Legionnaires’ disease outbreak linked to cruise ship hot tubs, CDC says
Recent outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease have been linked to cruise ship hot tubs, according to CDC reports. Infectious ...
Overdose deaths decline for second year in a row, down 14% nationwide
Overdose deaths declined for the second year in a row, fanning health experts’ hopes that the opioid crisis could be turning ...
‘It’s definitely in the community' | CDC lowers age recommendation for pneumonia vaccine
The Centers for Disease Control lowered the age recommendation for people who should get the pneumonia vaccine from 65 to 50.
Measles is debilitating, deadly and making a comeback, WHO and CDC warn
Global measles cases surged by more than 20% to an estimated 10.3 million last year, the World Health Organization and the US ...
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Here are new guidelines for preventing stroke, the nation's 4th biggest killer
The majority of strokes could be prevented, according to new guidelines aimed at helping people and their doctors do just ...
Opioid overdose deaths drop for 12th straight month, now lowest since 2020
Opioid overdose deaths have now slowed to the lowest levels nationwide since 2020, according to new estimates from the ...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released 2023 STD case numbers that show improvement nationally, but Georgia lags
Georgia continues to see a high rate of sexually transmitted diseases, despite a drop in case numbers nationally, according to the CDC ...
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CDC numbers offer good news on HIV infections overall but reveal a crisis for Latinos | Opinion
Bob Self/Florida Times-Union Bob Self/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK When the Centers for Disease Control and ...