http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cdc/ en-us Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:35:53 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062036/posts OTTAWA, August 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Critics say that the reasons to avoid using the HPV vaccine, Gardasil, continue to pile up in the form of thousands of instances of severe side effects, including numerous deaths. In response to the mounting evidence that the vaccine may not be safe for widespread use, the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) is slated to release a study in October that will attempt to determine the validity of these reports. Judicial Watch, a public interest group, has closely monitored Gardasil since it was released by creator Merck in 2006, periodically detailing statistics on the... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062036/posts#comment Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:35:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059445/posts AIDS apathy worries activists at world conference MEXICO CITY (AFP) — Dozens of US AIDS activists demonstrated at a world AIDS conference here Wednesday calling on White House candidates to commit to HIV prevention, as experts warned of emerging US public indifference towards the disease. "This complacency cuts across all the main sectors of society and will be one of the main challenges we will have moving forward," said Kevin Fenton, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059445/posts#comment Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:57:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056794/posts Karen Wells, a registered nurse in Indiana, has suffered from Morgellons since 2005 and, she says, lost a friend to the disease in 2004. “Everything is so uncertain, but is does kill,” she insists. “I have seen [Morgellons disease] kill not just my friend, but in the hospital where I work.” Wells, who works in a neurology unit, says that she sees Morgellons lesions on patients who don’t know they have it. The lesions are sometimes accompanied by cognitive symptoms such as anxiety attacks, panic and nightmares, she says. The Sunday Paper http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056794/posts#comment Tue, 5 Aug 2008 13:58:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056428/posts COLUMBIA, Mo. – Injuries are the leading cause of death among children after the first year of life, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a new study, a University of Missouri professor found that children living in households with unrelated adults are six times more likely to die of maltreatment-related unintentional injuries, compared to children living with two biological parents. The risk of maltreatment death is double for children living with foster or step-parents, or other related adults. However, the risk is not higher for children living in households with a single biological parent and no... University of Missouri http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056428/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 21:15:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055457/posts Updated federal estimates of the annual number of new HIV infections in the United States, released today, reveal that while the AIDS epidemic here is worse than previously thought, prevention efforts appear to be having some effect. Even though the number of Americans living with HIV has risen by more than a quarter million people since 1998 -- largely the result of life-extending antiretroviral drugs -- the number of new cases each year has declined slightly over that period. That suggests that a person's likelihood of transmitting the virus to someone else is substantially lower now than it was a... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055457/posts#comment Sat, 2 Aug 2008 19:22:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051487/posts The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made public on Thursday a report according to which 1,013 Americans died after overdosing on an illegal version of the powerful prescription painkiller fentanyl. The report published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report focused on fatal overdoses from April 2005 to March 2007. Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opiate analgesic similar but more powerful than morhine. It is typically used to treat patients with severe pain, or to manage pain after surgery. It is also sometimes used to treat people with chronic pain who are physically tolerant to opiates. In its... eFluxMedia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051487/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:04:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050043/posts A study published on the July 22 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association called for more aggressive action against tuberculosis, after it had discovered an increase in the number of foreigners in the US infected with TB. Although TB cases in the US dropped 45 percent between 1996 and 2006 (from more than 25,000 to less than 14,000), according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s statistics, there was a five percent increase in TB cases among immigrant populations living in the US during the same period, Dr. Kevin P. Cain head of the CDC’s... eFluxMedia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050043/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:50:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048945/posts Tomatoes are OK, but watch out for jalapenos, avocados and serrano peppers. That’s what state and federal health departments are saying now after months of searching for the source of a nationwide salmonella outbreak. Originally thought to be traced to tomatoes, now, after Texas and North Carolina’s departments of state health services located tainted produce from a south Texas importer/distributor, officials are telling people to be wary of other produce often used in Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine. The importer, Grande Produce, is conducting a voluntary recall of all peppers and avocados it distributed. Confusion among what to eat and what... taylordailypress.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048945/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:56:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043534/posts Want pico de gallo on your fajita taco? You just might have to settle for chopped onion. Jalapeño and serrano chiles, as well as cilantro, have been implicated in the multistate outbreak of salmonella infections. They join the list that began with tomatoes — and all are ingredients in the enormously popular Tex-Mex relish, pico de gallo. San Antonio’s hundreds of Tex-Mex restaurateurs are faced with some important decisions this week. Blanca Aldaco, owner of two local Aldaco restaurants, said she’s not serving pico de gallo at this time. “We’re only using our cooked salsa,” she said. Tomatoes, connected with... MySA.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043534/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:50:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037122/posts Q: How does information from state and local levels flow to and between the federal agencies? A: The whole system is flawed. The relationship between FDA and CDC is strained; it’s improved but still lacking. It’s not clear who is really in charge. Authority is split up in a way that decisions get bogged down and you don’t have anyone in command. You need that to effectively launch and oversee an outbreak investigation. I’m not sure who’s in charge. We have people identified as being in charge. We need someone that understands outbreaks, not just manages them. In this case,... Perishable Pundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037122/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:26:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2035001/posts cientists are conducting experiments on bioterror bacteria in a room with a containment door sealed with duct tape. The tape was applied around the edges of the door a year ago after the building's ventilation system malfunctioned and pulled potentially contaminated air out of the lab and into a "clean" hallway. Nine CDC workers were tested in May 2007 for potential exposure to the Q fever bacteria being studied in the lab, CDC officials said this week in response to questions from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The air-flow incident occurred very early in the morning, before the workday began. The blood... The Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2035001/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:29:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034465/posts US health official says flu threat high A top U.S. health official says the threat of a flu pandemic remains high. And while the world has made great strides to prepare, it's not enough. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Julie Gerberding says bird flu fatigue among countries and the public is a growing concern. Scientists have identified the H5N1 bird flu virus as a potential candidate that could mutate into a form that spreads easily among people. "People have very short attention spans and when something is in the news for a while, it becomes old... Physorg http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034465/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:26:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027238/posts A rare form of tuberculosis caused by illegal, unpasteurized dairy products, including the popular queso fresco cheese, is rising among Hispanic immigrants in Southern California and raising fears about a resurgence of a strain all but eradicated in the U.S. Cases of the Mycobacterium bovis strain of TB have increased in San Diego county, particularly among children who drink or eat dairy foods made from the milk of infected cattle, a study in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases shows. But the germ can infect anyone who eats contaminated fresh cheeses sold by street vendors, smuggled across the Mexican border or... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027238/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jun 2008 19:04:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026842/posts (La Crosse, WI company will track health of ground zero workers) Washington - As President Bush's health chief, Tommy Thompson proudly trumpeted millions of taxpayer dollars to help workers sickened by the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at the World Trade Center, even amid complaints that his agency wasn't doing enough. Now, Thompson's private company has won an $11 million contract to treat some of those same workers - the latest twist in a fitful government effort to determine how many people were made ill by the toxic debris and to care for them. The contract awarded by the U.S. Centers... JSOnline via AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026842/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jun 2008 02:02:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021238/posts BROWNSVILLE - The origin of drug-resistant bacteria's recent outbreak at Cameron County hospitals is stumping health officials. Similar outbreaks of the opportunistic Acinetobacter baumannii have been possibly linked to war veterans. But Dr. Brian Smith of the Texas Department of State Health Services said Friday that the source of the local AB outbreaks was still unknown. And while U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention studies suggests the bacteria could be linked to war veterans, there is no evidence that the local outbreak could have originated from a military veteran who served in Iraq or Afghanistan, Smith said. In an... The Monitor/Brownsville Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021238/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 00:11:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017759/posts An epidemic of obesity is compromising the lives of millions of American children, with burgeoning problems that reveal how much more vulnerable young bodies are to the toxic effects of fat. In ways only beginning to be understood, being overweight at a young age appears to be far more destructive to well-being than adding excess pounds later in life. Virtually every major organ is at risk. The greater damage is probably irreversible. Doctors are seeing confirmation of this daily: boys and girls in elementary school suffering from high blood pressure, high cholesterol and painful joint conditions; a soaring incidence of... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017759/posts#comment Sun, 18 May 2008 20:13:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013759/posts LifeNews.com Note: Roeten is a very conservative Catholic who likes the facts over readily displayed emotions. He is an editorial columnist who has frequently been published in numerous Internet and newspaper forums.It’s been discovered. Nobody thought having “safe sex” was possible in every case. Each year 2.6 million teenagers become sexually active—a rate of 7000/day. With high school, nearly half report having engaged in sexual activity and 1/3 are currently active (Kim/Rector//Heritage Foundation).As it turns out, teen sexual activity is extremely costly for teens and for society as a whole. From 1985-1990 alone, the federal government spent $120 billion... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013759/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 21:14:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012634/posts ATLANTA - People who sleep fewer than six hours a night — or more than nine — are more likely to be obese, according to a new government study that is one of the largest to show a link between irregular sleep and big bellies. The study also linked light sleepers to higher smoking rates, less physical activity and more alcohol use. The research adds weight to a stream of studies that have found obesity and other health problems in those who don't get proper shuteye, said Dr. Ron Kramer, a Colorado physician and a spokesman for the American Academy... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012634/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 20:47:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004367/posts Call it one price of globalism. Last year, tuberculosis increased in four of the Bay Area's five largest counties, and the San Jose area in 2006 had the highest TB rate of any large American metro area, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the California Department of Public Health. San Francisco, after an outbreak of TB among Latino day workers in the Mission district, has the highest TB rate of any... San Jose Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004367/posts#comment Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:20:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003425/posts CDC: Flu season worst in 4 years; vaccine didn't work well Published: 4/17/08, 7:45 PM EDT By MIKE STOBBE ATLANTA (AP) - The current flu season has shaped up to be the worst in four years, partly because the vaccine didn't work well against the viruses that made most people sick, health officials said Thursday. This season's vaccine was the worst match since 1997-1998, when the vaccine didn't work at all against the circulating virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 2007-2008 season started slowly, peaked in mid-February and seems to be declining, although cases are... AT&T Net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003425/posts#comment Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:18:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001125/posts ASSOCIATED PRESS MINNEAPOLIS -- At least 23 people in 14 states have been sickened by the same strain of salmonella found in two breakfast cereals recalled by Malt-O-Meal, the federal Food and Drug Administration said Saturday. Officials in Minnesota are investigating whether a case in that state might be linked to the cereals produced by the Minneapolis-based company, the state health department said. Malt-O-Meal voluntarily recalled its unsweetened Puffed Rice and Puffed Wheat cereals April 5 after finding salmonella contamination during routine testing. The affected bags were produced in the past 12 months in Northfield. "The Malt-O-Meal company has been... SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001125/posts#comment Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:58:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990929/posts Mystery food poisoning traced to salads 24 March 2008 NewScientist.com news service Analysis of 2006 spinach poisoning outbreak in the US The rate of food poisoning from salad greens in the US is hugely outstripping increases in their consumption. Three large outbreaks in 2006 that between them made 300 Americans sick were traced to bulk-prepared greens. "For most outbreaks, investigators are unable to pinpoint where contamination occurred," says Michael Lynch of the US Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia. Whatever the cause, increased consumption is not it. Between 1986 and 1995, Americans ate 17 per cent more leafy greens... New Scientist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990929/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:45:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987095/posts Alternatives, a North Side youth agency, recently held three forums for teenagers ages 14 to 19. The series was called "Let's Talk about Sex." And talk, they did. In a co-ed forum, the teens pondered contraception. One well-meaning young man stood and said aluminum foil could be used in lieu of a condom. Other teens offered up myths such as the efficacy of plastic baggies, having sex while standing and bathing right after sex. Adults in attendance informed the students that none of those methods protected against unwanted pregnancies or sexually transmitted diseases. Last week, the Centers for Disease Control... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987095/posts#comment Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:35:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981584/posts Vegas hepatitis exposure list incomplete By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, Associated Press Writer 28 minutes ago Health officials used an incomplete patient list to notify people exposed to hepatitis and HIV at a Las Vegas clinic, an epidemiologist testified Thursday."We know of patients who had been there whose names were not on the list," Southern Nevada Health District epidemiologist Brian Labus told a state legislative committee on health care.The public hearing was the first investigating the spread of hepatitis C from unsafe practices at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada. An outbreak of six cases of acute hepatitis C was made... AP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981584/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 23:19:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980731/posts CDC Says Problems with Hepatitis C at Clinic Could Be 'Tip of an Iceberg' Posted: 11:10 AM Mar 4, 2008 Last Updated: 2:44 PM Mar 4, 2008 Washington (AP) The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says an outbreak of Hepatitis C at a Nevada clinic may represent “the tip of an iceberg” of safety problems at clinics around the country. The City of Las Vegas shut down the Endoscopy center of Southern Nevada last Friday after state health officials determined that six patients had contracted Hepatitis C because of unsafe practices including clinic staff reusing syringes... 11News (Colorado) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980731/posts#comment Wed, 5 Mar 2008 15:51:12 GMT