Tag: Health

People walk on the street, Thursday, July 7, 2011, in Montpelier, Vt. National statistics show that Vermont is dropping from its perch near the top of national rankings of the least obese states. In 1995, 13.4 percent of Vermonters were considered obese. Now the figure is 23.5. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

America is losing the battle against obesity

Emilie Padgett · May 29, 2015 9:00 am

CDC DirectorÂ Tom Frieden was contacted byÂ members of theÂ House Energy and Commerce Committee demanding a briefing over the accidental shipment of live anthrax. (Getty Image)

National Security

Lawmakers summon top officials on accidental anthrax delivery

Susan Ferrechio · May 28, 2015 10:54 pm

(Photo Credit: CDC, via Wikimedia Commons)

National Security

Pentagon, CDC search for answers after anthrax foul-up

Tara Copp · May 28, 2015 5:08 pm

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Steve Baluyot of the Biological Defense Research Directorate Naval Medical Research Center in Bethesda, Md., loads unknown samples into capillary tubes for a Rugidized Advance Pathogen Identification Device analysis October 25, 2001 at the New York Department of Health, Public Health Laboratories, in New York, N.Y. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Jim Varhegyi/Getty Images)

National Security

Military lab accidentally ships live anthrax samples

David Brown · May 27, 2015 9:11 pm

(Image courtey Twitter/@MyPlate)

Government s’mores: Strawberries instead of chocolate, yogurt instead of marshmallows

Pete Kasperowicz · May 25, 2015 6:49 pm

Often called "flesh-eating bacteria," vibrio, which live in raw oysters or undercooked shellfish, can cause skin lesions, damage organs and even death. (AP)

E. coli infections down, ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria up

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 14, 2015 9:31 pm

A recent analysis found that 36 percent of all nursing homes certified by Medicare or Medicaid get one to two stars on a five-star government rating system. (AP Photo)

Many nursing homes get poor marks

Robert King · May 14, 2015 2:43 pm

New evidence for trying to save extremely premature babies

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 7, 2015 5:31 pm

The Affordable Care Act doesn't require insurers to update or improve billing practices, which have long led to confusion for consumers. (AP Photo)Â

Medical billing is in the dark ages

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 7, 2015 5:00 am

Panera Bread Co. is starting a "No-No List."Â (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Panera lists ingredients it’s ditching

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 5, 2015 2:40 pm

President Obama introduces Surgeon General Vivek Hallegere Murthy during an event to highlight investments in precision medicine. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Congress hears precision medicine challenges

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 5, 2015 9:00 am

A class action lawsuit claims large brewer MillerCoors is allegedly calling its Blue Moon product a "craft beer" to charge consumers more money. (AP Photo)Â

Blue Moon sued over ‘craft beer’ claims

Robert King · May 5, 2015 9:00 am