Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

House lawmakers introduced a plan to provide more than $600 million to fight the Zika virus. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

House offers $622M Zika funding bill

Robert King · May 16, 2016 5:38 pm

The CDC announced new funding of $25 million from preparedness funding to give to 53 states, cities and U.S. territories at risk for Zika transmission. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

CDC gives states new funding for fighting Zika

Robert King · May 13, 2016 7:54 pm

Select parts of the suspended CDC lab had been shut down in 2007 for mishandling the transfer of an unnamed virus, but reopened in 2010. (AP Photo)

CDC bioterrorism lab secretly suspended

Anna Giaritelli · May 10, 2016 10:54 pm

Democrats want the GOP to agree to spend $1.9 billion on fighting the Zika virus. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Democrats plan Zika hearing to pressure GOP on money

Susan Ferrechio · May 10, 2016 10:52 pm

From 1979-2013, the rate of suicide among the former NFL players was "less than half of what would be expected compared with the general U.S. population," according to the CDC. (AP Photo)

CDC: Retired NFL players don’t have higher suicide risk

Robert King · May 10, 2016 10:02 pm

‘Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie star in couples STD, HIV ad, ‘everything positive’

Paul Bedard · May 3, 2016 4:42 pm

"Zika's shadow is spreading too quickly in Florida, which has one-quarter of all the Zika cases in the United States," Rep. Vern Buchanan said Monday. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Republican pushes for Congress to approve Zika funding

Robert King · May 2, 2016 10:01 pm

On Thursday, the FDA authorized Quest Diagnostics to offer the first commercial test for the Zika virus in the United States. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)

FDA approves Zika test

Robert King · April 29, 2016 6:53 pm

The finding is significant as it means that a third type of mosquito can carry the virus. (AP Photo)

More states could be affected by Zika

Robert King · April 29, 2016 4:57 pm

While the gap between the teen birth rate for Hispanics and blacks compared to whites shrank, the rate remains —œtwice as high—? for black and Hispanic teens nationwide than whites, according to the CDC. (AP Photo)

Teen birth rate falls rapidly for minorities

Robert King · April 28, 2016 6:46 pm

E-cigarette advertising rose from $6.4 million in 2011 to an estimated $115 million in 2014. (iStock photo)

CDC: Link between e-cig ads and use

Robert King · April 25, 2016 7:16 pm

The suicide rate in the U.S. went up a total of 24 percent, according to a new report. (iStock Photo)

U.S. suicide rate on the rise

Kelly Cohen · April 22, 2016 11:57 am