't increased. (Wikipedia Commons)

Report: Funding for CDC drops $580 million

Kimberly Leonard · April 13, 2017 3:35 pm

The rate of type 1 diabetes in youths rose by about 1.8 percent each year, and type 2, 4.8 percent. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Diabetes rising sharply in kids

Robert King · April 12, 2017 10:28 pm

Officials say it's difficult to predict what this year's mosquito season will look like. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Fearing Zika, states ready for mosquito season

Kimberly Leonard · April 10, 2017 8:52 pm

The proportion of babies affected by Zika is significantly higher than officials initially believed. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

CDC: 10 percent of Zika-affected pregnancies show birth defects

Kimberly Leonard · April 4, 2017 9:09 pm

Smokeless tobacco is estimated to be around 90 percent safer than cigarettes. (Wikimedia Commons)

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How the CDC masks the truth about smokeless tobacco

Guy Bentley · February 28, 2017 8:09 pm

At least 23,000 people die from superbugs each year and at least 2 million people get infected with bacteria resistant to antibiotics, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Janice Carr/CDC via AP)

World Health Organization just put out the scariest list ever

Robert King · February 27, 2017 5:19 pm

Rep. Nita Lowey said repealing the prevention fund would "blow a massive hole" in the CDC's budget. "It would mean less research, worse health outcomes and more death and suffering from preventable disease," she said.

Obamacare repeal means deep cuts to CDC

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 21, 2017 5:01 am

Abortion rate lowest since Roe v. Wade

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Abortion rate lowest since Roe v. Wade

David Freddoso · January 17, 2017 5:06 pm

The best way to respond to Russian hacking is by exposing the vast wealth of Putin and his Kremlin mafia. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin Press Service, Sputnik, via AP)

Embarrass Putin for hacking Democrats

Washington Examiner Staff · January 9, 2017 5:01 am

In the U.S., 4,592 travel-associated cases were found as well as 200 locally transmitted cases. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Half million suspected Zika cases found in 2016

Robert King · December 30, 2016 4:05 pm