Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

A recovered hedgehog is held in gloved hands before its release near Kecskemet, 85 kms southeast of Budapest, Hungary.

Kiss of salmonella? Snuggling with hedgehogs linked to outbreak, CDC warns

Vaishnavee Sharma · January 27, 2019 1:53 am

Henry Beverly, 73, battles the flu while tended to by nurse Kathleen Burks at Upson Regional Medical Center in Thomaston, Ga., Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. "I believe if I stand up right now I'd just collapse," said Beverly after days of battling the flu. Beverly came to the emergency room earlier in the week and was scheduled to go home after being treated before his symptoms took a quick turn for the worse. "I felt like my body was just going to blow up. A lot of people don't realize what the flu really is. It takes a lot to put me on my feet. I believe I would have died if I went home."

Seven million sickened as flu season worsens

Kimberly Leonard · January 11, 2019 4:00 pm

Romaine Lettuce still sits on the shelves as a shopper walks through the produce area of an Albertsons market Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, in Simi Valley, Calif. Health officials in the U.S. and Canada told people Tuesday to stop eating romaine lettuce because of a new E. coli outbreak.

Romaine calm: CDC says E. coli outbreak is over

Vaishnavee Sharma · January 9, 2019 11:38 pm

An addict injects heroin, even as a fentanyl test strip registered a positive result for contamination, Wednesday Aug. 22, 2018, in New York.

Study: 8 percent of high school students in Louisiana are shooting up drugs

Anna Giaritelli · January 9, 2019 10:29 pm

The hand of an old man cups around a glass of whiskey in a barely lit bar.

Alcohol deaths climbing, men twice as likely to die

Kimberly Leonard · December 24, 2018 5:00 am

A veterinarian carries a little dachshund.

Female veterinarians committing suicide in record numbers

Kimberly Leonard · December 20, 2018 7:59 pm

Stacy Lenze, a community health outreach worker, holds a vial of naloxone and syringes in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Trump administration recommends prescribing antidote alongside opioids amid scourge of overdoses

Kimberly Leonard · December 19, 2018 7:00 pm

Suicides drive record US gun deaths in 2017

Kelly Cohen · December 11, 2018 7:53 pm

Beltway Confidential

Eating raw cookie dough is probably worth the risk

Philip Klein · December 10, 2018 10:14 pm

Supporters of Planned Parenthood react to speakers at a rally, Thursday, May 24, 2018, in New York.

Abortionists sue to block accurate data collection on abortion. What do they have to hide?

Rachel N. Busick · December 9, 2018 5:00 am

Romaine lettuce still sits on the shelves in the produce area of an Albertsons market Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, in Simi Valley, Calif.

CDC: Tainted romaine lettuce has sickened 52 people over two months

Anna Giaritelli · December 6, 2018 10:42 pm

Acetaminophen pills are shown.

Drug spending stays almost flat under Trump

Kimberly Leonard · December 6, 2018 9:00 pm