Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Officials investigated six outbreaks tied to Chipotle last year, including norovirus, E. coli and salmonella. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

All Chipotle stores to close Feb. 8 for food safety meeting

Kelly Cohen · January 15, 2016 3:32 pm

"E-cigarette ads use many of the same themes -- independence, rebellion and sex -- used to sell cigarettes and other conventional tobacco products," the CDC said. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

CDC: Kids exposed to lots of e-cigarette ads

Robert King · January 5, 2016 6:00 pm

Local governments need naloxone as an antidote to heroin overdoses, but the price is soaring. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Drug overdose deaths hit record in 2014

Robert King · December 18, 2015 7:40 pm

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Washington Secrets

CDC: Black men shot dead 4-1 over white men

Paul Bedard · December 18, 2015 6:10 pm

A major push by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi wasn't enough to lift a ban on funding federal research into gun violence in the omnibus spending bill. (AP Photo)

Funding for gun violence research left out of omnibus

Robert King · December 16, 2015 7:07 pm

More than a dozen House Democrats have proposed legislation that would change federal law to prevent foreign nationals from buying firearms after entering the United States through the Visa Waiver Program. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Energy and Environment

Spending deal may hinge on federal study of gun violence

Susan Ferrechio · December 11, 2015 5:01 am

âÅWe must insist that we cannot have a bill leave the station that still has that ban on research in it,âï¿½ Nancy Pelosi said. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Pelosi wants repeal of gun research ban in omnibus

Robert King · December 10, 2015 4:43 pm

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new study Thursday offering the first definitive account of U.S. cases of a strain of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae, which is commonly referred to as "nightmare bacteria." (AP Photo/Centers for Disease Control)

‘Nightmare’ superbug may be on the rise

Robert King · December 3, 2015 6:02 pm

Walmart and McDonald's write to Congress to ask for more money to fight antibiotic resistance. (AP Photo/Chris Stewart)

Major retailers join CDC to push for superbug funds

Robert King · November 18, 2015 8:52 pm

The U.S. uninsured rate fell to 9 percent during the first half of this year,Â according to aÂ CDC report released Thursday.Â (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Uninsured rate falls to 9 percent

Paige Winfield Cunningham · November 5, 2015 4:22 pm

Chipotle voluntarily closed down 43 of its locations in Washington and in the Portland area as a precaution after an E. coli outbreak linked to six of its restaurants in the two states has sickened 37Â people. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

37 sick from E. coli outbreak in the Northwest

Anna Giaritelli · November 3, 2015 9:28 pm

Dems propose federal plan to deal with overweight kids

Pete Kasperowicz · October 21, 2015 7:18 pm