Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Half of Americans enrolled in the Obamacare exchanges avoided medical care this year. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

In the age of Obamacare, Americans are less healthy

Sally Pipes · December 20, 2016 10:39 pm

5,000 more people died from opioids such as heroin, prescription painkillers and synthetics than in 2014. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)

Opioid deaths surge in 2015

Robert King · December 16, 2016 8:17 pm

Obama’s Drug Policy Legacy: Overdose Deaths and Youth Pot Use

John Walters, Brian Blake, David Murray · December 15, 2016 9:30 pm

Zika cases in Texas prompt warning

Robert King · December 15, 2016 12:10 am

Several U.S. cities, including major metropolitan centers like Philadelphia and Detroit, are following Finland's lead and pursuing baby box programs in an effort to reduce baby deaths.

Cities look to cardboard boxes to save babies

Robert King · December 12, 2016 5:01 am

According to new data from the CDC, the number of deaths from prescription and illicit opioids sharply rose in 2015. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

CDC: Opioid epidemic is getting worse

Kelly Cohen · December 9, 2016 4:56 pm

US life expectancy declined in 2015

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 8, 2016 3:12 pm

Zika is no longer spreading in a one-square-mile part of the Little River area of Miami, according to an announcement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

CDC: Zika no longer spreading in part of Miami-Dade

Robert King · December 2, 2016 3:38 pm

Health officials say they haven't found a new case of the virus in North Miami Beach for 45 days. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Zika no longer in part of Miami Beach

Robert King · November 22, 2016 8:52 pm

—œToo many families across Virginia and the nation are dealing with heartbreak and loss as a result of prescription opioid and heroin abuse epidemic,—£ Terry McAuliffe said. (AP Photo)

Opioid addiction declared health emergency in Virginia

Kelly Cohen · November 21, 2016 10:17 pm

Booze Is a Costlier Problem than Opioids, Surgeon General Says

Chris Deaton · November 18, 2016 8:13 pm

The CDC said the 2015 smoking level is the lowest since CDC began collecting data in 1965. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Cigarette smoking rates drop to record low

Robert King · November 10, 2016 6:00 pm