Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has had to rearrange its effort to fight the Zika outbreak, said director Tom Frieden. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Feds scraping together ‘nickels and dimes’ to fight Zika

Robert King · March 23, 2016 8:18 pm

The health organization for the America has received $3 million of the $25 million requested. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

WHO gets little funding on Zika

Robert King · March 22, 2016 3:57 pm

A recent study looked at 50 cities where they know the mosquito Aedes aegypti resides. The mosquito is the primary carrier of Zika. (AP Photo)

Study: Zika could spread to 50 U.S. cities

Robert King · March 21, 2016 4:13 pm

Currently, doctors have to use a combination of three tests to determine if someone is infected with Zika. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Feds approve faster Zika test

Robert King · March 18, 2016 8:41 pm

CDC recommended doctors avoid prescribing opioids for chronic pain outside of cancer or end-of-life care. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

CDC releases controversial guidance on opioid prescriptions

Robert King · March 15, 2016 5:00 pm

Health officials say chances are minimal of getting the Zika virus at higher elevations. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

CDC: Get to higher ground to avoid Zika

Robert King · March 11, 2016 7:01 pm

Virus is primed to explode and spread dramatically on the island as the rainy season approaches. (AP Photo/Danica Coto)

CDC: Puerto Rico could have ‘hundreds of thousands’ of Zika cases

Robert King · March 10, 2016 5:39 pm

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday that a day-long Zika summit will take place at the agency's headquarters in Atlanta on April 1. (AP Photo)

CDC plans Zika summit

Robert King · March 4, 2016 7:20 pm

A lack of fetal tissue research could hurt scientists' efforts to study the spreading Zika virus, according to a scientist. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP)

Lack of fetal tissue could hurt research into Zika virus

Robert King · March 2, 2016 4:48 pm

Of the nine women confirmed to have the Zika virus, two lost their pregnancy, two actively terminated them and three gave birth. Two others are continuing with their pregnancies. (AP Photo)

Two of nine pregnant women with Zika choose abortions

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 26, 2016 7:42 pm

A new study found the quickly spreading virus might be linked to stillbirths and more birth defects. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Zika may cause stillbirths

Robert King · February 25, 2016 10:28 pm

The flu hasn't hit as hard this season as the last three years, health officials say. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

CDC: Flu shot nearly 60 percent effective this season

Robert King · February 24, 2016 11:26 pm