Centers For Disease Control

According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the current bird flu outbreak has caused 67 human cases of bird flu in the U.S. and one death associated with the virus. The virus was confirmed on Friday at a commercial poultry production facility in Georgia, the...

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy declared gun violence a public health crisis Tuesday in a 39-page advisory. What Happened: Murthy is imploring the nation to confront the issue with the same effort put toward reducing deaths and injuries from tobacco and motor vehicle accidents. He also...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert for ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli (Escherichia coli.) The products, which were produced in March, were distributed to food service institutions and...

The latest federal data offers encouraging news on the subject of marijuana use among high school students. Despite the ongoing trend toward cannabis legalization, rates of both current and lifetime cannabis use among teenagers have been consistently decreasing, per Marijuana Moment. About The...

The COVID-19 virus has infected 75,204 worldwide as of Wednesday and killed more than 2,000, according to the World Health Organization. In the U.S., 15 cases of the new coronavirus, a close cousin of SARS and MERS, have been reported, according to the Centers for Disease Control. As the virus...

The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows there have been 2,172 cases of serious lung injury related to vaping in 49 states, Washington, D.C. and two U.S. territories as of Nov. 13. Forty-two people have died in 24 states and the District of...

The lethal H3N2 flu strain and comorbid diseases claimed at least 4,000 lives in the U.S. last week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The illness rate now rivals that of the swine flu in 2009 and exceeds that of the last severe flu season in 2003, when a new strain emerged. “Flu...

Sometimes, efforts that begin with the best intentions can just end up making things worse. The Centers for Disease Control and state and local regulators have been fighting the national epidemic of prescription opioid painkiller abuse by increasing regulation of prescription opioid drugs and...

The Washington Post, citing a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study, reported the number of annual HIV diagnoses has dropped by 19 percent between 2005 and 2014. Men who have sex with other men accounted for around 67 percent of all HIV diagnoses in 2014. HIV cases among women fell by...

The Centers for Disease Control announced six new cases of E. coli linked to Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) restaurants in California, Ohio, New York, and Minnesota. Chipotle's stock declined Monday morning, hitting a new 52-week low of $532.03 before rebounding and trading...