Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's response to the HIV outbreak comes despite his own misgivings about needle exchange programs. (AP Photo)Â

Pence defends needle exchanges to combat Indiana HIV outbreak

Robert King · April 24, 2015 3:44 pm

In this Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, photo, pediatrician Charles Goodman vaccinates 1-year-old Cameron Fierro with the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, or MMR vaccine, at his practice in Northridge, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

California Disneyland measles outbreak over

Robert King · April 17, 2015 5:57 pm

E-cigarette use among middle and high school students tripled from 2013 to 2014, according to new federal data.Â (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

E-cigarette use triples among minors

Robert King · April 16, 2015 6:25 pm

The Department of Agriculture said the United States has the strongest bird flu surveillance program in the world. (AP Photo)Â

Poultry industry under pressure as bird flu spreads to another state

Robert King · April 16, 2015 9:00 am

The Obama administration launched a new public health argument for facing the threat of climate change on Tuesday. (AP)

Energy and Environment

WH starts initiative to battle health problems from climate change

John Siciliano · April 7, 2015 8:36 pm

Use of contraception increased so much among teens that it not only drove down the pregnancy rate, but also compensated for the increased sexual activity. (AP Photo)

More teens using long-acting birth control

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 7, 2015 5:00 pm

This latest superbug has been linked to an intestinal bacteria spread by international travelers. (Getty Images)

U.S. faces another superbug outbreak

Robert King · April 2, 2015 8:12 pm

President Barack Obama speaks at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House releases plan to combat resistant infections

Robert King · March 27, 2015 3:06 pm

CDC: Black HIV cases twice whites; lack of condom use blamed

CDC: Black HIV cases twice whites; lack of condom use blamed

Paul Bedard · March 25, 2015 3:41 pm

An ambulance carrying Amber Joy Vinson, the second healthcare worker to be diagnosed with Ebola in Texas, arrives at Emory University Hospital on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Tulis)

Additional Americans being monitored for Ebola

Paige Winfield Cunningham · March 13, 2015 7:26 pm

A cancer patient sits with a book as she gets her chemotherapy treatment. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Cancer patients surviving longer: CDC

Robert King · March 13, 2015 1:58 pm

A nurse prepares to give a patient a shot from a hypodermic needle. David Cheskin/PA Wire (Press Association via AP Images)

Government seeks to rebuild trust after flu shot SNAFU

Robert King · March 10, 2015 9:00 am