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483 articles with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Vaping Trends and Marijuana Legalization Will Likely Exacerbate Opiate Epidemic
2/13/2019
The CDC reported a 38% increase in tobacco use among America's youth in 2018, driven primarily by e-cigarettes.
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Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. and Deputy Commissioner Frank Yiannas on findings from the agency's investigation of the November 2018 outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 in California-linked romaine lettuce
2/13/2019
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acted quickly to protect consumers from an emerging outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 linked to romaine lettuce by issuing a public warning this past November and recommending that industry and retailers voluntarily remove the product from the market.
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Public Health Notice - Information for Canadians who have received or are considering medical procedures in Mexico
2/13/2019
Canadian travellers may have been exposed to difficult to treat, antibiotic-resistant bacteria after having undergone surgical procedures in Tijuana, Mexico.
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With Obesity on the Continued Rise in the U.S., More Anti-Obesity Drugs Are Heading for the Market
2/13/2019
The battle of the bulge is ongoing and it appears that Americans are losing, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report shows that Americans are losing height and gaining girth. -
As opioid lawsuits continue to wind through the courts, some drugmakers are focused on developing treatments for opioid addiction.
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The rate of incidence of infection by Naegleria fowleri in the U.S. is very, very low. But there’s something about picking up an incurable, brain-eating amoeba by swimming in freshwater lakes and rivers that understandably freaks people out.
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CDC and FDA Conduct Investigations Into Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Products That Infected 12 People...
12/21/2018
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 12 people in three states were hospitalized for infections caused by bacterial contamination of stem cell products. -
Perspecta Awarded Contract with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to Benefit Public Health
12/11/2018
Perspecta Inc. announced today that it was awarded a prime contract on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Geospatial Research, Analysis, and Services Program (GRASP).
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The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: Suicide Rate is Up 3.7 Percent According to Most Recent Center for Disease Control and Prevention Data (Year 2017)
11/29/2018
Massive Public Health Initiative Needed to Lower the Suicide Rate, Claims Nation's Largest Suicide Prevention Organization
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Yoga declared “most popular complementary health approach” in US by Centers for Disease Control
11/10/2018
“Yoga is the most popular complementary health approach in the United States - used by 14.3% of the adult population, or 35.2 million people”, according to a statement published on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website on November eight quoting National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).
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Tick-Borne Disease Antigens for Commercial Assay Development
11/8/2018
The number of tick-borne related illnesses have increased significantly in the last decade. According to the CDC, there has been a three-fold increase in disease cases from infected mosquitos, ticks and fleas in the US from 2004 to 2016.
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There are no treatments for autism, but that’s not stopping research into the development of therapies for core symptoms of autism spectrum disorder. This week, London-based AMO Pharma reported Phase II results from its investigational glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) beta inhibitor, AMO-02 (tid...
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The Senate passed the bill on October 3 in a 98 to 1 vote. The House passed its version a week earlier in a vote of 393 to 8. The legislation includes provisions to promote research into new pain management drugs and expands access to substance abuse treatment for Medicaid patients.
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Qpex Biopharma, a company spun-out of The Medicines Company focused on the development of anti-infective assets, launched this morning supported by a $33 million Series A financing round and a BARDA contract worth up to $132 million.
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Again and again … and again, drugs have failed in clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease. According to a new report, in the last decade, 146 drugs have failed in clinical trials for Alzheimer’s.
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NIH Awards Grant to Battle Sepsis to San Diego's Allele Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals
10/15/2018
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, awarded Allele Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals a Small Business Innovative Research grant to develop therapies for sepsis. -
Politicians might deny climate change, but disease-carrying insects and their pathogens aren’t—they’re exploiting it.
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Rise of syphilis in newborns another symptom of nation's STD crisis
9/25/2018
NCSD calls for federal action to address increasing burden of STDs and their devastating consequences
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Incidence of Alzheimer’s disease is projected to double in the next 40 years unless a cure or preventive measures are found. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a new report in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia projecting the disease’s likely expansion, and for the firs...
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As federal lawmakers continue to wrangle over legislation to help curb the opioid crisis in the United States, the House of Representatives is showing some division over the costs that some pharmaceutical companies may have to pay for Medicare coverage.