Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Ebola can last more than a year in semen, based on data from a Liberian screening program. (AP Photo/Michael Duff, File)

Study: Ebola lasts longer than expected in semen

Robert King · August 30, 2016 10:30 pm

Moms in the U.S. are increasingly breastfeeding their infants, but still not as long as experts want. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Breastfeeding rates in the U.S. keep rising

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 22, 2016 7:29 pm

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its travel advisory on Friday after news broke that five people got Zika locally in Miami Beach. (AP Photo)

CDC: Don’t go to Miami Beach if pregnant

Robert King · August 19, 2016 5:47 pm

Health agency wants doctors to conduct repeated eye and hearing tests and ultrasounds on infants. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

CDC wants doctors to test babies more for Zika

Robert King · August 19, 2016 4:19 pm

Study: Zika can stay in semen for 6 months

Robert King · August 12, 2016 4:58 pm

A new federal study showed that American-Indians and Alaskan natives had the highest prevalence of cigarette smoking at nearly 40 percent of their population.

CDC study highlights which ethnic group smokes the most

Robert King · August 4, 2016 5:55 pm

The entire Florida congressional delegation wants the federal government to give more funding to the state to fight the Zika virus, which is spreading by mosquito bites in a small area of Miami. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Florida lawmakers demand more Zika money from CDC

Robert King · August 3, 2016 8:01 pm

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman called on seven companies to stop marketing products that claim they can prevent or protect against the Zika virus, but are in fact useless. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New York attorney general slams deceptive Zika-prevention products

Robert King · August 3, 2016 3:59 pm

The report found that in the 41 states are at risk of the two types of Aedes mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus, fewer than one-third use "highly effective" forms of birth control such as intrauterine devices or a contraceptive shot. (iStock photo)

CDC calls for lower birth control costs with outbreak of Zika

Maria Biery · August 2, 2016 5:18 pm

The funds are intended to tide over states and territories until Congress provides emergency funding to fight Zika, which has now been found in more than 1,600 Americans and is spreading locally in Florida. (AP Photo)

States get more Zika funding

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 2, 2016 3:27 pm

Gov. Rick Scott also called on the CDC to activate an emergency response team to help assist the Florida Department of Health to investigate, collect samples and assist with mosquito control efforts. (AP Photo/Danica Coto)

Obama sends CDC team to Florida to fight Zika

Susan Crabtree · August 1, 2016 6:19 pm

Warning for pregnant women comes after cases discovered of mosquitoes spreading the virus within the U.S. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

England warns pregnant women against travel to Florida

Robert King · July 30, 2016 3:18 pm