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CDC barred from using terms like ‘science-based’ in budget docs
By Mariella Moon From engadget “Evidence-based,” “fetus,” “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity” and “transgender” are also a no-no. We can just imagine CDC personnel still shaking their heads after finding out that they can’t use certain terms in official documents for next…
The Editor Speaks: Diseases thought dead are coming back. Why?
One of our stories today has the shocking news that the Black Death – The Bubonic Plague is making a comeback in Mexico and in the USA fleas have been discovered carrying the disease. Measles that we thought had been…
What happened to Zika? Florida has no local cases this year – so far
BY DANIEL CHANG From Miami Herald A year after the first outbreak of Zika in Miami, the mosquito-borne virus’s once-menacing march has slowed to a crawl, with Florida health officials reporting fewer infections in 2017 than last year and no…
The death cap mushroom is just as terrifying as it sounds. Here’s why
By Susmita Baral From The Kitchn Mushrooms are delicious, but they can also be very dangerous if you don’t know how to navigate the varieties that grow in the wild. The types sold in supermarkets are fine, but the CDC…
1.2 million children likely suffer from lead poisoning in the US — but half are undetected
By Rafi Letzter From Business Insider Anyone who knows about public health will likely list the national effort to get poisonous lead out of peoples’ environments as one of the major victories of the last century — alongside the near-eradication of polio, the…
How one city in Puerto Rico is fighting Zika — without using chemicals
BY JIM WYSS CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO On this hard hit tropical island, even the dead are getting pulled into the fight against Zika. On a recent weekday, Roberto Barrera led a team of disease investigators into a graveyard in Caguas,…
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US Mass. health officials continue warnings about Zika
By Gerry Tuoti, GateHouse News Service Going on a tropical getaway this winter? As vacationers prepare to flock to Caribbean beaches to escape the Massachusetts winter, state health officials are reminding them to be vigilant of the Zika virus. “It’s…
A life-saving drug that treats a rare infection is almost impossible to find
By Lindzi Wessel, STAT From Business Insider Hospitals are stocked with lots of vital drugs. But there’s one that is time-sensitive, life-saving, and an utter necessity in treating a rare kind of infection — but you’ll find it almost nowhere…
Has Caribbean Tourism Taken a Hit Since Zika?
By Neil Gladstone From Oyster In December 2015, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that cases of the Zika virus had been confirmed in Puerto Rico. In February 2016, President Obama requested nearly two billion dollars in emergency funding…
CDC: Sepsis is a medical emergency, can be stopped if caught early
By D Johnson From Science World Report The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has named sepsis a medical emergency. According to the agency, at least 72 percent of patients with this rapid-acting and fatal illness were seen by doctors…
