Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Missing CDC researcher found dead in river

Kimberly Leonard · April 5, 2018 5:03 pm

CDC finds ‘nightmare bacteria’ prevalent in US

Robert King · April 3, 2018 6:53 pm

Drug overdoses soar in 2016, fueled by fentanyl

Drug overdoses soar in 2016, fueled by fentanyl

Robert King · March 29, 2018 5:00 pm

The amount of opioids prescribed in 2015 was enough for every American to be medicated around the clock for three weeks. (AP Photo/Chris Post)

Opioid crisis caused almost 1 million to be absent from workforce, cost $700 billion: Study

Diana Stancy Correll · March 27, 2018 9:26 pm

President Donald Trump walks down the steps of the Capitol building after a luncheon with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, Thursday, March 15, 2018, in Washington. From left, Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Varadkar, Trump, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., and Vice President Mike Pence.

Money to fight opioids, superbugs, gun violence included in spending deal

Robert King, Kimberly Leonard · March 22, 2018 2:20 am

Law on gun violence research faces makeover in spending bill

Kimberly Leonard · March 21, 2018 10:07 pm

President Trump pauses during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Washington.

Trump taps AIDS researcher for CDC

Robert King · March 21, 2018 9:05 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies before the Senate Environment Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Energy and Environment

EPA to hold national summit on chemicals found in drinking water

John Siciliano · March 19, 2018 11:41 pm

The Roybal campus for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia is shown.

Trump administration considers HIV/AIDS expert to lead CDC: Reports

Kimberly Leonard · March 17, 2018 1:31 pm

Kratom is an herbal supplement that can be smoked, sipped in tea, or taken as tablets. People who take it have said that it helps relieve chronic pain and depression, and it can work as a replacement to opioids. Some people take it for its stimulating effects.

CDC links 47 more salmonella infections to kratom

Kimberly Leonard · March 15, 2018 10:20 pm

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

Atlanta police insist CDC said missing scientist was passed over for promotion

Kimberly Leonard · March 13, 2018 11:41 pm

Anne Schuchat, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee on the reemergence of vaccine preventible diseases, Tuesday, February 10, 2015. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

CDC ‘not giving up hope’ that missing scientist will be found

Kimberly Leonard · March 12, 2018 3:29 pm