Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
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Confronting the Opioids Epidemic in Our Communities
As America’s opioid epidemic continues to impact communities large and small, new trends are raising new challenges for doctors and…
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Survey: Sixty Percent of Nigeria’s Children Experience Violence
(Reuters) – Six out of 10 Nigerian children experience some form of violence and a quarter of girls suffer sexual…
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CDC: Flu Season Continues to Worsen, Could Peak This Month
(AP) – The flu is now widespread in all but seven states, and hospitalization rates match the dismal season two…
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Black Owned ‘Staffing Etc.’ Wins Significant CDC East Coast Airport Ebola Screening Contract
Black Baltimore Based Meridian Management Group, Inc. Provided Financing by James Wright Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper…
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Africa: Scientists Question 21-Day Quarantine Period for Ebola
(AllAfrica.com) – A new study “On the Quarantine Period for Ebola Virus” published, last week, in the PLOS Currents:…
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CDC Admits Pattern of Lapses in Lab Safety
WASHINGTON — The head of the federal government’s public health laboratories in Atlanta told Congress yesterday that researchers mishandled live…
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CDC Report Card: Good, Bad Marks on Target Battles
MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer ATLANTA (AP) — About three years ago, the nation’s top public health agency picked its…
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