Centers For Disease Control And Prevention-Mosquito-Borne Disease-Infectious Diseases

U.S. cases of West Nile virus set record, deaths rise: CDC

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A total of 1,590 cases of West Nile virus, including 66 deaths, were reported through late August this year in the United States, the highest human toll by that point in the calendar since the mosquito-borne disease was first detected in the country in 1999, health officials said on Wednesday. The toll is increasing quickly. "We think the numbers will continue to rise," said Dr. Lyle Petersen, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases. Through last week, 1,118 cases and 41 deaths had been reported. ... read more..

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Centers For Disease Control And Prevention-Health Officials-Whooping Cough-Half Century

U.S. whooping cough outbreak could be worst in half century

SEATTLE (Reuters) - The number of U.S. whooping cough cases has risen to around 18,000 in an Outbreak that is on track to become the most severe in over a half century and could in part stem from possible waning vaccine protection, Health Officials said on Thursday. Washington state, which declared an epidemic in April, and Wisconsin were particularly hard hit, with each reporting more than 3,000 cases, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nine people have died overall and the number of cases was already more than double than at the same time last year. ... read more..

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Centers For Disease Control And Prevention-Health Care Providers-Unsafe Injections

Reused Vials, Unsafe Injections Threatening Patients: CDC

THURSDAY, July 12 (Healthday News) -- Life-threatening but completely preventable infections are being contracted by patients in the United States because health care providers fail to follow safe-injection recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a new study. read more..

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Centers For Disease Control And Prevention-President Barack Obama-Medical Equipment

Most new moms don't meet own breastfeeding goals

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two thirds of new mothers who intended to breastfeed exclusively for several months or more didn't meet their own goals in a new study. Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that several factors influenced whether mothers of newborns would stick to their plan to breastfeed only, including actions by hospital staff in the first hours and days after delivery. "We do know the hospitals have an important role to play. ... read more..

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GOP plays offense in medical device tax fight

A bill aimed at repealing a tax on the makers of medical equipment is giving its Republican authors an election-season chance to claim they are protecting jobs and cutting taxes. At the same time, they're taking a bite out of President Barack Obama's health care law. read more..

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Centers For Disease Control And Prevention-Lead Poisoning In Children-Scientific Studies

U.S. lowers threshold for lead poisoning in children

ATLANTA (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cut its threshold level for defining lead poisoning in children to 5 micrograms per deciliter on Wednesday from 10, marking the first such reduction in 20 years. "The recommendation was based on a growing number of scientific studies showing that even low blood lead levels can cause lifelong health effects," the CDC said, in adopting the recommendation of an advisory committee. "Today, CDC is officially announcing our agreement with that recommendation. ... read more..

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Centers For Disease Control And Prevention-Intensive Care Treatment-Ministry Of Health

Man dies of bird flu in southwest China: Xinhua

BEIJING (Reuters) - A man in southwest China died of bird flu on Sunday after three days of intensive care treatment in hospital, the official Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry of Health as saying. The 39-year old -- who died in hospital in Guiyan, capital of Guizhou province -- began suffering from fever on January 6. Xinhua said China's centers for disease control and prevention at provincial and national levels confirmed the man had died after being infected with the H5N1 bird flu strain. ... read more..

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Centers For Disease Control And Prevention-World Health Organization-Infectious Disease

Doctors split on vaccine strategy to shield babies

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A large group of U.S. doctors on Monday gave the green light for pediatricians to offer vaccines to close family members of babies who are too young to get shots themselves. The strategy, known as cocooning, is meant to block diseases from reaching the infant in the first place and is backed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But earlier this month, Canadian government researchers suggested that at least for whooping cough, a major infectious disease worldwide, cocooning comes with a hefty price tag. ... read more..

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WHO 'deeply concerned' by mutant bird flu

The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was "deeply concerned" about research into whether the H5N1 flu virus could be made more transmissible between humans after mutant strains were produced in labs. read more..

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Centers For Disease Control And Prevention-Alarming Rise-Young Adults

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study showing an alarm...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study showing an alarming rise among young adults in the number of acute ischemic strokes, by far the most common kind, in which the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off due to a blockage...Read more: http://ow.ly/8EUmqIs it a Headache or a Stroke?ow.lyWomen's Health investigates why more young women are stuffering strokes and reveals how to read your body's own signals read more..