Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

According to immigration attorney Laura Figuera, her client Yonathan Eduard Morales Galivz was taken to the hospital in the early hours one recent morning and is undergoing ongoing treatment "just in case the bat was rabid." (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck)

Two immigrant detainees in Texas receive medical treatment for bat bites

Katie Leach · March 11, 2018 1:56 am

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said the Department of Justice would use "all available tools" to hold people accountable on opioids. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Justice Department pushing to halt the rise of opioid overdoses, addiction this year

Kimberly Leonard · March 7, 2018 5:50 pm

Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, is seeking to unseat Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in 2018. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Beto O’Rourke: The Democrat launching a surprisingly strong challenge against Ted Cruz

Laura Barrón-López · March 6, 2018 1:00 pm

Technology experts familiar with Tor and darknet markets say it's unlikely that authorities can easily address the issue without a frontal attack on Tor, an action they view as highly unlikely and possibility futile.

Trump administration is again losing the war against dark web drugs

Steven Nelson · March 6, 2018 5:01 am

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 more salmonella illnesses to kratom

Kimberly Leonard · March 2, 2018 9:10 pm

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. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday that the peak of this flu season appears to have occurred at the beginning of February. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Flu on the way down from peak

Kimberly Leonard · March 2, 2018 7:56 pm

In this 2017 photo, West Virginia attorney general Patrick Morrisey speaks at a news conference at Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va. The state sued the Drug Enforcement Agency in December to force changes to the agency's cap that mandates how many opioids can be manufactured each year. However, the lawsuit was dropped after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions called for changes to the yearly limit. (AP Photo/John Raby)

West Virginia drops lawsuit against DEA

Robert King · March 1, 2018 11:17 pm

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said, on tackling the opioid epidemic, "We have to get people willing to seek out treatment." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

HHS Secretary Alex Azar commits to approaching opioid epidemic as a ‘medical challenge’ rather than moral failing

Kimberly Leonard · March 1, 2018 8:30 pm

The House Energy and Commerce Committee, headed by Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., held a legislative hearing Wednesday on eight bills aimed at tackling the opioid epidemic. Some of the legislation would give the Drug Enforcement Administration new powers to stem the tide of fentanyl, an opioid 100 times more potent than morphine. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House panel targets illicit opioids fueling spike in deaths

Robert King · February 28, 2018 11:17 pm

In this 2005 file photo, Danielle Holland reacts as she is given a FluMist influenza vaccination in St. Leonard, Md. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, voted 12-2 Wednesday to recommend that doctors administer the flu vaccine via nasal spray. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner, File)

Nasal flu vaccine to make a comeback

Kimberly Leonard · February 21, 2018 7:32 pm

This 2016 photo released by the New York Police Department shows an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. Nikolas Cruz, who admitted to committing Wednesday's mass shooting at a Florida high school, used a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle to carry out his attack, and several doctors' groups are now asking President Trump and Congress to restrict access to firearms in light of the shooting. (NYPD via AP)

Doctors groups call on lawmakers to limit access to firearms

Kimberly Leonard · February 16, 2018 7:55 pm

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said with respect to the issue of mental illness after Wednesday's mass shooting: "The Department of Health and Human Services will be laser focused on this issue in the days, weeks and months to come. And it has already been a priority under this administration." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Alex Azar says HHS will be ‘laser focused’ on mental health following shooting

Kimberly Leonard · February 15, 2018 11:43 pm