Kasia Anderson / TruthdigOct 1, 2014
Ebola has officially come to the United States, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is attempting to contain Americans' anxieties along with the spread of the potentially deadly virus. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigSep 6, 2014
A report recently published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that more than 23 million women and about 2 million men in the United States had been raped at some point during their lives. But other numbers in the findings are perhaps even more frightening. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigSep 3, 2014
The world's leading medical organizations are sounding the alarm over an outbreak of the Ebola virus, which has now spread to Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Senegal and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Of the 3,500 confirmed cases, 1,500 people have died. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 22, 2014
New legislation would increase CDC funding for gun violence research from zero dollars to $10 million. The NRA calls the push “unethical” and an “abuse of taxpayer funds.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigMay 5, 2014
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 900,000 people a year die of five leading causes in the U.S., and that 20 percent to 40 percent of these deaths are preventable (i.e., 180,000 to 360,000 needn’t die). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigMay 3, 2014
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the first U.S. case of MERS, a deadly virus for which there is no treatment. However, the risk to the public is low, according to the assistant surgeon general. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 22, 2014
Giving the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention money for gun violence research is a “request to fund propaganda,” a Georgia congressman says. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 8, 2014
Two new reports from the CDC show the dangers of overprescribing narcotics and antibiotics. Is there a way for doctors and consumers to make better decisions? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 11, 2014
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found an 11 percent rise in syphilis and a 4 percent increase in gonorrhea cases in 2012 in the U.S. But what does the XY chromosome have to do with these sexually transmitted diseases? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz, TomDispatchApr 30, 2013
A hidden epidemic is poisoning America. The toxins are in the air we breathe and the water we drink, in the walls of our homes and the furniture within them. The culprit behind this silent killer is lead, vinyl, formaldehyde and thousands more innovations brought to us by the industries that once promised “better living through chemistry." Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
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