CDC: First Person to Test Positive for Ebola in U.S. Is in Dallas

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Oct 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 )

Ebola vs. Idiocy: A Message From the CDC

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CDC Safety

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CDC Misfile

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Republicans Say No to CDC Gun Violence Research

Staff / Truthdig Apr 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 )

Sen. Chuck Schumer Wants to Keep Your Child From Overdosing on Medicine

Staff / Truthdig Jan 21, 2014 Sen. Charles E. Schumer is calling on federal regulators to require that all liquid children’s medications be equipped with safety devices called flow restrictors, following an investigation by ProPublica and testing by Consumer Reports showing that the devices can help prevent accidental overdoses. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Rise in STDs Attributed Almost Entirely to Males

Staff / Truthdig Jan 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 )

A Link Between Antibiotics and Obesity?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 19, 2013 Researchers discovered that states with high rates of antibiotic use also tend to have higher obesity rates. The maps are striking, with the Southeast leading and the West Coast showing the lowest rates of prescription use and low obesity. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Count the Carnage: 500 Kids Die Each Year From Gunshots

BLANK Oct 27, 2013 A new study touted as the first of its kind tallies up part of the blood cost of American gun ownership: Some 500 children killed and more than 7,700 wounded in 2009, the last year examined. And states with the highest gun ownership rates have the highest child death rates, the study found. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

CDC Sounds the Alarm on How Medicine and Agriculture Are Killing Us

BLANK Sep 19, 2013 Drug-resistant bacteria are causing the deaths of at least 23,000 Americans a year, a problem exacerbated by injudicious use of antibiotics in treatment of patients -- and their pervasive use in agriculture. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

You Are a Guinea Pig

By David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz, TomDispatch Apr 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 )

Where’s the War on Lethal Superbugs?

By Ralph Nader Sep 6, 2012 Every week, 2,000 Americans, or about 100,000 men, women and children a year, die from mostly preventable hospital-borne infections in the United States, and the toll may even be higher once the Centers for Disease Control updates its figures. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )