Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

In this July 12, 2014, photo, migrants walk along the rail tracks after getting off a train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border in Ixtepec, Mexico. The surge in unaccompanied minors and women with children migrating from Central America has put new attention on decades-old smuggling organizations. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

CDC secret warning on surge of illegal kids: ‘Plan on many having TB’

Paul Bedard · April 21, 2016 9:02 pm

Of the high schoolers that used marijuana recently, seven in 10 said they used it at least three times in the past 30 days, with two in 10 saying they used it at least 40 times. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

How many high schoolers smoke marijuana?

Jason Russell · April 20, 2016 4:53 pm

About 4.7 million students smoked in 2015, roughly the same amount as in 2011.

CDC: Just as many kids smoking

Robert King · April 14, 2016 5:26 pm

"I can't understand why they don't give us the information," Rogers said. "We are trying to be helpful and want to help. We simply don't have the info." (Bloomberg/Andrew Harrer)

GOP: White House keeping us in the dark on Zika

Susan Ferrechio · April 14, 2016 4:01 am

Health officials says Zika causes a birth defect called microcephaly as well as similar birth defects. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

CDC: Zika virus causes birth defects

Robert King · April 13, 2016 9:00 pm

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of NIH/NIAID, right, with Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the CDC, say the Zika virus is a much bigger problem than they first imagined. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Feds say Zika virus ‘scarier than we initially thought’

Nicole Duran · April 11, 2016 6:17 pm

A number of important factors have contributed to the routine use of opioid analgesics for acute and chronic pain conditions in the U.S. (AP Photo)

The anatomy of the opioid addiction epidemic

Don Flattery · April 2, 2016 4:02 am

"We will do whatever we can at the federal government, but state and local governments also need to do more," CDC Director Tom Frieden said during a media briefing. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Local governments will fight Zika with little funding

Robert King · April 2, 2016 4:01 am

In February, President Obama requested $1.8 billion in emergency funding on Zika. A majority of the funds would go to states and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico to kill mosquitoes. (AP Photo)

White House: Congress putting Americans in harm’s way on Zika

Robert King · April 1, 2016 5:51 pm

Washington Secrets

Flashback: CDC blamed spike in female mutilation ‘wholly’ on immigration surge

Paul Bedard · March 28, 2016 12:09 am

So far there are 273 Zika cases in 35 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Almost all are from people who travelled to a country where the virus is spreading through mosquito bites, the rest are from sexual transmission. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Men with Zika: No sex for six months, CDC says

Robert King · March 25, 2016 6:40 pm

The campaign was the first one to be spent with federal funding. It featured former smokers discussing the impact of smoking-related diseases. (Screenshot)

CDC: Anti-smoking ads working

Robert King · March 24, 2016 4:58 pm