Bloomberg announces $50 million to fight opioid epidemic
Fri., Nov. 30, 2018
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s charity has announced a $50 million donation to help fight the nation’s opioid epidemic.
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‘Do not eat this cereal’: CDC links Honey Smacks, salmonella
Thu., July 12, 2018
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a popular Kellogg’s cereal has been linked to a salmonella outbreak that has infected 100 people in 33 states.
Washington well-prepared for major medical care emergencies and detecting emerging diseases
Tue., April 24, 2018
Washington is well-equipped to detect emerging diseases, deliver medical supplies and coordinate a health response to an emergency, according to a federal index of state emergency preparedness released last week.
Groundhog Day report: Flu’s worsening shadow blanketing U.S.
Fri., Feb. 2, 2018
It looks like Groundhog Day for the nation’s flu report, too: It’s gotten worse and there are weeks of suffering ahead.
CDC identified 2 small Montana counties as being at risk for HIV
Mon., Jan. 22, 2018
Of all the counties between Puget Sound and the Great Lakes, just two pop up on a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map as among the nation’s most at-risk for HIV. Mineral County, Montana (population 4,200) ranks 161st of 220 in the study. Treasure County, Montana (population 700) is 211th.
2 children die of flu in Oregon
Thu., Jan. 11, 2018
Two children have died from the flu in Oregon, both younger than 10.
CDC gets list of forbidden words: fetus, transgender, diversity
Fri., Dec. 15, 2017
Trump administration officials are forbidding officials at the nation’s top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases – including “fetus” and “transgender” – in any official documents being prepared for next year’s budget.
Experts: Herd immunity outside U.S. slows Zika in Florida
Sat., Aug. 12, 2017
The waning of Zika outbreaks in the Caribbean and South America has helped slow the spread of the mosquito-borne virus in Florida this year, according to health officials.
Shawn Vestal: Are we Cancer Town USA? It depends, as statistics paint complex, incomplete picture of disease
Wed., June 7, 2017
County health officials agree: We have our share of cancer here – and more than our share of breast, lung and skin cancer – but there’s reason to be wary of any single statistic that puts us at the top of a national list.
Fitbit tracks your steps; now it wants to chart your Zs, too
Mon., March 6, 2017
Fitbit, whose devices encourage people to walk 10,000 steps each day, now wants to put them to sleep as well.
CDC issues Zika travel guidance for Texas border city
Thu., Dec. 15, 2016
Federal health officials on Wednesday urged pregnant women to consider postponing travel to Brownsville, Texas, because of five local cases of Zika virus infection that have been reported.
U.S. abortion rate falls to lowest level in decades, CDC reports
Wed., Nov. 23, 2016
The number and rate of abortions tallied by federal authorities have fallen to their lowest level in decades, according to new data released Wednesday.
Advisory panel recommends just two HPV vaccine doses for many children
Tue., Oct. 25, 2016
Children who start getting vaccinated against the human papillomavirus virus before age 15 only need to get two doses, according to a new recommendation from government advisers
CDC Director: U.S. Zika fight is ‘essentually out of money’
Fri., Sept. 9, 2016
WASHINGTON – The head of the government’s fight against the Zika virus said that “we are now essentially out of money” and warned that the country is “about to see a bunch of kids born with microcephaly” in the coming months. Friday’s warning from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Thomas Frieden came as lawmakers start to sort out a stopgap government funding bill that is being targeted to also carry long-delayed money to battle Zika.
Doctors urge flu shots, not nasal spray, this year
Tue., Sept. 6, 2016
Kids may get more of a sting from flu vaccination this fall: Doctors are gearing up to give shots only, because U.S. health officials say the easy-to-use nasal spray version of the vaccine isn’t working as well as a jab.
Researcher who led fight to eradicate smallpox dies at 87
Mon., Aug. 22, 2016
The American epidemiologist whose unwavering leadership resulted in the eradication nearly 40 years ago of smallpox, one of the world’s most feared contagious diseases, has died.
Obama administration announces added $60 million to fight Zika
Thu., July 21, 2016
Some $60 million will soon flow to states, cities and territories to fight the Zika virus, White House officials announced Thursday.
Editorial: Kids today are more cautious
Fri., June 24, 2016
The CDC survey serves as a reminder that today’s youngsters do not necessarily embrace the coarsening that is evident in popular culture.
CDC: Idaho leads nation in melanoma death rate
Tue., May 31, 2016
Idaho had the highest melanoma death rate nationally between 2001 and 2005, 26 percent higher than the national average with about 40 Idahoans dying of melanoma every year, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s skin cancer state statistics. The latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov/cancer/ skin/statistics/state.htm) show that in 2012, Idahoans developed melanoma at a rate of 26.9 per 100,000 each year.
People’s Pharmacy: The best ways to keep mosquitoes from biting
Mon., May 16, 2016
There was a time when Americans really worried about mosquito bites. That’s because during the 18th and 19th centuries, malaria was endemic in large parts of the country. It was a leading cause of death, especially in young children.