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The only lab in the U.S. capable of testing for and tracking antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea, or “super gonorrhea,” was ...
In a sample of communities, the biennial autism surveillance report found that 1 in 31 8-year-olds had the condition. The CDC ...
Newly released federal statistics show an estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, marking another jump in a long string ...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is giving a speech following the release of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data showing a rise in autism diagnoses. He is set ...
Kennedy will also be reconvening his department's Community Preventive Services Task Force to make a new recommendation on ...
Changes to the federal government’s guidance on fluoride in drinking water nationwide could have impacts on the D.C. region. U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he plans to tell the ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fired all sanitation inspectors for cruise ships despite their payroll not ...
“Tick habitat … is spreading,” according to the Washington Trails Association statement. “Ticks have been spotted in more parts of Washington in recent years.” Those parts include the Olympic ...
A top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official is telling staff to start planning for the agency’s splintering.
The CDC laid off all of the staff in its Vessel Sanitation Program, whose salaries are paid by cruise ship company fees, according to CBS News. A smaller group of 12 U.S. Public Health Service ...