NPR: Health Care News
- Former NFL Player Tim Green Has A New Opponent — ALS December 12, 2018A well-known voice on NPR in the 1990s, Tim Green is one of a growing number of former football players with the degenerative illness Lou Gehrig's disease. And he's not hiding it.Tom Goldman
- Research Gaps Leave Doctors Guessing About Treatments For Pregnant Women December 10, 2018To protect a developing fetus from experimental drugs or treatments that might cause birth defects, pregnant women aren't included in many clinical trials. But that limits the safety evidence, too.Alison Kodjak
- 'We're Fighting For Our Lives': Patients Protest Sky-High Insulin Prices December 10, 2018The price of insulin keeps going up. For people with Type 1 diabetes, high prices can be a life and death issue. Now a grassroots movement is pushing for change.Bram Sable-Smith
- For One Rural Community, Fighting Addiction Started With Recruiting The Right Doctor December 9, 2018While opioids get all the attention, rural communities struggle with substances like meth and alcohol too. One clinic is building up capacity to treat all of them, using both medicine and counseling.Bram Sable-Smith
CDC: News Updates
- CDC Food Safety Alert: Update on Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Linked to Ground Beef December 12, 2018CDC continues to advise consumers and retailers to check their freezers for recalled ground beef produced by JBS Tolleson, Inc., which is linked to a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections.
- CDC Final Investigation Notice: Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Linked to Chicken December 10, 2018A final CDC investigation notice regarding a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to kosher chicken is now available.
- CDC Update: Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 Infections Linked to Romaine Lettuce December 6, 2018A CDC update on the outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to romaine lettuce has been posted: https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2018/o157h7-11-18/index.html.
- Decline Stalls: 58 Million Americans Still Exposed to Secondhand Smoke December 6, 2018Progress in reducing exposure to secondhand smoke among U.S. nonsmokers has stalled in recent years, despite longstanding declines over the past three decades.
CDC: Outbreaks
- Tahini - Salmonella infections November 29, 2018CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Concord infections linked to tahini produced by Achdut Ltd.
- Pork Products - Listeria infections November 29, 2018CDC and public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are investigating a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections linked to pork products produced by 165368 C. Corporation, doing business as Long Phung Food Products.
- Romaine Lettuce - E. coli Infections November 21, 2018CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, Canada, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 (E. coli O157:H7) infections linked to romaine lettuce.
- Raw Chicken Products - Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella Infections October 18, 2018Raw Chicken Products - Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella Infections
- Ground Beef - Salmonella Infections October 4, 2018Ground Beef - Salmonella Infections