Jun 22 Lawmakers concerned chocolate e-cigarettes may lure teens By Vic Pasquantonio As of January of this year, there were more than 460 e-cigarette brands available for purchase online, and around 7,700 flavors, including Swedish fish, roasted marshmallow and vanilla cupcake. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch News Wrap: House GOP elect McCarthy as majority leader By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Republicans in the House voted in California Rep. Kevin McCarthy to be the next majority leader, filling a void left by Rep. Eric Cantor. Also, as many as 75 government scientists at a Centers for… Continue watching
Jun 19 As many as 75 scientists exposed to anthrax bacteria, CDC says By Ariel Min The Centers for Disease Control reported Thursday that as many as 75 scientists may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria, a rare but serious infectious disease found naturally in soil. While nobody is actually infected, they’re being offered… Continue reading
May 29 Measles in U.S. reaches two-decade high, hits Amish communities hardest By Talia Mindich This year’s measles outbreak in the U.S. is the largest in 20 years, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. A total of 228 confirmed cases have been reported to the CDC in the country between Jan. Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch Is Alzheimer’s even more deadly than we thought? By PBS News Hour A new study in the journal Neurology finds Alzheimer’s may account for many more deaths than we previously realized. While the CDC ranks the disease as the sixth-leading killer in the U.S., the new study puts the annual death toll… Continue watching
Nov 07 Watch FDA calls for ban on artery-clogging trans fats in processed foods FDA calls for ban on artery-clogging trans fats in processed foods… Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch Young People Make Up More Than a Quarter of New HIV Cases in the U.S. Young People Make Up More Than a Quarter of New HIV Cases in the U.S. Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch More Drugs May Have Been Tainted, Linked to Meningitis Outbreak More Drugs May Have Been Tainted, Linked to Meningitis Outbreak… Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch The World’s Forgotten Diseases Experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discuss some of the often neglected diseases worldwide and why we should be paying attention… Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch With H1N1 Vaccine Now Abundant, Flu Fears Ease With the H1N1 vaccine no longer in short supply, the crowds that once lined clinics nationwide are now gone. But has the rush to get vaccinated slowed too soon? Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching