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Are The CDC’s Opioid Guidelines Harming Pain Patients?

Apr 01, 2019 PM EDT

Are the CDC’s opioid guidelines harming pain patients rather than helping them? Here’s what we know about the CDC’s role in fighting the ongoing public health crisis.

Pakistan Takes Steps to Enforce Polio Immunization

May 06, 2014 PM EDT

The Health Minister of Pakistan has declared that his country is establishing mandatory polio immunization and reinoculation check-points at all its international airports, hoping to stop the spread of wild poliovirus beyond its borders.

Spreading Poliovirus Raises International Alarm

May 05, 2014 AM EDT

Polio has reportedly spread from three countries, spurring world health officials to call for a coordinated effort from the countries affected as well as world powers to stop the virus from crossing any more boarders.

Delaying the Destruction of the Last Smallpox Samples in the World

May 02, 2014 PM EDT

Experts in the United States argue that it's still not time to destroy the last known stockpiles of smallpox samples in the world, but many officials disagree.

260,000 U.S. Deaths Could Have Been Prevented, Says CDC

May 02, 2014 PM EDT

Up to 40 percent of annual premature deaths in the United States are "preventable," according to a recent overarching study conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Child Immunization: Costs and Gains

Apr 24, 2014 PM EDT

Childhood immunizations resulted in an estimated net savings of $69 billion in societal cost in the United States, according to a recent report from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). However, not all vaccinations may be worth thei..

Whooping Cough Rates: Dramatic Spike in Long Beach

Apr 23, 2014 PM EDT

California officials are reporting that the city of Long Beach is currently seeing a prevalence of whooping cough cases this year that is nearly nine times what the region saw in 2013.

Whooping Cough Cases in Montana

Apr 23, 2014 PM EDT

Montana health officials have identified seven cases of whooping cough in and around the region of Helena, and are urging residents of that area to consider vaccination and booster shots prevent a full-fledged outbreak of the dangerous respiratory di..

Food Borne Illness Rates Remain High: CDC Report

Apr 18, 2014 PM EDT

Overall food poisoning rates for 2013 remain constant with previous years, according to a recent United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. While salmonella outbreaks have seen a decline this past year, rates of illnesses due to..

Diabetic Complications Declining in US

Apr 17, 2014 PM EDT

Diabetics appear to be facing fewer and fewer complications associated with their condition, according to a recent report from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Drowning Death Rates Are Sinking

Apr 16, 2014 PM EDT

The number of deaths by unintentional drowning in the United States has significantly reduced over the last ten years, with the most notable decline among infants, according to recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CD..

Gov’t Says Record Low Teen Births "Still Too High”

Apr 08, 2014 PM EDT

Teen birth rates in the United States are currently the lowest level ever recorded, but 15 to 17 year-olds still account for one fourth of all teen births, according to the latest teen pregnancy report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent..