Dec 15 The many mixed messages schools send students on healthy eating By Laura Santhanam In schools, where companies enjoy a captive audience, food marketing is widespread -- on pizza packaging, football game scoreboards and vending machines, for example. But the messages on healthy eating in the classroom often conflict with both that marketing and… Continue reading
Oct 20 Sexually transmitted diseases in U.S. at all-time high, CDC says By Helen Branswell, STAT Rates of sexually transmitted diseases, such as syphilis and gonorrhea, have risen sharply in U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention… Continue reading
Sep 30 This photo shows exactly why Fentanyl is deadlier than heroin By ALLISON BOND, STAT Fentanyl, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is up to 100 times more potent than morphine and many times that of heroin. Continue reading
Sep 19 CDC relaxes Zika travel ban for Miami's Wynwood neighborhood By Nsikan Akpan On Monday,the CDC updated their Zika-related travel guidelines for Miami's Wynwood neighborhood. Continue reading
Sep 14 CDC deploys new rapid response teams to fight Zika By Virginia Anderson, Kaiser Health News ATLANTA — It was a call that public health officials were dreading, but for which they had prepared. Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch 5:22 News Wrap: CDC warns pregnant women to avoid Miami Beach; Louisiana cleanup continues By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the CDC warned pregnant women to avoid traveling to Florida’s Miami Beach in light of the recent Zika outbreak there. Officials say mosquitoes are now transmitting the virus in the tourist destination; five local cases… Continue watching
Aug 07 Zika is 'game-changer' for OB-GYN doctors in Florida By Sammy Mack, WLRN For many OB-GYN doctors in Florida, discussing Zika risks with patients has become a standard part of prenatal care. Continue reading
Aug 02 CDC: Mosquito eradication difficult in Miami neighborhood By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says officials are finding it challenging to eradicate mosquitoes in a part of Miami where 14 people appear to have contracted the Zika virus. Continue reading
Jun 18 Zika virus spreading rapidly across Puerto Rico By Helen Branswell, STAT There are alarming signs the Zika virus is spreading rapidly in Puerto Rico, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. Continue reading
Jun 16 Three U.S. infants have been born with Zika-related birth defects, CDC says By Helen Branswell, STAT Three other pregnancies in the U.S. have also been affected by Zika infections, but they were not carried to term, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading