Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Summer Zervos and Donald Trump.

E. coli illnesses linked to lettuce expand to 29 states

Kimberly Leonard · May 9, 2018 6:57 pm

CDC director agrees to take $165,000 pay cut after criticism

Robert King · May 9, 2018 2:16 pm

Salad scare: Tainted lettuce prompts alarm over tracking outbreaks

Robert King · May 8, 2018 4:00 am

E. coli contaminated lettuce causes first death

Kimberly Leonard · May 2, 2018 8:26 pm

In this photo, a mosquito of the species Aedes aegypti sucks blood from a human.

Illnesses from bug bites growing in US

Robert King · May 1, 2018 5:01 pm

Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, receives a flu shot from Sharon Bonadies at the conclusion of a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. "Vaccination is the single most important step everyone 6 months of age and older can take to protect themselves and their families against influenza," said Frieden. Influenza hospitalized a surprisingly high number of young and middle-aged adults last winter, and this time around the government wants more of them vaccinated. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Lethal flu season drives business at for-profit hospital chains

Joe Williams · May 1, 2018 4:57 pm

CDC director requests pay cut after outcry

Robert King · April 30, 2018 7:04 pm

Romaine lettuce

Illnesses from eating romaine lettuce rise to 98, CDC says

Robert King · April 27, 2018 6:53 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a press conference.

Chuck Schumer: New CDC director confirms no prohibition on gun violence research

Robert King · April 26, 2018 6:19 pm

A newborn sleeps in its bed.

Births to 10-14 year olds hit record low

Kimberly Leonard · April 25, 2018 4:01 am

This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. Abuse of painkillers, heroin, fentanyl and other opioids across the country has resulted in tens of thousands of children being taken from their homes and placed in the foster care system.

House panel plans to grill opioid distributors

Robert King · April 12, 2018 6:42 pm

Beltway Confidential

The crusade against JUUL and other vaping products is childish, even for tobacco control

Paul Blair · April 6, 2018 9:23 pm