It’s not just a gut feeling: Foodborne illness outbreaks are especially bad this summer
Federal data suggests that this is a particularly bad summer for foodborne illness outbreaks in the US.
Category: Health
What Trump’s executive order means for vaccinations this fall
This year, many health experts are worried that decisions about vaccination — how many shots to get and when to get them – may be unnecessarily co…
Trump set to sign executive order aimed at reducing number of recommended childhood vaccines
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday aimed at reshaping the federal government’s approach toward childhood vaccines, according…
Taylor Farms recalls jalapeño products due to salmonella risk
More than a dozen Taylor Farms products that were sold at large retailers across the US are being recalled because they include jalapeño peppers that…
Mosquitoes are smarter than you think
CNN Medical Correspondent Meg Tirrell goes inside a Virginia Tech laboratory to find the new ways researchers are learning to fight back against mosqu…
Health officials urge caution for Gulf Coast beachgoers during surge of deadly bacterial infections
Health officials in Louisiana are urging beachgoers to take precautions during a summertime surge in infections from a flesh-eating bacteria found in …
White House considering order targeting vaccines and autism despite advisers’ warnings
White House officials are mulling an executive order that would target vaccines and autism amid a push by President Donald Trump to take more action o…
One year after shooting, CDC workers say they still feel like targets
A year after a shooting at the CDC, a half-dozen current and former staff who were on campus during the shooting or who dealt with its aftermath revea…
What eggs, jalapeños, chickens and chameleons have in common this summer: salmonella
The United States is experiencing several major salmonella outbreaks connected to food and pets. Hundreds of people have gotten sick in dozens of stat…
FDA approves first mRNA-based flu vaccine
The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the United States’ first mRNA-based flu vaccine for adults 50 and older, drugmaker Moderna…
