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CDC disease detectives exempted from Trump hiring freeze, averting cut to program
Each year, the CDC usually hires a new class of Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, known as disease detectives.
US Travel Warning for Popular Cruise Ship Destination
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued a Level 1 travel notice for Fiji, advising ...
Trump’s Budget Cuts Funding for Chronic Disease Prevention
Kennedy has warned of an epidemic of chronic disease, but the budget blueprint would close the C.D.C. center focused on ...
This Anti-Vaccine, Birth Control And Autism Conspiracy Theorist May Be The Next Surgeon General
Trump's new pick to be the nation's doctor is a wellness influencer cut from the same cloth as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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CDC finds lower RSV hospitalization rates for infants receiving prevention products
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention May 8 released an analysis that found declines in hospitalizations for infants infected with respiratory syncytial virus during the 2024-2025 RSV season.
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Women Can Now Check Themselves for Cervical Cancer at Home—Here's How
I t wasn't until the 1980s that scientists linked human papillomavirus (HPV) cells to cervical cancer, and it would be 20 ...
Men are more likely to get sick and less likely to seek care for 3 common diseases, study finds
According to the CDC, men are 50% less likely than women to seek medical attention. One survey from the Cleveland Clinic ...
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Burlington’s overdose prevention center has City Council approval. Now the question is where to put it.
Advocates say the center needs to be in the downtown core. But one neighborhood group has argued its presence would be more appropriate near a medical facility.
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3 cases of measles reported in NJ, U.S. cases top 1,000
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says nearly all of the cases involve people who were unvaccinated.