Gun-related deaths among children in the United States reached a distressing peak in 2021, claiming 4,752 young lives and surpassing the record total seen during the first year of the pandemic, a new analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found. The alarming statistic clearly indicated that America’s gun violence epidemic… Continue reading Gun deaths among U.S. children rose again in 2021, CDC data shows
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CDC data finds that suicides reached all-time high in 2022
About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever, according to new government data posted Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which posted the numbers, has not yet calculated a suicide rate for the year, but available data suggests suicides are more common in the U.S. than… Continue reading CDC data finds that suicides reached all-time high in 2022
CDC advisors recommend RSV shot that protects babies from illness
An advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously on Thursday to recommend an injectable RSV drug for two groups of infants. The first group is babies up to 8 months old who are born during or entering their first respiratory syncytial virus season, which typically starts around October. The second… Continue reading CDC advisors recommend RSV shot that protects babies from illness
Leprosy may now be endemic in Florida, CDC says
Cases of leprosy have increased in Florida and the southeastern United States over the last decade, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Leprosy, officially called Hansen’s disease, is a rare type of bacterial infection that attacks the nerves and can cause swelling under the skin. The new research… Continue reading Leprosy may now be endemic in Florida, CDC says
CDC warning as leprosy cases increase in Florida | Florida
Leprosy cases are surging in Florida, said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with a new report suggesting the central area of the state may have become an “endemic location” for the infectious, potentially debilitating disease. There were 159 new cases of leprosy in the US in 2020, the most recent year… Continue reading CDC warning as leprosy cases increase in Florida | Florida
Mosquitoes that carry West Nile are becoming resistant to insecticides, CDC says
John VanDenBerg suspects he was gardening when a mosquito got him. It was September 2018, and VanDenBerg, then 67, had been feeling a little “off” for a few days, he said, like maybe he had the flu. But one morning, as he was walking out of his Colorado home, he collapsed. “I just went down,”… Continue reading Mosquitoes that carry West Nile are becoming resistant to insecticides, CDC says