Tag: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Fruit and vegetables are displayed at Bolton Market as figures for the Uk inflation rate show that it continues to slow on August 17, 2010 in Bolton, United Kingdom. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Yuck! Adults hate veggies and fruits too

Paul Bedard · July 9, 2015 6:37 pm

Doctors may feel pressure to prescribe opioids because it may lead to a better score on a patient satisfaction survey, experts said. (AP Photo)

Lawmakers want to change how heroin addiction is treated

Robert King · July 8, 2015 3:49 pm

In this file photo, a doctor goes over a patient''s x-ray, screening for colon cancer. There is no single cause of colon cancer. Cancer of the colon and rectum accounts for 15% of cancer deaths. (Photo by American Cancer Society/Getty Images)

Where colon cancer kills the most people

Paige Winfield Cunningham · July 8, 2015 4:05 am

In this May 13, 2015 photo, the contents of a drug overdose rescue kit is seen at a training session in Buffalo, N.Y., on how to administer naloxone, which reverses the effects of heroin and prescription painkillers. The kits are being provided to community members in Erie County who seek training in how to recognize a potential drug overdose and administer naloxone, which reverses the effects of heroin and prescription painkillers. New York and other states have been equipping lay people, as well first responders and families of addicts, with naloxone in an effort to increase the chances it will be there when needed. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)

Vital heroin treatment still too pricey: lawmaker

Robert King · July 8, 2015 4:01 am

Even smokers want to raise cigarette purchasing age

Even smokers want to raise cigarette purchasing age

Paige Winfield Cunningham · July 7, 2015 6:35 pm

Heroin use on the rise

Heroin use on the rise

Robert King · July 7, 2015 5:35 pm

House upholds prohibition on gun research

Robert King · June 24, 2015 1:34 pm

Nurses wear masks as a precaution against the MERS virus as they attend an International Conference of Nurses in Seoul, South Korea. (Baek Seng-ryul/Yonhap via AP)

MERS spreads to Thailand

Robert King · June 19, 2015 3:48 pm

The Utah Dugway Proving Ground was inspected by the CDC,Â and lawmakers hope the documents will shed light on the shipments' safety lapses.

Lawmakers seek documents on anthrax scare

Robert King · June 12, 2015 9:45 pm

Some major chicken producers, like Tysons, have agreed to scale back pre-emptive antibiotic use on livestock in an effort to combatÂ antibiotic resistance.Â (Getty)

CDC: Drug-resistant foodborne infections on the rise

Robert King · June 9, 2015 10:44 pm

CDC Seeks to Recruit Minors Via Facebook for HIV Sexual Behavior Study

CDC Seeks to Recruit Minors Via Facebook for HIV Sexual Behavior Study

Jeryl Bier · June 9, 2015 4:29 pm

A pair of Canada Geese. (Getty Image)

Bird flu hits Michigan

Robert King · June 8, 2015 8:49 pm