Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

New York Police Department officers stand on patrol in the Times Square area of New York on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015.

Suicide rates rise across the US

Kimberly Leonard · June 7, 2018 5:08 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The CDC said in a press release on May 19, 2016, that at least one violation was uncovered in nearly 80 percent of public pool and hot tub inspections in five states.

CDC would lose control of emergency drug stockpile under House bill

Kimberly Leonard · June 4, 2018 4:01 am

Romaine lettuce

Four more die from E. coli-infected romaine lettuce

Kimberly Leonard · June 1, 2018 2:37 pm

A doctor holds Truvada pills at her office in San Francisco. The pill has been shown to reduce the risk of getting HIV from sex by more than 90 percent if taken daily.

CDC: More troops should be on anti-HIV meds

Kimberly Leonard · May 24, 2018 9:16 pm

Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., speaks about EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and the state of the EPA during a protest by the American Federation of Government Employees union, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Washington.

Energy and Environment

Staff of Democrat who represents Flint barred from attending part of EPA’s summit on chemicals

Josh Siegel · May 23, 2018 10:27 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The CDC said in a press release on May 19, 2016, that at least one violation was uncovered in nearly 80 percent of public pool and hot tub inspections in five states.

Missing CDC researcher’s death ruled a suicide

Associated Press · May 23, 2018 4:00 pm

America's Health Insurance Plans said the proposal "cannot work." (iStock photo)

700,000 more people uninsured during Trump’s first year

Kimberly Leonard · May 22, 2018 4:01 am

Hotel pools, hot tubs house a third of water germs

Kimberly Leonard · May 17, 2018 5:34 pm

In this April 26, 2018, photo Noe Contrez carries a tray of romaine lettuce transplants as he walks next to a planter towed by a tractor at the EG Richter Family Farm in Puyallup, Wash. The farm sells most of it's lettuce to large local grocery store chains, and owner Tim Richter says that so far his farm hasn't been affected by warnings that romaine lettuce from Yuma, Arizona, apparently has been contaminated with the E. coli bacteria. Richter says he urges consumers to stay away from bagged lettuce and to always cut and wash their own produce.

E. coli illnesses from contaminated lettuce spread to 32 states

Kimberly Leonard · May 16, 2018 9:51 pm

Beltway Confidential

Robinson Cano got suspended for breaking an anti-steroid MLB rule that shouldn’t exist

Tom Joyce · May 16, 2018 8:36 pm

Democrats call for maternal mortality hearing

Kimberly Leonard · May 14, 2018 8:34 pm

CDC: Most drug treatment facilities allow smoking

Kimberly Leonard · May 10, 2018 5:43 pm