The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledged Wednesday that systemic safety problems have for years plagued federal public health laboratories that handle dangerous germs such as anthrax and bird flu. Testifying at a congressional hearing …
Health care providers wrote 259 million prescriptions for opioid painkillers in 2012, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prescriptions were distributed unevenly throughout the United States—health care providers in the highest prescribing state wrote almost three times …
The Centers for Disease Control released The Heads Up app to help parents, coaches and others learn how to spot the warning signs of a concussion or other serious brain injury. The app provides education on helmet safety and features …
After a chemical spilled into the Elk River and tainted the water supply of 300,000 West Virginians, health officials’ biggest concern was determining at what levels the water would again be safe to drink. If it was safe to drink, …
It turns out the toughest obstacle of a Tough Mudder-style race might not be dodging live electrical wires, hoisting logs or leaping over a wall of flames. It might be the nasty stomach bug that can come from swallowing the …
Outbreak data show that Americans are twice as likely to get food poisoning from food prepared at a restaurant than food prepared at home, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest. The nonprofit food safety watchdog group …
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says some Texas cases in a severe stomach bug outbreak last summer have been linked to Mexican cilantro. The CDC said Wednesday that the cilantro came from Puebla, Mexico, and was served at …
A new Centers for Disease Control report says Alaskans pay a heavy price for heavy drinking of alcohol. The CDC analyzed costs in each state associated with heavy drinking. The Anchorage Daily News reports Alaska has the distinction of paying …
Drowning doesn’t look like it does in Hollywood. There’s not always splashing and screams. Often, drowning signs are so subtle they go undetected. “Sometimes people perceive it as someone thrashing and being able to scream and yell, water flying everywhere,” …
More than 250 people in at least six states have come down with a stomach bug that could be linked to foodborne illness. The Centers for Disease Control says the cyclospora infection causing diarrhea and other flu-like symptoms has been …